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“Slipstream: it’s not the best way to travel faster than light, it’s just the only way.” - Dylan Hunt
Slipstream Travel
A GFG drastically reduces the mass of the ship and then a slipstream drive opens a slippoint which the ship enters. The pilot then navigates the series of slipstream “tunnels” until they reach the desired slippoint where they exit the slipstream. Usually one has to enter and exit slipstream several times before reaching their final destination. Slipstream travel almost always results in very little or no time dilation.
Limits of Slipstream
Due to the complex nature of slipstream probability and difficulty in mapping slipstream, only biological entities are capable of successfully navigating it. Exiting slipstream near the edge of a galaxy or in certain regions of space could be dangerous because it is difficult to find a slippoint in these areas. If a slippoint cannot be found, or a slipstream dive is damaged, the ship is stranded and limited to slower than light speed.
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