A method of attaining faster-than-light warp travel. Devised at a time when warp drives were seen as impractical to install on ships (warp travel via bending space-time itself was thought to require over ten times the amount of energy that exists in the entire universe) and the effects of gravitational fields were not yet fully understood. In this method, gravitational waves are emitted within the gravitational field around the craft, constricting space in the direction of motion and expanding space on the opposite side. This creates a cycle of gravitational waves, enveloping the craft in a closed-off subspace and allowing it to travel at extremely high speeds relative to normal space.
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| - A method of attaining faster-than-light warp travel. Devised at a time when warp drives were seen as impractical to install on ships (warp travel via bending space-time itself was thought to require over ten times the amount of energy that exists in the entire universe) and the effects of gravitational fields were not yet fully understood. In this method, gravitational waves are emitted within the gravitational field around the craft, constricting space in the direction of motion and expanding space on the opposite side. This creates a cycle of gravitational waves, enveloping the craft in a closed-off subspace and allowing it to travel at extremely high speeds relative to normal space.
- In 2371, an exploding microscopic singularity passing through the Sol system created a subspace bubble around the USS Defiant, isolating it from changes in the timeline inadvertently effected by three crewmembers who had traveled back in time to the year 2024. This allowed the Defiant crew to observe an alternate timeline in which Starfleet apparently did not exist and Alpha Centauri was under the control of the Romulan Star Empire. The timeline was later restored when the crew was able to ensure that events in the past unfolded as they did in the original timeline. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "Past Tense, Part II")
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| - In 2371, an exploding microscopic singularity passing through the Sol system created a subspace bubble around the USS Defiant, isolating it from changes in the timeline inadvertently effected by three crewmembers who had traveled back in time to the year 2024. This allowed the Defiant crew to observe an alternate timeline in which Starfleet apparently did not exist and Alpha Centauri was under the control of the Romulan Star Empire. The timeline was later restored when the crew was able to ensure that events in the past unfolded as they did in the original timeline. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "Past Tense, Part II") A subspace bubble can be formed around a person. This variation was used by Seska on a Kazon raider to bypass a force field, in order to retrieve a Federation replicator that she had traded in turn for a Kazon-Federation alliance. (VOY: "State of Flux")
- A method of attaining faster-than-light warp travel. Devised at a time when warp drives were seen as impractical to install on ships (warp travel via bending space-time itself was thought to require over ten times the amount of energy that exists in the entire universe) and the effects of gravitational fields were not yet fully understood. In this method, gravitational waves are emitted within the gravitational field around the craft, constricting space in the direction of motion and expanding space on the opposite side. This creates a cycle of gravitational waves, enveloping the craft in a closed-off subspace and allowing it to travel at extremely high speeds relative to normal space.
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