Well it seems the sleeker the ship the faster they go(excluding NX01) look at this, the ncc-1701 went Warp 7, the 1701a went warp 7.5 the 1701b went warp 8 the ncc1701d, warp 9.5, and the 1707e went warp 9.95
Aye, but the 1701, a, and b all used the old scale of warp speed measurement. Some time in the lost era they hit engines capable of warp 9.9999992123 and so on, so it became necessary to simplify and re-scale the speed scale to ease the giving of orders. Must have been like the transition from Miles Per Hour speed signs to Kilometers Per Hour that took place here in Ireland a few years back.
