Star Trek Subspace
In the Star Trek fictional universe, sub space is a feature of space- time which facilitates faster than light transit in the form of transmission of information or interstellar travel. The Star Trek Subspace follows different laws of physics. Subspace has also been adopted and used in various series and video games like The Descent, Stargate Atlantis, Halo and Freespace.
In majority of the Star Trek series subspace is mainly used for establishing contacts with the people and places which are light years away. The physics of the Star Trek Subspace is described as infinite speed which is expressed as Warp 10, as an impossible thing, as such even the subspace communications which supposedly travel at speeds over 9.9 Warp may take weeks to reach a desired destination and are confined to region of space which was mapped previously for subspace channels. However, once the connection is established then the communications between the two points become instantaneous.
Subspace is basically a substrate within which our universe exists. A subspace filed may either be a natural or forced intrusion of this domain into our space, thus altering the behaviors of things which are in our time frame.
There are many things which support this. In “Schisms” different creatures exist in within a tertiary subspace manifold. A manifold is a term which is used to describe the form our universe takes when it is viewed from a theoretical direction, that is, a higher direction. This is also sometimes called as the “deeper level of subspace”.
Whenever our space time frame is distorted a large amount of energy is released. You can call subspace as a medium in which our space- time frame exists. The parts which are nearest are coupled tightly to our own universe. And can be thought of as being mapped to our own space-time.
Subspace is not a ‘place’ or an alternate reality or space-time frame where things go. Subspace is also not entered by a starship at warp. A ship only creates a subspace which acts like another universe very tightly coupled to our own.
Subspaces do not really need to follow the rules of relativity. These might have unique reference frame, and everything which is enclosed in a subspace field has the reference frame of the subspace.
The weakest sub space fields are just like traditional fields, like magnetic fields. They consist of associated particles, can be used for transmission, can be bound to objects etc.
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