Eight Drive

Eight Drives are a hypothetical future FTL Starship Drive capable of hundreds of millions of parsecs of travel.

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

• Speed of Travel
  • NAFAL (STL)
  • FTL
  • Alternative FTL Drives
• Spacecraft Drives (Impulse Drives)
  • G-Drive (Gravity Drive)
  • H-Drive (HEPlaR)
  • M-Drive (Maneuver Drive)
  • N-Drive (NAFAL Drive)
  • O-Drive (Orion Drive)
  • R-Drive (Rocket Drive)
  • T-Drive (Thruster)
  • Z-Drive (Lifter)
• Starship Drives (Interstellar Drives)
  • N-Drive (NAFAL Drive)
  • J-Drive (Jump Drive)
  • H-Drive (Hop Drive)
  • S-Drive (Skip Drive)
  • L-Drive (Leap Drive)
  • B-Drive (Bound Drive)
  • V-Drive (Vault Drive)
  • 6-Drive (Six Drive)
  • 7-Drive (Seven Drive)
  • 8-Drive (Eight Drive)
  • 9-Drive (Nine Drive)
  • I-Drive (Inertialess Drive)
  • Reality Drive

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Jump Drive (J-Drive):

• Jump Drive Key Resources
  • Lanthanum
  • Zuchai Crystal
• Jump Drive Lore
  • Jump Bridge
  • Jump Damper
  • Jump Dimming
  • Jump Drive History
  • Jump Projector
  • Jump Space
  • Microjump
  • Misjump

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Description (Specifications)

No information yet available.

FTL Drive Specifications

FTL Drive Specifications (Starship Propulsion)

Category	Specifications	Remarks
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Physical Constraints	TBD	TBD
Geometry	TBD	TBD
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Entry	TBD	TBD
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Fuel	TBD	TBD
Resource Requirements	TBD	TBD
Inventor	TBD	TBD
Characteristics	TBD	TBD

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Technological Overview of Projected Propulsion Technology

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

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.

• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Fire, Fusion, & Steel (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 71.
• Don Perrin. Starships (Imperium Games, 1996), 71.
• David Golden, Guy Garnett. Fire, Fusion & Steel (Imperium Games, 1997), 66.
• SS&V #4 - Gravitics vs. Fusion Rockets
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science