A Facebook meme pointed out that in "All Good Things" warp factors bigger than ten were mentioned. A writer said that speeds were getting so big that they had to modify the scale to avoid 9.999 problems...
New Warp 10-old Warp 9.9
New Warp 11-old Warp 9.99
New Warp 12-old Warp 9.999
etc.
PNQ: Do you like this idea?
I'm reminded of the old novel Federation where the Enterprise of thousands of years in the future uses "sidewarp" factors, implying a totally new form of propulsion (no doubt tapping into something even better than subspace) that can take you to other galaxies in a reasonable amount of time.
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