• renegadesporkA
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    20 hours ago

    I thought there was an episode where they found out Warp Travel was doing damage to space in some areas, so they instituted a speed limit (unless it’s an emergency) to mitigate the impact.

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      17 hours ago

      There was, and then they had a couple technical changes to address it a bit, like Voyager’s variable geometry nacelles, and then they handwaved it away with generic “advancements”. I mean we see the Protostar drive and even Quantum Slipstream being used by a Federation Dauntless in Prodigy. And that takes place only like 5 years after Voyager makes it home.

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      18 hours ago

      Yes, but also maximum warp isn’t the fastest sustainable cruise speed. We have many instances of a ship getting pushed to its limits and having to slow down after some time. The Enterprise-D is stated to be capable of warp 9.6 for up to twelve hours.