Warp Factor

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Warp factor was the primary means of measuring speeds attained using warp drive. An alternative term time-warp factor was also used. The term was often shortened to warp when followed by its value, so that saying "warp six" is the same as saying "warp factor six." Faster-than-light travel began after warp one, whereas lower fractional values were sometimes used to measure sublight speeds. Spacecraft ordinarily traveled at a higher integer warp factor.

By the 24th century, infinite velocity was designated as warp factor ten. It was considered to be unattainable by conventional means. Because of this, extremely high warp factors were indicated with decimal values between nine and ten, such as warp 9.975.

Speed Km/h X Lightspeed To Near Star Across Sector
Full Impulse 270 million 0.25 20 years 80 years
Warp 1 1078 million 1 5 years 20 years
Warp 2 11 billion 10 6 months 3 years
Warp 3 42 billion 39 2 months 1 year
Warp 4 109 billion 102 18 days 2 months
Warp 5 230 billion 214 9 days 1 month
Warp 6 423 billion 392 5 days 19 days
Warp 7 700 billion 656 3 days 11 days
Warp 8 1103 billion 1,024 2 days 7 days
Warp 9 1.63 trillion 1,516 1 day 5 days
Warp 9.2 1.78 trillion 1,649 1 day 4 days
Warp 9.6 2.06 trillion 1,909 23 hours 4 days
Warp 9.9 3.29 trillion 3,053 14 hours 2 days
Warp 9.99 8.53 trillion 7,912 6 hours 22 hours
Warp 9.999 215 trillion 199,516 13 minutes 53 minutes
Warp 10 Infinite Infinite 0 0

Source: Memory Alpha & Star Trek: Adventures Core Rulebook