Transwarp conduit A transwarp conduit , also known as a transwarp corridor , was an artificially - created energy conduit through a realm of subspace known as transwarp space . They were utilized by the Borg to cover great distances in a relatively short period of time . Accessed via tachyon pulses of alternating frequencies , the conduits contained a matter stream in which a vessel could reach velocities at least twenty times greater than the maximum warp speed of a starship , in a process Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge described as " like falling into a fast - moving river and being swept away by the current . " ( , ) Technical data . The generation of a transwarp conduit was characterized by triquantum wave s , subspace disruptions with a field magnitude of at least 2 . 9 teracochrane s , and a highly - symmetric power - utilization curve . The Borg maintained a network of thousands of transwarp conduits throughout the galaxy , connected by six transwarp hub s supported by interspatial manifold s , with exit points in all four quadrant s . They were additionally able to generate new conduits through use of transwarp coil s . This allowed the Borg to deploy vessels almost anywhere in the galaxy within minutes , giving them a decisive tactical advantage . Upon entering a conduit , a vessel was subject to extreme gravimetric shear . To compensate for this , the Borg projected a structural integrity field ahead of the ship . Additionally , there were extreme temporal stresses placed upon the vessel , necessitating a chroniton field be projected throughout the ship in order to keep the different sections of the ship in temporal sync . ( ) Encounters . In the 2350s , after three months of shadowing a Borg cube aboard the , Magnus and Erin Hansen followed in the cube ' s wake after it entered a transwarp conduit , traveling all the way to the Delta Quadrant , the Borg ' s native territory . ( ) The crew of the observed a transwarp conduit in use in 2369 , while engaging in combat with a rogue Borg vessel . Pursuing the vessel , the " Enterprise " became caught in the conduit ' s energy matrix and was briefly pulled inside . Later , upon analyzing the subspace distortion of the conduit , Commander La Forge was able to reproduce the tachyon pulses the Borg used to open the conduit , allowing the " Enterprise " to pursue the Borg to the planet which they were using as a base , sixty - five light year s away . ( ) In 2374 , the was sent to investigate a subspace compression anomaly . Starfleet believed that analysis of the phenomenon would provide them the knowledge to create transwarp corridors that could help them win the Dominion War . ( ) During the same year , Seven of Nine attempted to utilize the ' s main deflector to generate a transwarp conduit in an effort to facilitate their return to the Alpha Quadrant . Erratic fluctuations of the ship ' s warp power caused the tachyon levels to rise to a resonant frequency . Tachyons flooded the warp core , threatening a breach . Unable to stabilize , Lieutenant Torres was forced to eject the core . ( ) A year later , Kathryn Janeway , " Voyager " s captain , mounted a mission to steal a transwarp coil from a Borg sphere , in an attempt to return to the Alpha Quadrant . The mission was successful , but the " Voyager " crew was forced to install the coil in the " Delta Flyer " in order to travel to Unimatrix 01 to rescue Seven of Nine . Upon completion of the mission , they returned through the conduit to rendezvous with " Voyager " , pursued by a Borg ship . As soon as the " Flyer " arrived at " Voyager " s coordinates , Commander Chakotay ordered a full spread of photon torpedo es fired at the threshold perimeter of the conduit , destabilizing the matter stream and imploding the conduit for at least a light year . This resulted in the destruction of the Borg vessel upon emerging from transwarp space . " Voyager " was subsequently able to travel another twenty thousand light years towards the Alpha Quadrant before the transwarp coil gave out , eliminating approximately fifteen years from their journey . ( ) In 2378 , " Voyager " discovered a transwarp hub in a nebula , allowing them access to a transwarp aperture less than a light year from Earth . With help from her counterpart from twenty - six years in the future , Captain Janeway was able to outfit " Voyager " with ablative generator s , enabling the ship to withstand attacks from Borg ships guarding the hub . Entering the conduit , " Voyager " destroyed the interspatial manifolds as it went , causing the hub to collapse . Despite their destruction of the manifolds , " Voyager " still found themselves pursued by a Borg sphere , which exited near Earth and engaged a fleet of Starfleet vessels . " Voyager " destroyed the sphere from within using a transphasic torpedo , an advanced weapon s technology acquired from Janeway ' s counterpart . ( )