# Warp Drive question (Star Trek)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warp-drive-question-star-trek/849633>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 17, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warp-drive-question-star-trek/849633 "2020-03-17T06:31:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warp-drive-question-star-trek/849633/81 "2020-03-23T23:39:47Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Yes, the _Enterprise_, NX-01, and her sister ships were the first Earth ships designed to be able to routinely go as fast as Warp 5, IIRC.

Yes, but test flights were required to prove they could go beyond warp 2.

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warp-drive-question-star-trek/849633/82 "2020-03-24T00:21:50Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Some of their episodes could have been a LOT more interesting if they had used an Infinite Improbability Drive instead.

Can’t. Captain Picard keeps drinking the Brownian Motion producer.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warp-drive-question-star-trek/849633/83 "2020-03-24T04:11:00Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> How far could you go at warp 5?

As far as the plot demanded: [Enterprise (NX-01) | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Enterprise_(NX-01)#Achievements)

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warp-drive-question-star-trek/849633/84 "2020-03-24T04:21:57Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> How far could you go at warp 5?

You could make the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs.

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**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warp-drive-question-star-trek/849633/85 "2020-03-24T04:35:45Z")

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Never mind. Joke that fell flat.

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