[waves hands]The blurred-stars effect is not from their speed, but is a side effect of the warp drive itself. Even if you went at warp 0.0001 or less, you'd still see blurred stars.[/waves hands]

It's just a doubletalk drive powered by handwavium physics. Nothing in the ST universe stands up long to scientific examination.

Fred

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