Ability: Transwarp


 * This is about the player ability from ranking up, for similar uses see below.

Overview
Transwarp is a method of traveling beyond traditional warp speeds at near-infinite velocity. It was heavily utilized by the Borg in the Delta Quadrant and allowed the USS Voyager to return home. Players have access to Transwarp throughout their character's career.

The Transwarp ability enables players to travel instantly back to Earth Spacedock, Qo'noS, New Romulus, or Deep Space 9 (depending on the player's faction) or to different locations from the galaxy map. This ability's base cooldown is 15 minutes, but can be reduced by various means; the cooldown timer only counts down while logged in, on a per-character basis.

This power has been moved to the upper-right corner of the default screen layout. To invoke the Transwarp options, click on the transwarp icon. Transwarp is distinct from Quantum Slipstream Drive.

In addition, the player is able to transwarp to the starting point of any episode by clicking the transwarp icon next to the mission name in their HUD's mission tracker. These transwarps are free and have no cooldown.

Basic information

 * Profession: All
 * Locale: Space
 * Game Description: Click to Transwarp to  . Transwarp can only be activated in Sector space.

Detailed information

 * Used by:
 * Player
 * Target: Self
 * System: None
 * Ability Type: N/A
 * Activation: 4.0 seconds
 * Range: N/A
 * Shares cooldown with:
 * None
 * Starts cooldown on:
 * Self
 * Modified by:
 * Skills
 * None
 * Stats
 * None
 * Duty Officers
 * (Transwarp variant)
 * Recharge time reduced on all Transwarp abilities
 * Traits
 * 20% Reduced Cooldown on Transwarp
 * Gear
 * Warp Cores with the [Trans] modifier
 * Trained by:
 * Player reaching level:
 * 1, for Federation players
 * 4, for Klingon players
 * 10, for Romulan players
 * 10, for Romulan players

Transwarp locations
Note that all transwarp locations lead to the appropriate space map, never to a ground map.

Default
By default, a new character player in STO will have the transwarp ability enabled to to their own homeworld system, or at least close-by to it. For the Federation player, this ability will take you to the Sol System; for the  Klingon Empire player it will take you to Qo'noS; for the  Romulan Republic player, it will take you to New Romulus; and for the  Dominion players, it will take you to Deep Space 9, within the Bajor System. Additionally, Romulan Republic and  Dominion players can transwarp to either the Sol System or Qo'noS, depending on their chosen allegiance.

Commendation
Players who level up up their Diplomacy /  Marauding commendation through duty officers assignments will get a bonus transwarp location for each rank, starting from rank 2.

Fleet holdings
There are some Transwarp Locations that can be unlocked via the Fleet Advancement System. Players must be in a fleet with the relevant holding at the tier specified.

Fleet transwarp conduit
The Fleet Starbase holding has a Transwarp Conduit construction project that grants access to the following locations, though you must fly to the conduit to use it; the entries can't be accessed from your normal transwarp menu. These transwarps do not put your personal transwarps on cooldown. They also do not put you in the system proper, but rather just outside the system in their respective quadrants, excluding Defera.

Reputation
There are some Transwarp Destinations that can be unlocked via the Reputation System:

Excelsior class
The Excelsior class starship and its variants have a special ability to transwarp to different locations (except fleet) no matter what level the player is, what commendations are achieved, or whether they're in a fleet.

The Tier 3 Excelsior-class Advanced Heavy Cruiser has access to the following transwarp locations, all in the Beta Quadrant:


 * Transwarp to Kassae Sector, near the Kassae System
 * Transwarp to Khitomer Sector, near the Khitomer System
 * Transwarp to Orion Sector, near the Orion System

The Tier 5 and 6 variants of the Excelsior class have access to the above transwarp locations, as well the following:


 * Transwarp to Tellar Sector, Alpha Quadrant
 * Transwarp to Trill Sector, Alpha Quadrant
 * Transwarp to H'atoria Sector, Beta Quadrant
 * Transwarp to Aldebaran Sector, Beta Quadrant
 * Transwarp to Boreth Sector, Beta Quadrant
 * Transwarp to Noro Sector, Beta Quadrant
 * Transwarp to Vendor Sector, Beta Quadrant

''The Advanced Heavy Cruiser and its variants could previously use a to travel to various sectors, however this device has since been replaced. On occasion, the engine will fail to make the jump. This was by design to mimic the events from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock when the transwarp drive on the was disabled.''

Freighters
The Tuffli Class Freighter and Suliban Cell Ship include a special Transwarp drive that lets those ships travel to Duty Officer nodes throughout the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. These are accessible when the player has one of those ships selected as current.