- published: 15 Feb 2013
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Warp drive is a hypothetical faster-than-light (FTL) propulsion system in science fiction works, most notably Star Trek. A spacecraft equipped with a warp drive may travel at fantasy speeds greater than that of light by many orders of magnitude. In contrast to other hypothetical FTL technologies such as a jump drive or hyper drive, the warp drive does not permit instantaneous (or near instantaneous) travel between two points but involves a measurable passage of time which is problematic to the concept. Spacecraft at warp velocity theoretically continue to interact with objects in "normal space". Other science fiction in which warp drive technology is featured include Stars!, EVE Online, Earth and Beyond, StarCraft, DarkSpace, Starship Troopers, Doctor Who, WALL-E, FTL: Faster Than Light and Star Ocean. The general concept of "warp drive" was introduced by John W. Campbell in his 1931 novel Islands of Space. A similar concept known as the "hyperdrive" in the science fiction franchise Star Wars functions also in a similar manner by manipulating the dimensions of spacial vacuum in front of a spaceship and behind it, giving it immense speed by giving it around and slightly beyond light speed capability.
Warp, warped or warping may refer to:
There was no starlight
Now the rays are blazing in my face
IÆm the spearhead of the team
ThatÆs waiting at my base
For the control of that distant ball
Roaring high on a silver streak
I know the task switching deflectors to ON
Like an eagle I descend
My intention is to scan
The whole success depends on my research
Data junction must be complete
IÆm waiting for the right to send my creatures
Into universe
Roaring high on a silver streak
Thundering again
Warp Seven - a human body would have been torn
Warp Seven - a million times gale force ten
Warp Seven!!!
IÆm the bird of prey!
Still it feels like home, still I am a son
But I canÆt return though IÆm the chosen one
If I touched the ground IÆd lose all my might
Better enter space and dive into the sky