>> Actually, from what I remember of the Technical Manual, it's not a 1:1 
>> multiplicative correlation between warp speed and c, more like 
>> exponential.  Warp 1 *is* c, but warp 10 is 'occupies every point in 
>> universe simultaneously' and requires theoretically infinite 
>> energy...warp 9 is Really Really fast.  Because just 10x the speed of 
>> light still leaves months, if not *years* between most stars.
> 
> ... and it tears holes into the subspace, though they kept that secret 
> until some seasons into TNG. What was the speed limit after that? Warp 
> 5? Or was it Warp 3?
> 
> But then again, Warp isn't a multiple of c anyway, it's a level of 
> distortion of spacetime (hey, it messes seriously with /normal space/, 
> so how could they possibly expect to not affect /subspace/?) while you'd 
> still travel sub-lightspeed, possess a finite real mass, and just need 
> to travel a significantly shorter distance.

Until they invented the Trans-Warp Drive...

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