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I am insufficiently versed in Star Trek to know whether there's a known reason why that isn't true at warp speed.
You'd need power to stop.
Otherwise, the ship would just keep going past system after system...
you would not, because you are not moving, so you don't really need to stop. it is just the universe around you that is moving, which solves some problems with laws of physics ;)
it is impossible to go faster than speed of light.
check what happens in this equation when v (the actual speed) approaches c (the speed of light). the number below the fraction bar approaches zero and the whole value approaches infinity.
it is why nothing with mass can move in a speed of light, because it would need infinite energy, which is rather hard to get.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_factor
that is why startrek ships are not moving faster than speed of light, what they actually do, is contract the space around the ship (which, in science fiction, needs less energy than actually flying and is somehow doable.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp_drive
also check: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive
OK how does subspace communication work faster than light
i am not sure they ever bothered to explain that, the only relevant thing is occasional mentions about subspace relays, which can be installed, repaired or destroyed if it is needed to drive the plot forward.