Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word warpfield.

Examples

  • Astronaut 1: "Tomorrow? can't you divert power from the lifesupport or reverse the polarity on the warpfield emitters to speed tgis up a little?"

    Music In Outer Space 2005

  • As he lay back on the thin, hard bunk, he could feel jolts running through the Romulan frigate as it engaged tractor beams and locked them on Vega, but the lurch as its warpfield was extended around the damaged vessel knocked him off the bunk and onto the deck beneath it.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • “Even a hefty warpfield generator would only have a limited life expectancy.”

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • As he lay back on the thin, hard bunk, he could feel jolts running through the Romulan frigate as it engaged tractor beams and locked them on Vega, but the lurch as its warpfield was extended around the damaged vessel knocked him off the bunk and onto the deck beneath it.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • He was doing something Jim had seen done in starships in warp, but always at slower speeds: deforming the warpfield itself, broadening and flattening it forward, tightening it to the rear.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Then we adjusted the warpfield generator so that it would twist space just slightly over a large cubic area, causing the contours of surrounding subspace to favor randomly directed tachyon flow along certain ‘tunnels’ at a certain packet frequency—

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • I suggest we maneuver close enough together to allow a joint warpfield, and take her into it.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • We used material from the parts bank to build a very small warpfield generator of the kind used in warp-capable shuttlecraft.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • She screamed through the wreckage and the swiftly dying fire, while Bloodwing, plunging toward them at warp five, angled up and over them, deforming her own warpfield in a crazed, congratulatory victory roll.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Someone was firing phasers near their warpfield, distorting it from the leading side.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.