Soliton wave

A soliton wave was a confined energy phenomenon that traveled at faster-than-light speeds, with potential applications in spacecraft propulsion and subspace communication.
== Soliton wave rider experiment ==
During the mid-24th century, Doctor Ja'Dar of Bilana III investigated soliton waves as a possible alternative to warp drive. The attended the first field test of this technology in 2368. 
According to Ja'Dar's presentation of the soliton wave rider experiment:
* First step: "Twenty three field coils, working in concert, will generate the soliton wave from this point on the planet surface." 
* Second step: "We will have our test ship towed to a position approximately two million kilometers from Bilana III. If our theories are correct, the wave will envelop the ship and push it into warp." 
* Third step: "The wave will be directed toward Lemma II, about three light years distance. Our sister facility there which will generate a scattering field which will dissipate the wave…" 
* Fourth step: "…and bring the ship out of warp."
File:Soliton wave graphic.jpg|First step: Field coils activated
File:Soliton wave graphic 2.jpg|Second step: Soliton wave directed towards test vehicle
File:Soliton wave graphic 3.jpg|Third step: Scattering field generated to counteract soliton wave
File:Soliton wave graphic 4.jpg|Fourth step: Ship safely reaches its final destination
Although the test began promisingly, displaying a 98% energy transfer efficiency of the soliton wave that was 450% more efficient than the Enterprises own warp engines, the wave unexpectedly destabilized and manifested a subspace distortion that destroyed the test ship and damaged the Enterprise. Dr. Ja'Dar believed that a transient power imbalance was responsible.
The Enterprise subsequently found that the wave was accelerating towards Lemma II, gaining energy in the process. It was estimated that by the time the wave arrived it would contain enough energy to destroy most of the planet. The wave had grown too powerful for the Lemma II facility to dissipate, but the Enterprise was able to disrupt the wave by detonating five photon torpedoes directly in front of it. ()
== Communication through the Bajoran wormhole ==
In 2371, the Cardassian scientists Ulani Belor and Gilora Rejal intended to test various types of soliton pulses as the carrier wave source to use to cut through the interference on the inside of the Bajoran wormhole in order for the wormhole relay station to function. They believed that one of the pulses "should maintain the required signal integrity," and unlike the Federation's similar attempts in 2370, the Cardassians believed that they worked out the phase variance problems in the transceiver coils, that the first test experienced. ()
== Potential multiversal destruction ==
In 2382, the destruction of the inside of a quantum fissure disrupted the fissure's coherence and threatened to send soliton waves throughout the multiverse which would destroy it. Captain Lily Sloane and Ensign Beckett Mariner were able to push the wave to the prime universe alone using a soliton burst from the navigational deflector on the Anaximander. While this threatened the prime universe with destruction, Captain William Boimler believed that his transporter duplicate Brad Boimler and their friends on the would be able to find a solution in time. () In the prime universe, the fissure is surrounded by a Schrödinger possibility field which remaps matter into other possibilities from the multiverse. It was eventually contained by the using a subspace gluonic beam, transforming the fissure into a stable portal into other quantum realities. ()
==Apocrypha==
The novel established that the use of soliton waves for starship propulsion had been proposed as early as 2268.
The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual established that Starfleet later looked the possibility of using soliton waves to speed communications.
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