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Actually, the difference in Warp figures between the old show & TNG has been explained. The Warp engines work by generating a "tube" of warped(?) space in which the ship can move though. As they came to the end of the warp tube, a new tube was generated. Warp 9, was the old limit due to the pairing of the warp tubes. TNG use a newer Warp generating system that allows 4 warp tubes to be generated at a time, allowing at least a three fold increase in speed. However, instead of saying "Warp 27", they changed the warp measuring scale so that "Warp 9" was still near the maximum. I compare it to a "submarine" that can generate a vacuum of air in the direction it is moving — allowing it to escape the forces of friction that moving through water causes. Ron. – ap'ing with AP. (Eagles may fly, but weasles aren't sucked into jet engines.)