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Originally Posted by MikeFold
if memory serves me correct, to time travel to fetch the humpback whales, they had to achieve warp 9.9, but exceeded that in a romulan war bird
star trek IV (i think)
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Actually they kind of fucked it up.
"Warp" is the ability to travel faster than light but without going back in time.
What they had to do in Trek 4 was go back in time. The movie text basically had them zooming towards the sun using its gravity to pull them past the speed of light without going into warp, thereby sending them back in time. However the dialog is kind of fucked up as they ignored even their own rules, basic science, and even some star trek science. Doesn't really matter though, it was still a fun movie.