hyperspace drive
Faster-than-light propulsion
A hyperspace drive is a fictional propulsion system that allows spacecraft to travel faster than light by entering an alternate dimension or folded space.
The concept appears across science fiction, from *Star Wars* to countless novels and games.
Ships equipped with hyperspace drives can cross galactic distances in hours or days: The freighter's hyperspace drive failed, stranding them in the outer rim.
The technology serves as a narrative device to make interstellar travel practical.
Exceeding light speed
- faster-than-lightExceeding light's velocity
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- engineMachine producing motion
- hyperdriveFictional superluminal propulsion
antimatter · quantum tunneling · subspace · tachyons · dilithium · flux capacitor · warp core · impulse
Iconic space fantasy franchise
- Star TrekSpacefaring TV franchise
- Millennium FalconCorellian freighter spacecraft
- EnterpriseNamed vessel or brand
- warp factorSuperluminal speed scale
engage · punch it · Battlestar Galactica · Dune · science fiction · futuristic · imaginary · speculative
Uninterrupted, gradual sequence
- relativityHow observers differ
- EinsteinByword for genius
- singularityPoint where values explode
- event horizonBlack hole's edge
wormhole · quantum · tachyon · time dilation · dimensional · curvature · gravity well · mass
Propel oneself airborne
- voyageJourney by sea
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- spacefaringAble to traverse cosmos
interstellar · intergalactic · astrogation · coordinates · navigation · destination · departure · arrival
FTL
Exceeding light speed
- faster-than-lightExceeding light's velocity
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- engineMachine producing motion
hyperdrive · antimatter · quantum tunneling · subspace · tachyons · dilithium · flux capacitor · warp core · impulse · thrusters
Star Wars
Iconic space fantasy franchise
- Star TrekSpacefaring TV franchise
- Millennium FalconCorellian freighter spacecraft
- EnterpriseNamed vessel or brand
warp factor · engage · punch it · Battlestar Galactica · Dune · science fiction · futuristic · imaginary · speculative
continuum
Uninterrupted, gradual sequence
- relativityHow observers differ
- EinsteinByword for genius
- singularityPoint where values explode
event horizon · wormhole · quantum · tachyon · time dilation · dimensional · curvature · gravity well · mass · energy
jump
Propel oneself airborne
- voyageJourney by sea
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
spacefaring · interstellar · intergalactic · astrogation · coordinates · navigation · destination · departure · arrival · transit
- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, cryonics, force fields, time machine
- Space Propulsionhyperdrive, rocket engine, nuclear propulsion, propulsion, solar sail
hyperspace drivechemical rocket
Thrust via burning propellants
solar sail · oars · steam engine · combustion engine · nuclear propulsion
hyper, space, drive, hyperspace, spaces, spaced, spacing, spacer, spacial