FTL-drive (Faster Than Light drive) is a theoretical device that would allow travel at faster than the speed of light (299,792,458 m/s).
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Which SciFi universe has the fastest space ships (hyperspace technology)?
I would like to restrict this to televisions shows. It can be a 2 part answer or other answers where novels discuss even faster hyper-drive style technology.
Is the jump mechanism of FTL in Battlestar Galactica (in particular the Cylon base ships),…
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Which sci-fi universe has the slowest extensively used interstellar drive (best available)?
This is sort of the opposite of this question: Which SciFi universe has the fastest space ships (hyperspace technology)?
Since the obvious answer is just wherever there is no technology much more advanced than our own, we need to modify the…
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Most modern sci-fi with FTL that really is FTL
It seems almost every form of faster than light travel in sci-fi is technically not faster than light, but rather a loophole - for example, a warp bubble, hyperspace, subspace, wormhole, jump drive, folding space etc.
What is the most modern…
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