Warp XV Development: Difference between revisions

The Development of the Warp XV Engine took several years and has grown to encompass multiple ships, crews, and characters in the furthest corners of the fleet.  The development has and will continue to have pitfalls as the engine is fine-tuned, put through its paces, and becomes more widespread.   

(Excerpts taken from - https://forums.starbase118.net/index.php?/topic/17700-warp-xv-project/)   

Likewise, while originally, a ship for instance crossing into the ninth subspace layer may only be able to maintain warp 9.9 for 12 hours, by being able to cross two more layers into the eleventh layer (warp 11), the ship is able to maintain roughly the same speed for far longer than the 12 hours it could only do so at the old warp 9.9. Essentially, the warp XV engine makes travel in the warp 9+ range on the old scale more efficient/practical.

It is understood all technologies introduced to our universe need to come with limitations.

Though built to be a more sustainable engine, the Warp XV engine is a sprinter at its highest speeds. Expect lots of shaking and things breaking as you go faster than warp 12 (again, which is already going faster than warp 9.9 on the old scale). The engine's energy requirements, though less than QSD, is expected to still require more for higher speeds. Ships should be expected to give up something for the extra speed capability.

The Nova Aster, born the STS-17569-WV12 and rechristened by its crew of Roshanara Rahman and Oddas Aria, was standard Starfleet test sled put together by the Starfleet Corps of Engineers to test the prototype Warp XV Engine, the OR Assembly Mark 1 or Oddas-Rahman Next Gen Warp Propulsion Assembly, a name neither Oddas or Rahman could bring themselves to say.

The first flight of the Warp XV Engine, on Stardate 239602.16 - two years after it was postulated as a theory, saw the Nova Aster achieve a newly calibrated speed of Warp 12.4, but a differential formed between along the nacelles, causing the test to be aborted before it could achieve its full rated speed of Warp 13<ref name="firstflight"/>. Despite this, the Corps of Engineers approved the Engine for field testing and for testing of various field testing of specific components and in specific environments.

The Advanced Starship Design Bureau, in association with the Starfleet Corp of Engineers, has developed the following outline of recommended test procedures to be followed by all ships participating in Phase One of the Warp Core refit program.  These steps are intended to bring uniformity and consistency to systems testing and should be used as a framework for the execution of all post-upgrade certification work.  If any major deviations from expected performance are observed, please forward all relevant test data to the Corp of Engineers immediately for review and appraisal.   

# "Fine, floor it."  - Phase Four - Point to point warp flight between two known points at max obtainable speed.  Tests the maximum sustained output level of the core along with any structural issues that may come up from extended use.

* USS Eagle, [[Holy_Orders_(USS_Eagle)|Testing Deflector Shield in the Vicinity of Specific Subspace anomalies.]]