In order for every ship in the Star Trek universe to boldly go, traveling at several times the speed of light is a must. Since before the original Star Trek even debuted, back in its very first pilot episode, “The Cage,” in 1964, Gene Roddenberry struggled with how relativity would work with an interstellar Starfleet. Assuming the Enterprise and other starships traveled at several times the speed of light, wouldn’t that also mean they would be skipping over the regular flow of time? In other words, when everyone in Star Trek warps from planet to planet, they all generally agree that it's the exact same time everywhere. But how?
