Warp is a technology for crossing enormous distances through so-called “warp jumps.” Warp engines are required to make a warp transition.
The warp engine was invented jointly on Jupiter’s moon Europa. Jovian Europa is a research station where scientists from different empires and planets worked together to create warp.
A jump requires a massive body with gravity, such as Jupiter, that can accelerate a reactor using lawrencium or nobelium and fold space into a corridor leading to another point in space.
Warp engines are installed only on the largest class of starships.