Warp drive

Invented by Zefram Cochrane in 2063 it has become the main form of propulsion on most federation starships.

in order to generate the vast amounst of power nesscery to achieve faster then light velocities matter and anti-matter are annialited within the warp core. the reaction is controlled using dialithium. because of the volitile nature of anti-matter when mixed with matter all modern federation starships are equipped with a warp core ejection system in order to drop a breeching warp core.