Spatial Fields

[Johnny7oak]

Apparently subspace is the product of a Spatial field to which a secondary area of affects are employed separately to general space. Subspace behaves in a smaller relative order of ability that should be similar to that of all of operations exterior to space, but may be minute or differ otherwise to outside space. Relativity to subspace zone all operations operate to the conditions of the zone.

WARP fields supposedly require the development of a spatial field, but may naturally create the other else may describe the behavior of WARP in affect to be a sub-space creating behavior known as a spatial field.

Other spatial fields could exist. A possible similar expression is environment behavior of solar systems relative celestial bodies exhibiting smaller celestial body environments of behavior. A "bubble" of the solar system known to exist with in the solar shield or outer limits of sol's ability to influence with gravity on celestial bodies. So too spatial fields would limit potentially by distance from the generating sphere of influence.

I do not know if WARP fields are generated as Spatial field from the deflector in order to influence the shell of affect around the ship, or if they are generated by the nacelle through some sort of Wave algorithm initiated by the use of nacelles resonating the spatial affect

 

[DanGovier]

To the best of my knowledge, the warp field is generated and managed by the warp coils in the engine nacelles, which are energized by massive amounts of electro plasma. Both the material construction and the specific shape of the coil segments are critical to the quality of the warp field.
The deflector, as the name suggests, generates a repulsive force ahead of the ship to deflect particulate matter which has the potential to endanger the ship at warp/full impulse speeds.

As far as I'm aware you can quite happily go to warp without a deflector of some kind, but it's not advisable. Zefram Cochrane does so in The Phoenix, and I don't think the Enterprise Ring Ship has a deflector either.

 

[Deks]

Voyager needed its main deflector dish to go to warp speed... so one would imagine they are necessary for Warp travel one way or the other - or at least for ships that have them.
My understanding was also that a Warp bubble is a subspace field generated by the Warp coils in the nacelles... but, the deflector might play a crucial role in focusing the said field.
The deflector dish can also reflect incoming matter (but as we've seen, that is far from its singular function).

As for the Phoenix not having a deflector dish...
There wasn't a visible deflector dish I grant you, but it might have been part of the ship in one way or another that we couldn't see.
Either that, or the necessary functions which are usually carried out by the deflector dish would have been accomplished in other ways.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

The Phoenix didn't Warp very far in relative terms and was only at ~ Warp Factor 1
So the odds of hitting particulates weren't that high given how little time & distance he traveled.

As far as the Ring Ship, not enough info / diagrams are available to say either way.

Voyager has a Navigational Deflector Dish on the Bow of the Saucer section that is used for going to Warp.
The Primary Deflector Dish in the StarDrive section is for erecting the Deflector Shields when going into Combat.

Both the Navigational Deflector & Primary Deflector can be used for protecting the ship from particulates when going at Warp Speeds, but only the Navigational Deflector Dish is really necessary due to the significantly lower power needs given it's size and strength.

As far the Warp Drive, it does create the Subspace Bubble around the ship which allows it to go FTL.

Where did you get the term "Spatial Field"? I can't find it in Memory Alpha

 

[DaveyNY]

Technically, a WARP/Subspace Bubble would be considered a "Spatial Field".
As would any area defined by Spatial Data Analysis.