I had no idea they were related, but apparently they were (thanks 😉). But that too was soon retconned:
According to comments by Michael and Denise Okuda, when mentioning of the speed limit was abandoned a few years after “Force of Nature”, it was assumed that newer ships, such as the USS Voyager and USS Defiant, had improved environmentally friendly warp drive systems, that did not cause damage to the spatial continuum.
Warp 10 and salamanders. Great examples 👌
But what about TNG 7x09, the one where we learn that warp travel damages subspace and that a warp speed limit is the solution?
Laughs in Janeway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_of_Nature_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
Isnt the warp speed limit part of the in universe reason that Voyager has new variable nacelle geometry?
I had no idea they were related, but apparently they were (thanks 😉). But that too was soon retconned:
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Variable_geometry_pylon