FTL Drives

The category of 'FTL drive' encompasses any device which enables a mass to traverse the universe at a speed exceeding c (~= 3*10^-8), the speed of light. These include:

• Translation drives - The most common and cheapest current way to travel; by creating a stable wormhole, this drive 'translates' a mass to hyperspace from where the light-speed barrier can be broken with reference to material space.
• Jump drives - Working on the principle of dimensionally-entagled quanta and technomancy, these devices are meant to instantly teleport between locations when linked to a jump beacon. As of current, however, they are very experimental and unstable; the only functional ones are mere prototypes
• Rip drives - Rip drives are the oldest form of FTL drive. They 'tunnel' through normal space to a nearby gravity well by drastically bending and reshaping spacetime. They can only break the light-speed barrier on contact with high concentrations of dark matter (such as on 'hyperspace lanes'), and their speed is proportional to the density of said matter.

The improvement of FTL technology is one of the forefronts of engineering research; many parties are looking for a way to perfect the jump drive.

Children Technologies

• Translation Drives