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'''Supercruise''' is a method of faster-than-light (FTL) travel within [[Star Systems|star systems]]. A ship that is in supercruise can use the [[Frame Shift Drive]] to travel at speeds between 29.9 kilometers-per-second to 2001c superluminal (faster-than-light) speeds. It allows a ship to cross entire systems in a relatively short amount of time. | '''Supercruise''' is a method of faster-than-light (FTL) travel within [[Star Systems|star systems]]. A ship that is in supercruise can use the [[Frame Shift Drive]] to travel at speeds between 29.9 kilometers-per-second to 2001c superluminal (faster-than-light) speeds. It allows a ship to cross entire systems in a relatively short amount of time. | ||
Supercruise uses the ship's Frame Shift Drive to compress space in front of the ship and expand it behind the ship, essentially moving space around that ship. This negates any time dilation, as the ship is always | Supercruise uses the ship's Frame Shift Drive to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive compress space in front of the ship and expand it behind the ship], essentially moving space around that ship. This negates any time dilation, as the ship is always traveling less than the speed of light relative to its "frame" of compressed space. | ||
In supercruise, speeds are typically measured in multiples of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light speed of light], represented as '''c''' or in megameters per second, represented as '''Mm/s''' (1c = 300Mm/s). A ship that is traveling at 1c is therefore traveling at the speed of light. Speeds in supercruise are highly dependent on distances from large bodies of mass, and the maximum speed of 2001c is only possible at great distances from massive objects, requiring almost an hour of supercruise travel away of all stellar bodies. | In supercruise, speeds are typically measured in multiples of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light speed of light], represented as '''c''' or in megameters per second, represented as '''Mm/s''' (1c = 300Mm/s). A ship that is traveling at 1c is therefore traveling at the speed of light. Speeds in supercruise are highly dependent on distances from large bodies of mass, and the maximum speed of 2001c is only possible at great distances from massive objects, requiring almost an hour of supercruise travel away of all stellar bodies. | ||