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FTL-drive (Faster Than Light drive) is a theoretical device that would allow travel at faster than the speed of light (299,792,458 m/s).

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Which sci-fi universe has the slowest extensively used interstellar drive (best available)?

Two examples from Alastair Reynolds: In the Revelation Space universe, there is no FTL, and in the far-future of the setting the Greenfly are implied to have spread over most of the galaxy and event …
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Is there FTL travel in the "Alien" franchise?

I recall the Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual introducing the concept of negative (or inverse?) time dilation for FTL travel. That is, much as the journey-time experienced by the crew of a s …
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