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| + | A '''transwarp conduit''', also known as a '''transwarp corridor''', was an artificially-created [[energy]] conduit through a realm of [[subspace]] known as [[transwarp space]]. They were utilized by the [[Borg]] to cover great distances in a relatively short period of time. Accessed via [[tachyon]] pulses of alternating frequencies, the conduits contained a [[matter stream]] in which a vessel could reach velocities at least twenty times greater than the maximum [[warp speed]] of a {{class|Galaxy}} [[starship]], in a process [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Geordi La Forge]] described as "like falling into a fast-moving river and being swept away by the current." ({{TNG|Descent}}, {{VOY|Dark Frontier|Shattered}}) |
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| − | A '''transwarp conduit''' was an artificial construct that could be used to achieve [[faster-than-light]] travel, in a similar fashion to a [[wormhole]]. Vessels traveling in such conduits can traverse vast distances in a matter of hours at speeds estimated to be at least 23times faster than 23rd century alliance´s highest warp factor [Chief engineer LaForge]. The [[Borg]] used this technology extensively. |
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| − | A Borg transwarp conduit was first observed in the [[2350s]] by the {{USS|Raven}}. The opening of a conduit was characterized by [[triquantum wave]]s, [[subspace distortion | subspace disruption]]s with a field magnitude exceeding 2.9 [[cochrane (unit)|teracochranes]], and a symmetric power utilization curve. Inside the [[matter stream]] of the conduit, ships were accelerated to move forward. ({{VOY|Dark Frontier}}) |
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| + | [[File:Conduit interior.jpg|thumb|The interior of a transwarp conduit, supported by interspatial manifolds]] |
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| + | The generation of a transwarp conduit was characterized by [[triquantum wave]]s, subspace disruptions with a field magnitude of at least 2.9 [[Cochrane (unit)|teracochrane]]s, and a highly-symmetric power-utilization curve. The Borg maintained [[Borg transwarp network|a network]] of thousands of transwarp conduits throughout [[Milky Way Galaxy|the galaxy]], connected by six [[transwarp hub]]s supported by [[interspatial manifold]]s, with exit points in all four [[quadrant]]s. They were additionally able to generate new conduits through use of [[transwarp coil]]s. This allowed the Borg to deploy vessels almost anywhere in the [[galaxy]] within minutes, giving them a decisive tactical advantage. Upon entering a conduit, a vessel was subject to extreme [[gravimetric shear]]. To compensate for this, the Borg projected a [[structural integrity field]] ahead of the ship. Additionally, there were extreme [[temporal]] stresses placed upon the vessel, necessitating a [[chroniton]] field be projected throughout the ship in order to keep the different sections of the ship in temporal sync. ({{VOY|Dark Frontier|Inside Man|Shattered|Endgame}}) |
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| − | The second time a transwarp conduit was observed occurred in [[2369]], by the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}, during the pursuit of a [[Borg Type 03|rogue Borg ship]]. It was discovered that a conduit could be re-opened with a high-energy [[tachyon pulse]] emission on a specific tachyon frequency matrix that alternated between the low and secondary bandwidth frequencies. A closed mouth of a transwarp conduit was discovered to exhibit net external subspace transwarp distortions that fluctuated between 30 and 288 millicochranes. ({{TNG|Descent}}) |
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| + | In the [[2350s]], after three months of shadowing a [[Borg cube]] aboard the {{USS|Raven}}, [[Magnus Hansen|Magnus]] and [[Erin Hansen]] followed in the cube's wake after it entered a transwarp conduit, traveling all the way to the [[Delta Quadrant]], the Borg's native territory. ({{VOY|Dark Frontier}}) |
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| + | The crew of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D}} observed a transwarp conduit in use in [[2369]], while engaging in combat with a [[Borg type 03|rogue Borg vessel]]. Pursuing the vessel, the ''Enterprise'' became caught in the conduit's energy matrix and was briefly pulled inside. Later, upon analyzing the subspace distortion of the conduit, Commander La Forge was able to reproduce the tachyon pulses the Borg used to open the conduit, allowing the ''Enterprise'' to pursue the Borg to the planet which they were using as a base, sixty-five [[light year]]s away. ({{TNG|Descent}}) |
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| − | Later discoveries by the {{USS|Voyager}} during its journey in the [[Delta Quadrant]] revealed that the Borg maintained a vast [[Borg transwarp network|network]] of transwarp conduits, allowing the [[Borg Collective|Collective]] to reach any region in the galaxy. One such conduit opened within a [[light year]] of [[Earth]]. This conduit brought ''Voyager'' back to the [[Alpha Quadrant]] after its disabling of the [[transwarp hub]]. ({{VOY|Endgame}}) |
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| + | In [[2374]], the {{USS|Defiant|2370}} was sent to investigate a [[subspace compression anomaly]]. [[Starfleet]] believed that analysis of the phenomenon would provide them the knowledge to create [[transwarp]] corridors that could help them win the [[Dominion War]]. ({{DS9|One Little Ship}}) |
