Warp core is the common term used to describe for the main reactor of starship warp engines.
Federation designed warp cores usually consists of a matter/antimatter reaction assembly (M/ARA), powered by dilithium crystals and/or deuterium and anti-deuterium.
Warp cores aboard some Romulan starships were powered by an artificial quantum singularity.
- The term was not used until Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but was nonetheless heard in the Star Trek: Enterprise.
In the event of an imminent warp core breach or other emergency, the core can be ejected into space.
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The warp core of an NX-class starship
The warp core of a Constitution-class refit starship
The warp core of a Galaxy-class starship
The warp core of an Intrepid-class starship
The warp core of a Sovereign-class starship
The warp core of a D'deridex-class warbird
External links[]
- Warp core article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Warp core article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.