On stardate 6770.3 (2270), Karla Five's scout ship was capable of traveling at warp 36, faster than any other ship known to Federation science. Attaining this extraordinary speed was necessary to allow her vessel — and the U.S.S. Enterprise, which was attached by a tractor beam — to pass unharmed through a dangerous interdimensional passage composed of a nova in one universe and a newborn star in the other.