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Understanding Warp Drive

 

Warp Speed Tables

For more on how these numbers were derived, see the article on Stellar Cartography. 

 

New Warp Scale Old Warp Scale Speed ( c )   To Nearby Star (1 pc)   Cross 1Sector (20 ly)   Cross 1 Sector Quad (40 ly)
  Years Days Hours Min   Years Days Hours Min   Years Days Hours Min
1.0000 1.0000 1   3 95 12 51   20 0 0 0   40 0 0 0
2.0000 2.0000 10   0 118 4 35   1 359 11 57   3 353 17 54
3.0000 3.0000 39   0 30 14 13   0 187 14 14   1 9 22 28
4.0000 4.0000 102   0 11 17 26   0 71 21 42   0 143 19 24
5.0000 5.0000 214   0 5 13 46   0 34 4 14   0 68 8 27
6.0000 6.0000 392   0 3 0 51   0 18 14 41   0 37 5 22
7.0000 7.0000 656   0 1 19 35   0 11 3 13   0 22 6 25
8.0000 8.0000 1,024   0 1 3 56   0 7 3 13   0 14 6 26
9.0000 9.0000 1,516   0 0 18 52   0 4 19 38   0 9 15 15
9.1000 10.1623 2,273   0 0 12 35   0 3 5 8   0 6 10 15
9.2000 10.2796 2,362   0 0 12 7   0 3 2 14   0 6 4 28
9.3000 10.3970 2,453   0 0 11 40   0 2 23 29   0 5 22 57
9.4000 10.5144 2,547   0 0 11 14   0 2 20 51   0 5 17 42
9.5000 10.6319 2,643   0 0 10 50   0 2 18 21   0 5 12 42
9.6000 14.1012 6,774   0 0 4 14   0 1 1 53   0 2 3 46
9.7000 14.2733 7,054   0 0 4 4   0 1 0 52   0 2 1 43
9.8000 14.4456 7,341   0 0 3 54   0 0 23 53   0 1 23 46
9.9000 14.6182 7,638   0 0 3 45   0 0 22 58   0 1 21 55
9.9500 14.7046 7,790   0 0 3 41   0 0 22 31   0 1 21 1
9.9750 14.7478 7,866   0 0 3 39   0 0 22 18   0 1 20 35
9.9900 14.7738 7,912   0 0 3 37   0 0 22 10   0 1 20 19
9.9950 16.1710 10,694   0 0 2 41   0 0 16 24   0 1 8 48
9.9990 21.0041 25,567   0 0 1 8   0 0 6 52   0 0 13 43
9.9999 38.9039 199,516   0 0 0 9   0 0 0 53   0 0 1 46

 

New Warp Scale Old Warp Scale Speed ( c )   Cross UFP (800 ly)   Galactic Center (25k ly)   Andromeda Galaxy (2.5m ly)
  Years Days Hours Min   Years Days Hours Min   Years Days Hours Min
1.0000 1.0000 1   800 0 0 0   25,000 0 0 0   2,500,000 0 0 0
2.0000 2.0000 10   79 135 3 53   2,480 114 17 48   248,031 151 8 23
3.0000 3.0000 39   20 198 17 3   642 0 10 21   64,200 43 2 21
4.0000 4.0000 102   7 319 9 56   246 28 14 39   24,607 304 6 8
5.0000 5.0000 214   3 271 6 53   116 350 21 35   11,696 25 21 59
6.0000 6.0000 392   2 13 23 6   63 253 16 44   6,369 167 10 35
7.0000 7.0000 656   1 80 2 3   38 37 5 12   3,810 69 2 33
8.0000 8.0000 1,024   0 285 8 27   24 151 5 41   2,441 148 9 12
9.0000 9.0000 1,516   0 192 16 42   16 177 17 43   1,648 241 19 38
9.1000 9.1000 1,573   0 185 17 28   15 325 5 26   1,589 15 7 54
9.2000 10.2796 2,362   0 123 17 10   10 213 14 21   1,058 175 6 46
9.3000 10.3970 2,453   0 119 2 55   10 70 1 5   1,019 64 17 7
9.4000 10.5144 2,547   0 114 17 53   9 298 12 33   981 267 0 17
9.5000 10.6319 2,643   0 110 13 45   9 168 3 28   946 12 22 22
9.6000 10.7494 2,741   0 106 14 15   9 43 19 10   911 362 1 42
9.7000 14.2733 7,054   0 41 10 14   3 198 19 20   354 156 23 45
9.8000 14.4456 7,341   0 39 19 15   3 148 1 4   340 194 10 10
9.9000 14.6182 7,638   0 38 6 10   3 99 18 14   327 114 4 26
9.9500 14.7046 7,790   0 37 12 18   3 76 11 60   320 344 23 52
9.9750 14.7478 7,866   0 37 3 32   3 65 2 1   317 299 2 14
9.9900 14.7738 7,912   0 36 22 19   3 58 7 13   315 351 7 19
9.9950 14.7824 7,928   0 36 20 35   3 56 1 13   315 126 7 34
9.9990 16.1788 10,711   0 27 6 45   2 122 0 31   233 148 21 15
9.9999 21.0066 25,577   0 11 10 11   0 357 0 8   97 271 6 10

 

Typical Warp Speeds by Era                    
Era Civilian Cruise   Military Cruise/Civil Max   Military Max/Civil Emerg.   Military Emergency
Q-Era (Phoenix) WF1   WF2   WF4   WF6
Y-Era (ENT) WF2   WF4   WF6   WF8
R-Era (TOS) WF4   WF6   WF8   WF9
X-Era (Movies) WF6   WF8   WF9   WF9.1
X2-Era (TNG) WF8   WF9   WF9.1   WF9.3
                                 
Subspace Radio Speed by Era (Conventional Speed / Speed with Boosters)            
Q-Era (Phoenix) Y-Era (ENT) R-Era (TOS) X-Era (TOS Movies) X2-Era (TNG)              
9.9/9.99 9.99/9.995 9.995/9.999 9.999/9.9999 9.999/9.9999              

For FASA ships, simply use the warp speeds derived from the Starship Construction Tables.

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