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'''Supercruise''' is a method of faster-than-light (FTL) travel within solar systems. A ship that is in supercruise is able to use its [[Frame Shift Drive]] to travel at speeds between 30 kilometers-per-second to superluminal (faster-than-light) speeds, allowing a ship to cross entire solar systems in relatively short amounts of time. | '''Supercruise''' is a method of faster-than-light (FTL) travel within solar systems. A ship that is in supercruise is able to use its [[Frame Shift Drive]] to travel at speeds between 30 kilometers-per-second to superluminal (faster-than-light) speeds, allowing a ship to cross entire solar systems in relatively short amounts of time. | ||
Supercruise uses the | Supercruise uses the ship's Frame Shift Drive to compress space in front of a ship and expand it behind a ship, essentially moving space around that ship. This negates any time dilation, as the ship is always travelling 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, represented as '''Mm '''(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 achieving high is only possible at great distances from massive objects. | 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, represented as '''Mm '''(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 achieving high is only possible at great distances from massive objects. | ||