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1	Tropes involved in bypassing Einstein's universal speed limit. See also TeleportationTropes.
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3	!!Tropes
4	[[index]]
5	* AlcubierreDrive\
6	An FTL drive that works by contracting space ahead of the ship and expanding it behind, moving in a "bubble" of warped space.
7	* BlindJump\
8	Making an FTL jump without knowing where you're going. This will probably end in disaster.
9	* CasualInterstellarTravel\
10	When travel between the stars is easy, cheap, quick and convenient.
11	* ExtradimensionalShortcut\
12	Traveling faster than light by popping into a dimension where the laws of physics are more permissive.
13	* FasterThanLightTravel\
14	Any situation where you can cover more distance than a light particle would in the same time.
15	* FTLTestBlunder\
16	Trying a new FTL system comes with complications.
17	* FTLTravelSickness\
18	Traveling faster than light does bad things to people who aren't properly protected.
19	* HyperspeedAmbush\
20	Using faster-than-light travel to take an enemy by surprise.
21	* HyperspeedEscape\
22	Using faster-than-light travel to escape from danger.
23	* InSystemFTL\
24	A form of faster-than-light travel that only works within a star system.
25	* InterstellarWeapon\
26	You fire it and it hits a target in another solar system.
27	* LightspeedLeapfrog\
28	A space vessel is beaten to its destination by a more advanced one built and launched later.
29	* NoWarpingZone\
30	An area where you can't use FTL drives, typically in the immediate vicinity of a planet.
31	* PortalNetwork\
32	You can travel long distances by a going through a complex system of linked portals.
33	* PsychicStarshipPilot\
34	You need someone with psychic powers to pilot at faster-than-light speeds.
35	* RapidFTLProliferation\
36	Multiple factions get FTL travel at roughly the same time, enabling a land rush if not war.
37	* SciFiFlyby: Used in tandem with FTL travel to show how impressive the setting’s ships are.
38	* ShiplessFasterThanLightTravel\
39	The ability to move faster than light without needing a vessel or outside assistance.
40	* StreamingStars\
41	Stars are seen streaking by to emphasize how fast a spaceship is going.
42	* SubLightspeedSetting\
43	When faster-than-light travel explicitly isn't possible in the setting.
44	* SubspaceAnsible\
45	A device that can be used to instantly communicate with others of its sort, regardless of distance.
46	* SubspaceOrHyperspace\
47	Certain dimensions or forms of space that can do things impossible in regular space, such as having objects go faster than light.
48	** AnotherDimension\
49	Another universe, which is what subspace and hyperspace often end up being.
50	** HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace\
51	Hyperspace is drastically different from normal space, and is dangerous and terrifying to travel through.
52	** HyperspaceLanes\
53	Faster-than-light travel is restricted to certain system-to-system jumps or preexisting routes of travel.
54	* SublightSubterfuge\
55	You ''can't'', or shouldn't, use FTL in a situation in which you normally would.
56	[[/index]]

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