Tropes involved in bypassing Einstein's universal speed limit. See also TeleportationTropes.
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!!Tropes
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* 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\\
Making an FTL jump without knowing where you're going. This will probably end in disaster.
* CasualInterstellarTravel\\
When travel between the stars is easy, cheap, quick and convenient.
* ExtradimensionalShortcut\\
Traveling faster than light by popping into a dimension where the laws of physics are more permissive.
* FasterThanLightTravel\\
Any situation where you can cover more distance than a light particle would in the same time.
* FTLTestBlunder\\
Trying a new FTL system comes with complications.
* FTLTravelSickness\\
Traveling faster than light does bad things to people who aren't properly protected.
* HyperspeedAmbush\\
Using faster-than-light travel to take an enemy by surprise.
* HyperspeedEscape\\
Using faster-than-light travel to escape from danger.
* InSystemFTL\\
A form of faster-than-light travel that only works within a star system.
* InterstellarWeapon\\
You fire it and it hits a target in another solar system.
* LightspeedLeapfrog\\
A space vessel is beaten to its destination by a more advanced one built and launched later.
* NoWarpingZone\\
An area where you can't use FTL drives, typically in the immediate vicinity of a planet.
* PortalNetwork\\
You can travel long distances by a going through a complex system of linked portals.
* PsychicStarshipPilot\\
You need someone with psychic powers to pilot at faster-than-light speeds.
* RapidFTLProliferation\\
Multiple factions get FTL travel at roughly the same time, enabling a land rush if not war.
* SciFiFlyby: Used in tandem with FTL travel to show how impressive the setting’s ships are.
* ShiplessFasterThanLightTravel\\
The ability to move faster than light without needing a vessel or outside assistance.
* StreamingStars\\
Stars are seen streaking by to emphasize how fast a spaceship is going.
* SubLightspeedSetting\\
When faster-than-light travel explicitly isn't possible in the setting.
* SubspaceAnsible\\
A device that can be used to instantly communicate with others of its sort, regardless of distance.
* SubspaceOrHyperspace\\
Certain dimensions or forms of space that can do things impossible in regular space, such as having objects go faster than light.
** AnotherDimension\\
Another universe, which is what subspace and hyperspace often end up being.
** HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace\\
Hyperspace is drastically different from normal space, and is dangerous and terrifying to travel through.
** HyperspaceLanes\\
Faster-than-light travel is restricted to certain system-to-system jumps or preexisting routes of travel.
* SublightSubterfuge\\
You ''can't'', or shouldn't, use FTL in a situation in which you normally would.
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