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Revision as of 21:28, 30 September 2006
The speed of light, also referred to as light speed, or the warp threshold, is the velocity that light travels in a vacuum. This constant, usually denoted c, is exactly 299,792,458 meters/second, and was equivalent to the speed of Warp 1 on the scales used by Starfleet in the 23rd and 24th centuries. (The Making of Star Trek; Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual")
The Phoenix, piloted by Zefram Cochrane, was Earth's first ship to travel faster than the speed of light. (Star Trek: First Contact).
- Modern physics experiments have shown that the "group velocity" of laser light can exceed c, and some observed phenomena in quantum mechanics also exceed c. However, practical applications of these experiments do not yet exist. Other than the information cited to Star Trek: First Contact, this information is not canon, but is considered to come from a Memory Alpha permitted resource.
Faster-than-light technology
Subspace communications
- See: Subspace communications
Propulsion
- See: Propulsion
you can go faster i said so