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** OurWormholesAreDifferent\\
A rupture in the fabric of space that can be used as a convenient means of travel from one place to another.
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* FTLTestBlunder\\
Trying a new FTL system comes with complications.
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* SciFiFlyby: Used in tandem with FTL travel to show how impressive the setting’s ships are.
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* RapidFTLProliferation\\
Multiple factions get FTL travel at roughly the same time, enabling a land rush if not war.
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* SubLightspeedSetting\\
When faster-than-light travel explicitly isn't possible in the setting.
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* FTLTravelSickness\\
Traveling faster than light does bad things to people who aren't properly protected.
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* InSystemFTL\\
A form of faster-than-light travel that only works within a star system.
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* ShiplessFasterThanLightTravel\\
The ability to move faster than light without needing a vessel or outside assistance.
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You *can't*, or shouldn't, use FTL in a situation in which you normally would.

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You *can't*, ''can't'', or shouldn't, use FTL in a situation in which you normally would.
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* SublightSubterfuge\\
You *can't*, or shouldn't, use FTL in a situation in which you normally would.

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* AlcubierreDrive
* BlindJump
* CasualInterstellarTravel
* ExtradimensionalShortcut
* FasterThanLightTravel
* HyperspeedAmbush
* HyperspeedEscape
* InterstellarWeapon
* LightspeedLeapfrog
* NoWarpingZone
* PortalNetwork
* PsychicStarshipPilot
* StreamingStars
* SubspaceAnsible
* SubspaceOrHyperspace
** AnotherDimension
** HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace
** HyperspaceLanes

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* AlcubierreDrive
AlcubierreDrive\\
An FTL drive that works by contracting space ahead of the ship and expanding it behind, moving in a "bubble" of warped space.
* BlindJump
BlindJump\\
Making an FTL jump without knowing where you're going. This will probably end in disaster.
* CasualInterstellarTravel
CasualInterstellarTravel\\
When travel between the stars is easy, cheap, quick and convenient.
* ExtradimensionalShortcut
ExtradimensionalShortcut\\
Traveling faster than light by popping into a dimension where the laws of physics are more permissive.
* FasterThanLightTravel
FasterThanLightTravel\\
Any situation where you can cover more distance than a light particle would in the same time.
* HyperspeedAmbush
HyperspeedAmbush\\
Using faster-than-light travel to take an enemy by surprise.
* HyperspeedEscape
HyperspeedEscape\\
Using faster-than-light travel to escape from danger.
* InterstellarWeapon
InterstellarWeapon\\
You fire it and it hits a target in another solar system.
* LightspeedLeapfrog
LightspeedLeapfrog\\
A space vessel is beaten to its destination by a more advanced one built and launched later.
* NoWarpingZone
NoWarpingZone\\
An area where you can't use FTL drives, typically in the immediate vicinity of a planet.
* PortalNetwork
PortalNetwork\\
You can travel long distances by a going through a complex system of linked portals.
* PsychicStarshipPilot
PsychicStarshipPilot\\
You need someone with psychic powers to pilot at faster-than-light speeds.
* StreamingStars
StreamingStars\\
Stars are seen streaking by to emphasize how fast a spaceship is going.
* SubspaceAnsible
SubspaceAnsible\\
A device that can be used to instantly communicate with others of its sort, regardless of distance.
* SubspaceOrHyperspace
SubspaceOrHyperspace\\
Certain dimensions or forms of space that can do things impossible in regular space, such as having objects go faster than light.
** AnotherDimension
AnotherDimension\\
Another universe, which is what subspace and hyperspace often end up being.
** HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace
HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace\\
Hyperspace is drastically different from normal space, and is dangerous and terrifying to travel through.
** HyperspaceLanesHyperspaceLanes\\
Faster-than-light travel is restricted to certain system-to-system jumps or preexisting routes of travel.
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* ExtradimensionalShortcut
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* AlcubierreDrive
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Tropes involved in bypassing Einstein's universal speed limit. See also TeleporationTropes.

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Tropes involved in bypassing Einstein's universal speed limit. See also TeleporationTropes.TeleportationTropes.
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Tropes involved in bypassing Einstein's universal speed limit.

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* BlindJump
* CasualInterstellarTravel
* FasterThanLightTravel
* HyperspeedAmbush
* HyperspeedEscape
* InterstellarWeapon
* LightspeedLeapfrog
* NoWarpingZone
* PortalNetwork
* StreamingStars
* SubspaceAnsible
* SubspaceOrHyperspace
** AnotherDimension
** HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace
** HyperspaceLanes
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