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| − | Conduits could be generated using The Borg [[transwarp drive]], a technology that shared similarities with the [[quantum slipstream drive]] of [[Species 116]]. ({{VOY|Hope and Fear}}) Such conduits were utilized by ''Voyager'' in [[2375]], after the capture of a [[transwarp coil]]. Using the coil, the ''[[Delta Flyer]]'' was able to open a conduit to [[Unimatrix 01]]. Upon its return, ''Voyager'' destabilized the conduit by sending a spread of [[photon torpedo]]es into the opening, destroying the [[Borg Queen's vessel]] that was still inside. The starship then used the coil to generate a conduit a further 20,000 light years towards the Alpha Quadrant. ({{VOY|Dark Frontier}}) |
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| − | + | During the same year, [[Seven of Nine]] attempted to utilize the {{USS|Voyager}}'s [[main deflector]] to generate a transwarp conduit in an effort to facilitate their return to the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. Erratic fluctuations of the ship's warp power caused the tachyon levels to rise to a resonant frequency. Tachyons flooded the [[warp core]], threatening a [[warp core breach|breach]]. Unable to stabilize, [[Lieutenant]] [[B'Elanna Torres|Torres]] was forced to eject the core. ({{VOY|Day of Honor}}) |
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| + | [[File:BorgDiamondRemains.jpg|thumb|The Borg vessel is destroyed as it exits the conduit]] |
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| − | {{bginfo|According to the videogame ''[[Star Trek: Armada II]]'', the Borg also had the technology to generate conduits using transwarp gates ({{mbeta|Borg transwarp gate}}) and transwarp portals ({{mbeta|Borg transwarp portal}}).}} |
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| + | [[2375|A year later]], [[Kathryn Janeway]], ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[captain]], mounted a mission to steal a transwarp coil from a [[Borg sphere]], in an attempt to return to the Alpha Quadrant. The mission was successful, but the ''Voyager'' crew was forced to install the coil in the ''[[Delta Flyer]]'' in order to travel to [[Unimatrix 01]] to rescue Seven of Nine. Upon completion of the mission, they returned through the conduit to rendezvous with ''Voyager'', pursued by [[Borg Queen's vessel|a Borg ship]]. As soon as the ''Flyer'' arrived at ''Voyager''{{'}}s coordinates, [[Commander]] [[Chakotay]] ordered a full spread of [[photon torpedo]]es fired at the threshold perimeter of the conduit, destabilizing the [[matter stream]] and imploding the conduit for at least a light year. This resulted in the destruction of the Borg vessel upon emerging from transwarp space. ''Voyager'' was subsequently able to travel another twenty thousand light years towards the Alpha Quadrant before the transwarp coil gave out, eliminating approximately fifteen years from their journey. ({{VOY|Dark Frontier}}) |
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| − | {{bginfo|During the voyages of enterprize on SNG, Enterprize-d was able to follow and self generate a field to enter the conduit in order to pursuing the rogue borg vessel, without the transwarp coil used by the borg and the Voyager}} |
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| + | [[File:Voyager enters transwarp aperture.jpg|thumb|left|''Voyager'' enters a transwarp aperture]] |
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| + | In [[2378]], ''Voyager'' discovered a transwarp hub in a nebula, allowing them access to a [[transwarp aperture]] less than a light year from [[Earth]]. With help from her counterpart from [[2404|twenty-six years in the future]], Captain Janeway was able to outfit ''Voyager'' with [[ablative generator]]s, enabling the ship to withstand attacks from Borg ships guarding the hub. Entering the conduit, ''Voyager'' destroyed the interspatial manifolds as it went, causing the hub to collapse. Despite their destruction of the manifolds, ''Voyager'' still found themselves pursued by a Borg sphere, which exited near Earth and engaged a fleet of Starfleet vessels. ''Voyager'' destroyed the sphere from within using a [[transphasic torpedo]], an advanced [[weapon]]s technology acquired from Janeway's counterpart. ({{VOY|Endgame}}) |
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| + | {{bginfo|According to the ''[[Star Trek: Armada II]]'' [[video game]], the Borg also had the technology to generate conduits using {{mb|Borg transwarp gate|transwarp gates}} and {{mb|Borg transwarp portal|transwarp portals}}.|In the [[William Shatner]] novel ''[[The Return]]'', it was stated that Starfleet had attempted to access the transwarp conduits after their confrontation with Lore's Borg, but had found it impossible to re-open the conduits using the tachyon pulses that had opened it previously, suggesting that the conduits had adapted like the Borg themselves.|According to the ''[[Star Trek Online]]'' video game, the Federation established the first links of its own system of transwarp conduits in [[2399]], and by [[2409]] would link the [[Sol system]] to key starbases in and around Federation territory. The conduits were created based on data gathered by the USS ''Voyager'' from their encounters with the Borg.''}} |
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| + | *[[Quantum slipstream drive]] |
