Perry Rhodan-verse - 2433
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Thanks to flq's suggestions, here are 6some more means of FTL travel appearing in PR:
Black Star Ways. An interstellar and intergalactic transit network build from wormholes (aka "Einstein-Rosen-Bridges") inside black holes, spanning some 100 million LYs. Relay stations are anchored beyond each black hole’s event horizon and can be used to “dial” the receiving wormhole. A ship using such a “black gate” will have to pass through the event horizons on both sides, but will be shielded by the relay stations.
Polyport Network. An interstellar, intergalactic and “interuniversal” transport network originally build for trade and cultural exchange, consisting of various interconnected transport hubs. Transport is fast but non-instantaneous. During transit between two such stations, a person will manifest as higher dimensional “holographic” waveform, allowing the user to remain conscious and observe vast stretches of the universe even in their dematerialized state,
The Bridge To Infinity. A “mystic” transit way connecting numerous “bridge pillars” scattered across space. The bridge itself is leading through an unknown “medium” spanning between two such pillars. To the user it appears as a physical bridge constructed from wooden planks (floating above a galactic vista) and has to be crossed by foot, reducing a journey of many light years to a short stroll.
The Time Fountains. Yet another ancient transport network spanning intergalactic distances, built some 20 millions years ago. The Time Fountains appear as small and featureless “holes in space time” and allow instantaneous travel through space, but can also be used to travel through time.
Absolute Movement. Exotic means of transport. It is described as some sort of “hyper energetic tractor beam” that de- and rematerializes a target, effectively allowing instantaneous transport across thousands of light years.
Teleporters. Some rare human mutants (and a few alien species with naturally occurring gifts) in the Perry Rhodan-verse have the psychic ability to teleport themselves across varying distances. I don’t recall if those teleports are supposed to generally happen at FTL speeds, but the ability of some species to cross interstellar distances by means of collective teleportation seems to suggest that this is at least possible.
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Mental capabilities of the Motana. Through the focussing of a group of Matana with the aid of chants, Motana can move spaceships with sub-light and FTL velocities. Typically, such capabilities of biological lifeforms are related to the psionic network.
Biodim propulsor of the Kybb. Not much info on that one, only that it has been used in the Kybb-Titans and seem to contain biological components extracted form the Motana which presumably are related to their capabilities of propulsing a spaceship beyond light-speed.
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Pedotransfer. A unique psychic faster-than-light "travel" method mastered by the Cappins, a humanoid species. Instead of travelling physically, they can project their consciousness across light years, taking over the body of a host person (while leaving their own natural body behind).
Pedotransmitter. A technology developed by the Cappins, enabling their unique psychic ability to physically transport them across intergalactic distances by creating a network of 6-dimensional "beacons" the Cappins can tune into. Instead of just projecting their minds, they can now transfer their whole essence, including their bodies.
Which brings us to... transmitters. A general term for several different FTL technologies within the Perry Rhodan-verse that allow instantaneous or near-instantaneous transport between a sending and a receiving device (usually sized for personal transport, not unlike transporter pads in Star Trek). Some rare "di-polar" transmitter types only require a sending, some only a receiving mechanism.
Cage Transmitters. Earliest transmitter tech discovered by humans. Two booths can connect with each other across interplanetary distances, effectively sending the contents of one to the other.
Transmitter Gates. Advanced (but less robust) transmitter tech that creates a continous transport field, not unlike a door one can step trough to cross interstellar distances (although you still need two of those, one acting as a sender and one as a receiver). Some less powerfull devices limited to planetary distances can fold down to portable size.
Portals of Dommrath. Exotic transmitter tech. Don't know much about this one.
Xenthor-Materialisator. Exotic transmitter tech that seeks a random "victim", encases it in a mist-like energy field and transports it to a receiver station.
Solar transmitters. The big, bad versions of the basic transmitter. Big, as in "constructed out of suns". Literally. Mega engineering is used to bring stars close together, forming special geometric patterns and allowing a nearby planetary "tuning station" to induce gigantic transport fields between them, fit to send entire fleets of starships across galactic distances.
Fictive transmitter. Exotic and poorly understood transmitter devices that can (within their range) transport a person to an arbitrary location, not requiring a receiving station. Only two of those devices have been given to humanity.
Transform cannon. For centuries, various variants of the transform cannon have formed the primary heavy-duty ship-to-ship armaments of Terran starships. It's a form of FTL transport, albeit a very specific one: what is getting transported by the cannon is a special projectile, a so called "transform bomb". After being "launched" by the gun's transmitter mechanism the bomb never fully re-materializes, but instead detonates on the verge between normal space and hyperspace, greatly amplifying it's thermonuclear payload. Instantaneous and unhindered by physical barriers, transform cannons can engage targets across some 10 million miles, even if they are on the far side of a planetary body.
There is at least one case of a person making a successful emergency transport by "riding" an inert transform bomb (which they only survived by being lucky and having a immortality-like healing factor).
