Warp core

A warp core is the energy production device which allows starships to utilise warp drive to travel at warp speeds.

Commonly warp cores utilise matter/antimatter reactions to produce the required energy to achieve warp speed. Federation starships use deuterium and antideuterium which is reacted in a dilithium matrix. Romulan starships typically use artificial quantum singularitys to produce the required power. The majority of starships use their warp cores for general energy requirements in addition to powering their warp drives.