Transwarp Transwarp is a term associated with some technologies that allow the utilization of speeds that exceed traditional warp drive limits . ( ) History . The Federation developed transwarp beaming by 2387 . This transporter technology allowed the instantaneous beaming of living beings between planet s and distant star system s , or even onto a starship traveling at high warp . The theory was postulated and perfected by Montgomery Scott . But was only effective at a few dozen light years and only a limited amount of mass could be transported . " The complete transwarp beaming technology was introduced to the alternate reality in 2258 by Ambassador Spock . In 2259 , John Harrison implemented this technology to a portable transwarp beaming device . " ( ; ) The Federation also attempted to develop a transwarp drive in the in 2285 , termed " The Great Experiment " . However , the effort was ultimately unsuccessful in achieving infinite velocity . ( ) The Borg used transwarp signal s for communication and the Borg transwarp drive was based on generating transwarp conduit through transwarp space . ( ) This technology was first encountered by the Federation in the 2350s by the crew of the . This encounter remained unreported at the time . ( ) In 2370 , the ship used by the rogue Borg that were under the control of Lore used a conduit during an attack on Federation space . Geordi La Forge of the likened going through a transwarp aperture to " " falling into a fast - moving river and getting swept away by the current . " " . ( ) In 2372 , Tom Paris of the managed to break the transwarp threshold in the shuttlecraft " " after discovering a new form of dilithium . Although this form of travel was found to have severe , unanticipated side effects , Paris was the first person in Starfleet to cross the transwarp threshold . ( ) Species such as the Voth employed ships that were equipped with transwarp drive s . In 2372 the USS " Voyager " get in touch with the Voth and learn about their transwarp technology . ( ) In 2374 , the studied a rare subspace compression anomaly in the hopes of collecting data relevant to the development of transwarp corridor s , which are approximately 50 times faster faster than highest warp of starfleet ships . ( ) In 2374 , Seven of Nine attempted unsuccessfully to modify the systems of the Federation starship USS " Voyager " to create a transwarp conduit . Instead , it came through flowing tachyon s almost to a warp core breach . ( ) In the same year , the USS " Voyager " encountered Species 116 , which used a quantum slipstream drive , which was similar to transwarp conduits of the Borg . However , the attempt to replicate this technology some month later fails and caused the " Voyager " to be destroyed in an alternative timeline . ( ) In 2375 , USS " Voyager " used a transwarp coil stolen from a Borg sphere to create a transwarp conduit to traverse 20 , 000 light year s closer to the Alpha Quadrant , thus cutting about fifteen years off of its journey . ( ) In 2376 , the Pathfinder Project wasted 6 months attempting to develop a transwarp probe , based on simulations made by Reginald Barclay . ( ) In 2377 , Lieutenant B ' Elanna Torres participated in a Boray conference on transwarp theory in the Delta Quadrant . ( ) In 2378 , the USS " Voyager " discovered a transwarp hub in an unnamed nebula in the delta quadrant . First , the presence of a wormhole is suspected , as neutrino s and intermittent graviton flux emanated from the transwarp hub , which normally indicates a wormhole . After the ship had penetrated into the nebula , it was attacked by Borg . Then the crew decided to abandon the attempt to use the hub and continue to travel with warp . However , after a future Janeway emerges from a time travel from an alternate timeline , the crew decided to destroy the transwarp hub . Before the hub explodes , however , it was possible for the " Voyager " to enter a transwarp corridor to Earth and complete the journey home . The ship covered a distance of more than 30 , 000 light years within a short time . ( ) Appendices . Background information . In , set in 2267 , the term " multiwarp speeds " was attributed to the velocity of approximately Warp 15 . This was obviously before Warp 10 was a reference to infinite velocity . Warp 15 was at that time beyond the limitations of the conventional warp drive of the " Enterprise " . Multiwarp may be a synonym , or rather an older term , for transwarp . In , The Traveler used the energy of his thoughts to move the through space at a speed that appeared to surpass warp 10 . According to " " ( p . 55 ) , the ship didn ' t actually achieve warp 10 or go beyond , but it did travel at the speed of about Warp 9 . 9999999996 . This would be confirmed in , where Tom Paris becomes the first Human to travel at warp 10 , eight years after the events of " Where No One Has Gone Before " . According to the " " ( p . 14 ) , the Cardassian Union predicted a breakthrough in energy - field stability for transwarp computation speeds in computer core technology , during the 2370s . In the script of the film , " trans - warp " was used to refer to the condition of currently being at warp . The term is replaced , on - screen , with " mid - warp " used instead . Apocrypha . As a result of the events of the " " trilogy , the entire Borg transwarp conduit system had collapsed . " Voyager " confirmed this in the novel " Unworthy " . According to the " Star Trek Online " video game , the Federation established the first links of its own system of transwarp conduits in 2399 .