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The '''Skip Drive''' is a hypothetical future technological enhancement on the [[Jump Drive]] which has a performance measured in hundreds of [[parsec]]s of travel.
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* It is a ''2nd Order of Magnitude'' [[Jump Space]] [[Drive]].  
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The '''Skip Drive''' is a hypothetical future technological enhancement on the [[Jump Drive]] which has a performance measured in hundreds of [[parsec]]s of travel. It is a ''2nd Order of Magnitude'' [[Jump Space]] [[Drive]].  
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* It is a type of ''[[Interstellar Drive]]''.
 
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Please refer to the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] for more information: <br>
 
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* '''Speed of Travel'''
 
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** [[FTL]]
 
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** [[NAFAL]] ([[STL]])
 
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** [[G-Drive]] ([[Gravity Drive]])
 
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** [[M-Drive]] ([[M-Drive|Maneuver Drive]] / [[Thruster Plate]])
 
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** [[N-Drive]] ([[NAFAL Drive]])
 
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*** [[R-Drive]] ([[Rocket Drive]])
 
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** [[T-Drive]] ([[Thruster|Reactionless Thruster]] / [[Dean Drive]])
 
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* '''[[Drive|Starship Drives]]''' (Interstellar Drives)
 
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** [[N-Drive]] ([[NAFAL Drive]])
 
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** [[J-Drive]] ([[Jump Drive]])
 
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** [[H-Drive]] ([[Hop Drive]])
 
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** [[S-Drive]] ([[Skip Drive]])
 
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** [[L-Drive]] ([[Leap Drive]])
 
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** [[B-Drive]] ([[Bound Drive]])
 
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** [[V-Drive]] ([[Vault Drive]])
 
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** [[6-Drive]] ([[Six Drive]])
 
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** [[7-Drive]] ([[Seven Drive]])
 
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** [[8-Drive]] ([[Eight Drive]])
 
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** [[9-Drive]] ([[Nine Drive]])
 
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** [[I-Drive]] ([[Inertialess Drive]])
 
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* '''[[Alternative Interstellar Drive Technologies]]'''
 
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'''[[Jump Drive]] ([[J-Drive]]):'''
 
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* [[Resource|Jump Drive Key Resources]]
 
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** [[Lanthanum]]
 
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** [[Zuchai Crystal]]
 
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* [[Jump Drive History|Jump Drive Lore]]
 
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** [[Jump Bridge]]
 
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** [[Jump Damper]]
 
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** [[Jump Dimming]]
 
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** [[Jump Projector]]
 
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** [[Jump Space]]
 
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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== Description ==
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No information yet available.  
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Like the hop drive, skip drives might use a farport in target systems for cargo and passenger services. However, with skip drives, these ports must typically be out in the oort cloud. This is not a major problem, because it can be located near ice-asteroids that can be mined for fuel.
  
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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However, unlike the hop drive, skip drives will probably benefit from having a jump drive installed. This drive gets them into uncluttered deep space, where the skip drive may then operate with better efficiency. It also helps ships limp back to a world in the case of jump scatter. In this case, a farport is not really needed, since the ship can simply jump to the mainworld.
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Thus, the farport is not a foregone conclusion.
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== History & Background ==
 
No information yet available.
 
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=== Technological Overview of Projected Propulsion Technology ===
 
 
''Expected Drive Development Sequence: [[NAFAL]] to [[FTL]]''
 
''Expected Drive Development Sequence: [[NAFAL]] to [[FTL]]''
 
* [[Relativistic Drive]] ([[NAFAL]]) → [[Jump Drive]] → [[Hop Drive]] → [[Skip Drive]] → [[Leap Drive]] → [[Bound Drive]] → [[Vault Drive]] → [[Six Drive]] → [[Seven Drive]] → [[Eight Drive]] → [[Nine Drive]]
 
* [[Relativistic Drive]] ([[NAFAL]]) → [[Jump Drive]] → [[Hop Drive]] → [[Skip Drive]] → [[Leap Drive]] → [[Bound Drive]] → [[Vault Drive]] → [[Six Drive]] → [[Seven Drive]] → [[Eight Drive]] → [[Nine Drive]]
  
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 00:16, 13 January 2026

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The Skip Drive is a hypothetical future technological enhancement on the Jump Drive which has a performance measured in hundreds of parsecs of travel. It is a 2nd Order of Magnitude Jump Space Drive.

Description[edit]

Like the hop drive, skip drives might use a farport in target systems for cargo and passenger services. However, with skip drives, these ports must typically be out in the oort cloud. This is not a major problem, because it can be located near ice-asteroids that can be mined for fuel.

However, unlike the hop drive, skip drives will probably benefit from having a jump drive installed. This drive gets them into uncluttered deep space, where the skip drive may then operate with better efficiency. It also helps ships limp back to a world in the case of jump scatter. In this case, a farport is not really needed, since the ship can simply jump to the mainworld.

Thus, the farport is not a foregone conclusion.

History & Background[edit]

No information yet available.

Expected Drive Development Sequence: NAFAL to FTL


Library Data Referral Tree[edit]

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


Starships:

Speed-of-Travel
  • NAFAL (STL) - (Not As Fast As Light) / (Slower Than Light)
  • Light Speed (c)
  • FTL - (Faster Than Light) - "Superluminal"
» Imperial Standard Astronomical Unit
» Solomani Parsec
» Vilani Parsec ("Deshi")
» Imperial Standard Parsec
Impulse-Drives
(Field Propulsion Drives / Propellantless Drives)
Jump-Space-Drives

Jump Drive (J-Drive />100 D)

Background & History:
Components & Key Resources:
Lore:
Interstellar-Drives (Advanced)
» Hieronymous Nexus Linkage
  • Conjectural Drives
» Hieronymous Device
  • "Inertialess Drives":
» Inertialess Drive ("IM -Drive")
» Triplanetary Drive ("IT -Drive")


References[edit]

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