Later, O'Brien indicated that he could "increase our velocity to warp 9.5 and save us almost a full day." Worf, however, pointed out that "the problem on the Defiant is how to maintain structural integrity when we go above warp 9," where O'Brien continued, "at those kinds of speed the ship literally starts tearing herself apart." Eventually it was concluded that by "bleeding power from some other source", specifically "phaser reserves", the ship would be allowed to achieve such a speed, but at the same time leaving it mostly defenseless. † Original Cochrane Unit warp scale †† In " The Sound of Her Voice" it was established that the Defiant, traveling at maximum warp, would take six days to reach its destination.
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