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Revision as of 21:01, 16 July 2009
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.
The Phoenix, piloted by Zefram Cochrane, was Earth's first ship to be successfully equipped with a faster-than-light propulsion system. (Star Trek: First Contact)
Faster-than-light technology
Subspace communications
- See: Subspace communications
Propulsion
- See: Propulsion
Background
According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual and The Making of Star Trek, the speed of light is equivalent to the speed of warp 1 on the scales used by Starfleet in the 23rd and 24th centuries.
Modern physics experiments have shown that the "phase 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 exist because it can be shown that no information or particles can by those means actually be transmitted faster than light. 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.