Changes: Warp barrier

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Phoenix warp — The *Phoenix* breaking the warp barrier

The warp barrier was the transition from sublight velocities to faster-than-light warp speeds. It was also used as a reference to the limits of warp drive technology to achieve certain rates of speed.

In 2063, the Phoenix reached warp threshold and broke the warp barrier. (Star Trek: First Contact)

In 2143, the NX-class prototypes broke the warp barrier, known as the warp 2 barrier. (ENT: "First Flight")

The time barrier was a warp barrier broken some time between 2236 and 2254. (TOS: "The Cage")

The USS Enterprise was a starship with a warp drive that had surpassed this barrier. Multiple production sources, including an unseen display screen intended for use in "In A Mirror, Darkly, Part II", the Star Trek Encyclopedia, and The Making of Star Trek, give the Enterprise launch date as 2245.

In 2364, after a series of formula modifications by Kosinski, the USS Enterprise-D experienced a phenomenal surge of power during a warp speed experiment and jumped over millions and later over a billion light years through space in a matter of minutes. During the first jump, instrumentation indicated that the ship actually surpassed warp 10, apparently making the so-called warp 10 barrier meaningless. Kosinski declared that science would need new definitions and new parameters to define warp speed. One suggestion was the Kosinski scale. It was later determined that the enormous surge of speed was caused by The Traveler and that Kosinski's formulas were bogus. (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before") The Traveler had the ability to alter warp fields using the energy of his thoughts to move through space and time. (TNG: "Time Squared", "Remember Me")

According to Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (page 55), the ship didn't actually surpass warp 10, but did achieve the speed of about Warp 9.9999999996. This would be confirmed in VOY: "Threshold", where Tom Paris becomes the first Human to travel at warp 10, eight years after the events of "Where No One Has Gone Before".

In 2372, the warp 10 maximum warp barrier was also known as the transwarp threshold. (VOY: "Threshold")

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+[[File:Phoenix warp.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Phoenix]]'' breaking the warp barrier]]
-The "'''warp barrier'''" is a theoretical barrier that [[warp]] is limited to preset [[warp factor|factors]], which are unsurpassable.
+[[File:Malcorian warp ship.jpg|thumb|A schematic of the [[Malcorian warp ship]]]]
-:''Although not specified, the warp barrier is most likely in reference to [[Warp 10]]. However, there are references to other barriers, most notably in the movie {{film|8}} where [[Zefram Cochrane]] "breaks the warp barrier" in the ''[[Phoenix]]'', and in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', where the warp barrier seemed to be warp 5.''
+The '''warp barrier''' was the transition from [[sublight]] velocities to [[faster-than-light]] [[Warp factor|warp speeds]]. It was also used as a reference to the limits of [[warp drive]] technology to achieve certain rates of speed.
+In [[2063]], the ''[[Phoenix]]'' reached warp threshold and broke the warp barrier. ({{film|8}})
-After a series of formula "upgrades" by [[Kosinski]] in [[2364]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} experienced a phenomenal surge of power during a warp speed experiment and was sent over 2,700,000 [[light year]]s in a matter of minutes. After realizing what he had stumbled upon, by making the so-called "warp barrier" meaningless, Kosinski declared that science would need new definitions and new parameters to define warp speed. One suggestion was the [[Kosinski scale]]. It was later determined that the enormous speed was attained with the help of [[The Traveler]] and that Kosinski's formulae were bogus. ({{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}})
-[[Category:Propulsion technology]]
+In [[2143]], the {{class|NX}} [[prototype]]s broke the warp barrier, known as the [[warp 2 barrier]]. ({{ENT|First Flight}})
+The [[time barrier]] was a warp barrier broken some time between [[2236]] and [[2254]]. ({{TOS|The Cage}})
+{{bginfo|The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} was a starship with a warp drive that had surpassed this barrier. Multiple production sources, including an unseen display screen intended for use in "[[In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II (episode)|In A Mirror, Darkly, Part II]]", the ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', and ''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'', give the ''Enterprise'' launch date as [[2245]].}}
+In [[2364]], after a series of formula modifications by [[Kosinski]], the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} experienced a phenomenal surge of power during a warp speed experiment and jumped over millions and later over a billion [[light year]]s through space in a matter of minutes. During the first jump, instrumentation indicated that the ship actually surpassed warp 10, apparently making the so-called warp 10 barrier meaningless. Kosinski declared that science would need new definitions and new parameters to define warp speed. One suggestion was the [[Kosinski scale]]. It was later determined that the enormous surge of speed was caused by [[The Traveler]] and that Kosinski's formulas were bogus. ({{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}}) The Traveler had the ability to alter [[warp field]]s using the energy of his thoughts to move through space and time. ({{TNG|Time Squared|Remember Me}})
+{{bginfo|According to ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' (page 55), the ship didn't actually surpass warp 10, but did achieve the speed of about Warp 9.9999999996. This would be confirmed in {{VOY|Threshold}}, where Tom Paris becomes the first Human to travel at warp 10, eight years after the events of "Where No One Has Gone Before".}}
+In [[2372]], the warp 10 maximum warp barrier was also known as the [[transwarp threshold]]. ({{VOY|Threshold}})
+==See also==
+*[[Maximum warp]]
+*[[Time barrier]]
+[[fr:Mur de la distorsion]]
+[[Category:Warp]]