- Intent: To create an alternative to a hyperdrive.
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- Primary Source: Tumble Hyperdrive, Aang-Tii
- Manufacturer: Eshan Industrial Corporation
- Affiliation: Eshan Industrial Corporation, The Directorate
- Model: Slip Drive
- Modularity: None
- Production: Limited
- Material: Titanium, Wiring Parts, Kyber Crystal, Computer parts, Capacitors
- Function: Taking cue's from both the tumble hyperdrive and known Aang-Tii technology, the slip drive operates quite similarly to how a hyperdrive does. It creates a bubble around the ship that pulls the ship into a separate dimension. While the hyperdrive allows faster than light travel through use of an alternate dimension, it isn't the 4th dimension (the time dimension). A slip drive utilizes this dimension, pulling the ship out of time, and allowing nearly instantaneous (milliseconds) travel between two points in the 3D plane of existence that is otherwise occupied. Because all time exists together in the 4th dimension, it allows instantaneous travel between two points. It does have its risks and limitations, as outlined below, but the benefits often outweigh the risks as long as the drive is used properly.
- Near instantaneous travel between two points in space.
- Does not leave a trail for someone to follow the way a hyperspace jump does.
- Traveling great distances runs the risk of trapping you within the time dimension as the power levels needed to sustain the protective bubble around the ship are excessive and the field can only be sustained for a few milliseconds. It's impossible to use this to travel the entire length of the galaxy in a single jump.
- Multiple-jumps requires time. Yes, you can jump between two points instantly, but the capacitors need to be recharged after each jump and this can take upwards of an hour. Thus, if the battle you're needing to get to is on the other side of the galaxy, you still won't get there in time to be of use.
- Point occupancy is an issue. If you are traveling between two points and the point you wish to get to is occupied by another ship or some other large body, when you exit the time dimension you'll generally impact with the object to the detriment of your vessel and possibly whatever you contact.
While traditional hyperdrive are effective, the Echani prefer to do things swiftly and without warning. Hyperdrive jumps can be tracked, detected, and can take a long time between locations, meaning they aren't fast or stealthy. In order to combat this, studies were done of the tumble hyperdrive and Aang-Tii living technology, with the help of Force-sensitive Echani, to study and understand how both systems work. The end result of this study was the design of the Slip Drive. This drive operates in a similar fashion to both technologies but takes the vessel into the fourth dimension rather than the hyperspace dimension. In so doing, it allows for near-instantaneous travel between two points but is limited by distance due to the power draw of the system. This was deemed an acceptable compromised and the design was moved forward to minor production for inclusion on Echani and Directorate vessels.
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