You’re describing an Alcubierre drive. Star Trek doesn’t use that. Star Trek warp forms a bubble in subspace and you traverse the galaxy there. This bubble makes your inertial mass smaller which allows you to reach velocity values above c.
The ship is moving because the few times we see something get ejected from the warp field it continues moving in normal space. It doesn’t stop dead.
This bubble makes your inertial mass smaller which allows you to reach velocity values above c
as long as the mass is non-zero, the value really does not matter, you would still need infinite energy
These generators are basically coils in warp nacelles protruding from the spaceship. These generate a subspace field, the so-called warp field or a warp bubble, which distort space-time and propels the bubble and spaceship in the bubble forward
You’re describing an Alcubierre drive. Star Trek doesn’t use that. Star Trek warp forms a bubble in subspace and you traverse the galaxy there. This bubble makes your inertial mass smaller which allows you to reach velocity values above c.
The ship is moving because the few times we see something get ejected from the warp field it continues moving in normal space. It doesn’t stop dead.
(it’s just a TV show, man)
(You should really just re-lax)
as long as the mass is non-zero, the value really does not matter, you would still need infinite energy
These generators are basically coils in warp nacelles protruding from the spaceship. These generate a subspace field, the so-called warp field or a warp bubble, which distort space-time and propels the bubble and spaceship in the bubble forward
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp_drive#Star_Trek