Power


 * "If we don't get more power to the warp drive, we're all going to have to get out and push."
 * - Tom Paris

Power is a term used in physics to describe the amount of energy required or expended per a given unit of time.

During the early 2250s, heavy cruisers were armed with a complement of directed energy weapons, that possessed enough power to destroy half a continent in a concentrated bombardment. 

A starship can be identified on sensors by its power utilization curve, as a vessel utilizing 100% power has the ability to skew sensor readings. 

It was discovered that the use of power disturbed the dimensional structure of universes that co-existed with one another – the use of too much power could close the interphasic bridge between intersecting universes.