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| ====== Skip Drive ====== | ====== Skip Drive ====== | ||
| - | The Warp-Quantum Projector (WQP), commonly known as the Skip Drive, is a faster-than-light engine. It is extremely energy inefficient compared to Krasnikov Gates but allows FTL travel without any infrastructure in place. Compared to gate travel, the skip drive is exponentially faster, and seems instantaneous for distances up to 1,000 light years. | + | The Warp-Quantum Projector (WQP), commonly known as the Skip Drive, is a faster-than-light engine. It is extremely energy inefficient compared to [[krasnikov_gate|Krasnikov Gates]] but allows FTL travel without any infrastructure in place. Compared to gate travel, the skip drive is exponentially faster and seems instantaneous for distances up to 1,000 light years. |
| ==== Skip Jumping ==== | ==== Skip Jumping ==== | ||
| - | The Skip Drive requires a supercomputing navigation system in order to plot a path through realspace at faster than light speeds. The supercomputer utilizes | + | The Skip Drive requires a supercomputing navigation system in order to plot a path through realspace at faster than light speeds. The supercomputer utilizes |
| - | After the course is plotted, antimatter capsules are consumed and injected into the drive. The antimatter particles are instantaneously projected into place by the WQP system. Through a series of controlled matter-antimatter reactions, all of the atoms of the jumping object are separated from each other and stretched into an atom wide line. At the same time, a tear through spacetime is ripped open through conventional Krasnikov laying techniques, and the atoms of the object are projected through it at the 99% the speed of light. At the destination, | + | After the course is plotted, antimatter capsules are consumed and injected into the drive. The antimatter particles are instantaneously projected into place by the WQP system. Through a series of controlled matter-antimatter reactions, all of the atoms of the jumping object are separated from each other and stretched into an atom wide line. At the same time, a tear through spacetime is ripped open through conventional Krasnikov laying techniques, and the atoms of the object are projected through it at the 99% the speed of light. At the destination, |
| ==== Dangers ==== | ==== Dangers ==== | ||
| Due to the near lightspeed projection through the Krasnikov tube, jumping or skipping is significantly faster compared to conventional gate travel. However, thanks to the high consumption of energy and the one way nature of skipping, ships risk stranding themselves should they run out of antimatter capsules. Skip drives are traditionally unsafe and have a 1% failure rate resulting in total annihilation. The further the jump, the higher the chance of failure. | Due to the near lightspeed projection through the Krasnikov tube, jumping or skipping is significantly faster compared to conventional gate travel. However, thanks to the high consumption of energy and the one way nature of skipping, ships risk stranding themselves should they run out of antimatter capsules. Skip drives are traditionally unsafe and have a 1% failure rate resulting in total annihilation. The further the jump, the higher the chance of failure. | ||
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| - | There have been ethical and philosophical concerns raised over whether or not this process kills an individual and creates a perfect copy of them at the destination, | ||
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| ===== Usage ===== | ===== Usage ===== | ||
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| ==== Exploration ==== | ==== Exploration ==== | ||
| - | The WQP cannot be used for traditional Krasnikov Gate laying, as the generated tube is too small to be forced open without using an unreasonable amount of energy. | + | The WQP cannot be used for traditional Krasnikov Gate laying, as the generated tube is too small to be forced open without using an unreasonable amount of energy. Despite this, the Skip Drive is still useful for exploration vessels to survey systems without needing to wait for a sublight linelayer to reach the location first. |
| ==== Communication ==== | ==== Communication ==== | ||