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| + | *[[Subspace vortex]] |
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Revision as of 21:36, 11 November 2015
The topology of a transwarp conduit
A transwarp conduit, also known as a transwarp corridor, was an artificially-created energy conduit through a realm of subspace known as transwarp space. They were utilized by the Borg to cover great distances in a relatively short period of time. Accessed via tachyon pulses of alternating frequencies, the conduits contained a matter stream in which a vessel could reach velocities at least twenty times greater than the maximum warp speed of a Galaxy-class starship, in a process Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge described as "like falling into a fast-moving river and being swept away by the current." (TNG: "Descent", VOY: "Dark Frontier", "Shattered")
Technical data
The interior of a transwarp conduit, supported by interspatial manifolds
The generation of a transwarp conduit was characterized by triquantum waves, subspace disruptions with a field magnitude of at least 2.9 teracochranes, and a highly-symmetric power-utilization curve. The Borg maintained a network of thousands of transwarp conduits throughout the galaxy, connected by six transwarp hubs supported by interspatial manifolds, with exit points in all four quadrants. They were additionally able to generate new conduits through use of transwarp coils. This allowed the Borg to deploy vessels almost anywhere in the galaxy within minutes, giving them a decisive tactical advantage. Upon entering a conduit, a vessel was subject to extreme gravimetric shear. To compensate for this, the Borg projected a structural integrity field ahead of the ship. Additionally, there were extreme temporal stresses placed upon the vessel, necessitating a chroniton field be projected throughout the ship in order to keep the different sections of the ship in temporal sync. (VOY: "Dark Frontier", "Inside Man", "Shattered", "Endgame")
Encounters
The rogue Borg ship enters a transwarp conduit
In the 2350s, after three months of shadowing a Borg cube aboard the USS Raven, Magnus and Erin Hansen followed in the cube's wake after it entered a transwarp conduit, traveling all the way to the Delta Quadrant, the Borg's native territory. (VOY: "Dark Frontier")
The crew of the USS Enterprise observed a transwarp conduit in use in 2369, while engaging in combat with a rogue Borg vessel. Pursuing the vessel, the Enterprise became caught in the conduit's energy matrix and was briefly pulled inside. Later, upon analyzing the subspace distortion of the conduit, Commander La Forge was able to reproduce the tachyon pulses the Borg used to open the conduit, allowing the Enterprise to pursue the Borg to the planet which they were using as a base, sixty-five light years away. (TNG: "Descent")
In 2374, the USS Defiant was sent to investigate a subspace compression anomaly. Starfleet believed that analysis of the phenomenon would provide them the knowledge to create transwarp corridors that could help them win the Dominion War. (DS9: "One Little Ship")
During the same year, Seven of Nine attempted to utilize the USS Voyager's main deflector to generate a transwarp conduit in an effort to facilitate their return to the Alpha Quadrant. Erratic fluctuations of the ship's warp power caused the tachyon levels to rise to a resonant frequency. Tachyons flooded the warp core, threatening a breach. Unable to stabilize, Lieutenant Torres was forced to eject the core. (VOY: "Day of Honor")
The Borg vessel is destroyed as it exits the conduit
A year later, Kathryn Janeway, Voyager's captain, mounted a mission to steal a transwarp coil from a Borg sphere, in an attempt to return to the Alpha Quadrant. The mission was successful, but the Voyager crew was forced to install the coil in the Delta Flyer in order to travel to Unimatrix 01 to rescue Seven of Nine. Upon completion of the mission, they returned through the conduit to rendezvous with Voyager, pursued by a Borg ship. As soon as the Flyer arrived at Voyager's coordinates, Commander Chakotay ordered a full spread of photon torpedoes fired at the threshold perimeter of the conduit, destabilizing the matter stream and imploding the conduit for at least a light year. This resulted in the destruction of the Borg vessel upon emerging from transwarp space. Voyager was subsequently able to travel another twenty thousand light years towards the Alpha Quadrant before the transwarp coil gave out, eliminating approximately fifteen years from their journey. (VOY: "Dark Frontier")
Voyager enters a transwarp aperture
In 2378, Voyager discovered a transwarp hub in a nebula, allowing them access to a transwarp aperture less than a light year from Earth. With help from her counterpart from twenty-six years in the future, Captain Janeway was able to outfit Voyager with ablative generators, enabling the ship to withstand attacks from Borg ships guarding the hub. Entering the conduit, Voyager destroyed the interspatial manifolds as it went, causing the hub to collapse. Despite their destruction of the manifolds, Voyager still found themselves pursued by a Borg sphere, which exited near Earth and engaged a fleet of Starfleet vessels. Voyager destroyed the sphere from within using a transphasic torpedo, an advanced weapons technology acquired from Janeway's counterpart. (VOY: "Endgame")
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