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A warp charge was a type of ordnance. A charge produced shock waves in the fabric of real space, with each wave potentially damaging any active warp engines encountered.[1]

Charges were in use during the Idiran-Culture War that could affect starship engines out to 1.5 light-years.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Consider Phlebas, chapter 9