Hekaras Corridor: Difference between revisions

Given the ongoing effect caused by warp engines, the Federation has restricted travel through the Corridor to essential traffic, and instituted a limit of warp 5 in all but extreme emergency situations. This knowledge has been shared with all space-faring species in the hope that they will also observe the restrictions. By 2371, StarFleet had introduced a new design of warp engine that does not appear to damage the fabric of space at high warp speeds. The Intrepid-class U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656 was one of the first starships to make sure of the new design, utilizing variable geometry warp drive nacelles, and similar technology was later incorporated into every new class of vessel designed by Starfleet.