NAFAL

NAFAL: Not-as-Fast-as-Light = STL: Slower Than Light

• It is the opposite of FTL: Faster Than Light
• It is a term used in space and starflight to contrast with the standard FTL-Drive in use throughout Charted Space, the Jump drive.

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Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Starship:

• Speed of Travel
  • Light Speed (c)
  • FTL
  • NAFAL (STL)
  • Astronomical Unit (AU)
  • Light-second (ls)
  • Light-minute (lm)
  • Light-hour (lh)
  • Light-day (ld)
  • Light-week (lw)
  • Light-year (ly)
  • Parsec (pc)

Description (Specifications)

This equals Spacefaring (System Spaceflight... may have STL starflight or interstellar NAFAL travel)

• While NAFAL is sometimes used as general term for STL interstellar drives, it more properly denotes a particular type of gravitic-based long-range/long endurance propulsion system.

Alternate Nomenclature

• Impulse
• NAFAL
• Relativistic Travel
• STL
• Sublight
• Subluminal

History & Background (Dossier)

NAFAL drives are slow compared to FTL drives. They are relativistic and cannot exceed the light speed limits.

• Rocket Drives and Ion Drives are known for their NAFAL limitations among others.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• White Dwarf Issue 32 by: Marcus L. Rowland in Article: "STL: Slower than Light Ships"
• T5 Core Rules
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science