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Xindi ships emerge from a subspace vortex.
Xindi ships emerge from a subspace vortex.

A subspace vortex (also called a spatial vortex or energy portal) is an extremely fast method of transportation utilized by the Xindi.

Though Gralik Durr claimed they had a range of only a few light years, (ENT: "The Shipment") vortices were actually capable of transporting a ship from the Delphic Expanse to Earth in ten hours, a voyage that would take a warp five vessel six weeks. (ENT: "Countdown") The larger a vortex is, the more unstable. Degra said he would have great difficulty creating a vortex large enough to carry the Xindi superweapon and four other vessels; he warned one or two of the ships might be destroyed. (ENT: "Azati Prime")

The visual effect of the subspace vortex is eerily similar to that of Borg transwarp in TNG: "Descent". It is possible that these technologies are somehow related.
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