Whats TransWarp?
According to the Star Trek Chronology, the Excelsior was commissioned as NX-2000 in 2284 as a test bed for the new TransWarp technology. By 2287, the TransWarp Development Project was deemed unsuccessful by Starfleet Command, and experiments were halted. “…The attempt to surpass the primary warp field efficiency barrier with the TransWarp Development Project in the early 2280s proved unsuccessful….” [TNG Tech Manual, p14] It seems as though the designers were trying to get around the energy limits traditional warp entailed, after passing Warp 9. But what what is it? Is Transwarp just any “faster than warp travel” or is it a specific technology or natural occurrence? In an IRC discussion with Boris S., Michael Okuda had this to say: We were never clear on transwarp as seen in ST:III, but “Threshold” makes it clear that transwarp is the mysterious Warp 10 alluded to in earlier episodes. We assume that it is some kind of “deeper subspace domain” just as subspace presumably coexists wi
