Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Warp Drive

There are of course other forms of transport in the Star Trek universe. The Borg have managed to successfully achieve transwarp capability, which allows them to suddenly appear at the drop of a hat. Their system of transwarp corridors, linked by hubs dotted throughout the galaxy, has greatly contributed to their terrifying reputation. They primarily use transwarp coils and a chroniton field to achieve these speeds, as the gravimetric sheer that a Cube creates could, in theory, tear it to pieces.

While Federation starships can use transwarp coils, finding them was extremely difficult, as the Borg were not known for their generosity. An alternative appeared in the form of a quantum slipstream drive aboard the USS Dauntless, though this too turned out to be too dangerous. This was supplied by an alien named Arturis, and he was hell bent on delivering Voyager to the Borg.

Slipstream Drive relied on Benamite Crystals, as opposed to Dilithium. These were even rarer to find, though a small supply was secured the year after first discovering the Dauntless. While Voyager was only able to shave ten years off their journey this way, by the 32nd century it was a standard system aboard ships such as Book's.