119 "What about Transwarp drive?" (Warp and Subspace - Star Trek)
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This article is from the Star Trek Tech FAQ, by Joshua Bell inexorabletash@hotmail.com with numerous contributions by others.
119 "What about Transwarp drive?" (Warp and Subspace - Star Trek)
Okay, now that the Star Trek writers are back to using this [TECH]
buzzword there's no stopping them. Apparently, Transwarp can be used
as a drive, just like warp drive. Given the way the name is used in
various episodes, it appears to be a coherent technology exploiting a
feature of the universe (a la warp) not just anything faster than
warp. Civilizations a step above the Federation use it, and the basics
are understood - at least by the Voyager crew - enough to detect its
use and follow ships in Transwarp with their sensors.
The Voth in "Distant Origin" [VOY] use Transwarp drives (not to
mention cloaks) even on small ships. This portrayal of Transwarp looks
much more like just "really fast warp" than the conduits. Visually,
the star streaks around the ship look fatter and longer than in warp,
but it's otherwise just the same, only better.
And in "Scorpion" [VOY] Janeway refers multiple times to the Borg
using Transwarp - which doesn't look at all conduitish.
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