In the Star Trek fictional universe, a warp core breach is a serious malfunction that can occur on starships, resulting in loss of the ship, and possibly loss of life. The Enterprise boldly going where no man had gone before. ... A fictional universe is a cohesive fictional world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ... This article is about the vehicle for interstellar travel. ...

A warp core breach occurs when containment is lost between matter and antimatter, allowing the two to combine in an uncontrolled manner. This produces enough energy to destroy the starship. This article is about foreign policy. ... Matter is commonly referred to as the substance of which physical objects are composed. ... Antimatter is matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter. ... This article is about the vehicle for interstellar travel. ...

If this happens, the warp core could be ejected from the ship, or if possible, a saucer separation maneuver could be performed (if this feature was present on that particular starship). This would result in the probability of loss of life diminishing. The Enterprise-D goes into warp. ... In the Star Trek fictional universe, saucer separation is the term used to describe when the saucer section on certain types of Starfleet starship disengages from the stardrive section. ... This article is about the vehicle for interstellar travel. ...

There have been many examples of warp core destabilisations. In most cases warp cores that have lost containment result in the core breaching and the vessel being destroyed. Howeer there are examples of warp core restabilisation. During a warp core breach, if time is willing, the crew of a starship can in some cases restabilise the warp core by means of restabilising the reaction between matter and antimatter. There is also at least one example of a warp core restabilising by itself, as seen in the Star Trek: Voyager episode 'day of honour.' Matter is commonly referred to as the substance of which physical objects are composed. ... Antimatter is matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter. ...

A warp core breach was seen in Star Trek: Generations. Star Trek: Generations (Paramount Pictures, 1994, see also 1994 in film) is the seventh feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ...

External links

• Warp core breach article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki