Warp core of the Sovereign-class USS Enterprise-E.
The warp core of a Galaxy class starship.
A warp core was the energy production reactor technology which allowed starships to use warp drive to travel at warp speeds.
History and specifics[]
Commonly, warp cores utilized matter/antimatter reactions to produce the required energy to achieve warp speed. Federation starships used deuterium and antideuterium which was reacted in a dilithium matrix. Romulan starships typically used artificial quantum singularities to produce the required power. The majority of starships used their warp cores for general energy requirements in addition to powering their warp drives.
An unusual hybrid starship encountered by the USS Enterprise-D in 2370 included a warp core from a Romulan warbird. (TNG - The Space Between comic: "Strategy")
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| warp drive technology | |
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| types of warp engines | coleopteric warp drive • dicyclic warp engine • transwarp drive • warp sled • warp drive |
| warp components | warp core • matter injector • antimatter inducer • antimatter injector • intermix chamber • power transfer conduit • warp coil • bussard collector • coolant manifold • plasma manifold • phase discriminator • dilithium crystal • dilithium articulation frame |
External link[]
- Warp core article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.