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[[FTL Factor]] determines how fast a ship is moving. This is a relative speed, as ships traveling at FTL never stop accelerating.  
 
[[FTL Factor]] determines how fast a ship is moving. This is a relative speed, as ships traveling at FTL never stop accelerating.  
  
==FTL Drives==
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==Gravitational Distortion Issue==
===Python Reactor===
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Most FTL drives that keep the ship in normal space, such as Python and Slipstream drives, as subject to gravitational distortion. The gravity fields from stars and planets affect the drive field, and result in unpredictable bursts of acceleration. This precluded the use of FTL within most solar systems(though, jumps can be made from the outer solar system if there are no large planets in the way), and causes significant navigational concerns for FTL courses. Generally speaking, a course is plotted that does not pass near any intense gravitational fields.
The [[Python Reactor]] is the most widely used FTL design, employed by every major power.
 
  
====Python Inverter====
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The [[Python Inverter]] is an ancestor to the Python Reactor. It was never actually called a python inverter during it's operation, the name has been applied retroactively.
 
 
 
===Shoten Jump===
 
[[Shoten Jump]] drive allows for instantaneous transport, but has energy requirements that cannot be met by most ships. Should not be confused with an [[Python Reactor#Jump Drive|FTL jump-drive]].
 
 
 
===Slipstream Drive===
 
The [[Slipstream Drive]] is another type of FTL drive. Its principles are not much different from Python reactor technology, but the implementation is radically different. Slipstream drives are favored by the [[M'KHara|M'KHaren's]].
 
 
 
===Hyper Drive===
 
An unrelated type of FTL technology, the [[Hyper Drive]] shares nothing in common with python reactors. Though used by the [[Foundation]] at one time, hyper drive technology is not widely employed. It is considered both more complicated and more dangerous than python reactor technology; and while the drive systems themselves are much smaller, Python reactors are considered the more desirable technology. Hyper drives should not be confused with hyperspace or hyperspace window generators.
 
 
 
===Hyperspace===
 
The [[Hyperspace window generator]] invented by the [[Satyaran]]s allows access to hyperspace.
 

Latest revision as of 00:33, 27 December 2018

Specifically in reference to Faster Than Light Propulsion, this article focuses on how the FTL drives work and how speeds are determined. Under simplest terms, a ship is able to travel faster than light by moving itself partially out of normal space.

FTL Factor

FTL Factor determines how fast a ship is moving. This is a relative speed, as ships traveling at FTL never stop accelerating.

Gravitational Distortion Issue

Most FTL drives that keep the ship in normal space, such as Python and Slipstream drives, as subject to gravitational distortion. The gravity fields from stars and planets affect the drive field, and result in unpredictable bursts of acceleration. This precluded the use of FTL within most solar systems(though, jumps can be made from the outer solar system if there are no large planets in the way), and causes significant navigational concerns for FTL courses. Generally speaking, a course is plotted that does not pass near any intense gravitational fields.