Editing Technology in Star Trek (section)

===Transwarp===
[[Transwarp]] generally refers to speeds and technologies that are beyond conventional warp drives. The warp drive has a natural physical or economical limit beyond which higher speeds are no longer possible. The reference work ''Star Trek Fact Files'' indicates this limit at warp factor 9.99. This is the highest conventional warp speed mentioned for a spaceship (Borg cube). Also in the episode ''Threshold'' (''Star Trek Voyager'') the warp factor 9.99 is suggested as the limit. This is the last warp factor mentioned before the leap takes place in the transwarp state.

In the book ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' the authors describe the idea of transwarp: <blockquote>Finally, we had to provide some loophole for various powerful aliens like Q, who have a knack for tossing the ship million of light years in the time of a commercial break. .. This lets Q and his friends have fun in the 9.9999+ range, but also lets our ship travel slowly enough to keep the galaxy a big place, and meets the other criteria.</blockquote>

The transwarp concept itself is not tied to any particular technology or speed limit. Variants of transwarp are:

; [[Space folding (science fiction)|Space folding]]
** [[coaxial warp drive]] 
** Rutian Inverter
** Sikarian [[spatial trajector]] 
; [[Hyperspace]]
** [[quantum slipstream]]
** Vaadwaur [[subspace corridors]] ([[underspace]])
** Xindi [[subspace vortex]]
** Borg [[transwarp conduits]]
; [[Wormhole]]s
** [[geodesic fold]]
** [[intermittent cyclical vortex]]
** [[interspatial fissure]]
** [[interspatial flexure]]
** [[spatial flexure]]
** [[spatial vortex]]