Fastest ftl in any scifi universe.

[Crazy Tom]

Its not so much conventional that I was saying but more artificially created as this Ender's Game Jane thing is rather than John Chritons Wormhole predictions as they are natural phenomenon. Jane would be the fastest with the Asgard not far behind relatively speaking

actualy a phase stabiliser device exists in farscape that lets normal peole navigate wormholes.

[jnadreth]

Navigate but not create them-thats probably in a grey area compared to the rest. Moya's starburst would be more of an FTL drive than an FTL natural phenomenon as she was created by that Acnient race that was shown after Talyn was around

[Crazy Tom]

Navigate but not create them-thats probably in a grey area compared to the rest. Moya's starburst would be more of an FTL drive than an FTL natural phenomenon as she was created by that Acnient race that was shown after Talyn was around

i belive the phase stabiliser uses naturaly occuring wormholes.

[jnadreth]

Does it control them-where they will form and where to??????

[Crazy Tom]

Does it control them-where they will form and where to??????

IMO it uses this theory that microscopic wormholes appear and dissapear virtualy everywhere realy fast, and yes it can navigate these to a destination.

[jnadreth]

well then that would be an FTL drive although I would still stick with the Hyperspace engine for now

[!!??]

Isn't this a thread on the fastest FTL DRIVES rather than fastest ways to get around the universe. Wormhole are not an FTL until there is a device that creates one. From what I've seen the Asgard hyperdrives are the best, covering millions of light years in minutes-thats travelling so fast that you could not see Star Trek as it would be a blended in with the rest of space.

Actually I meant FTL in general. When i said Wormhole I didn't only mean Stargate. There alot of books,television/movies,and video games where ships could create wormholes. I didn't say anything about FTL drives.

[jnadreth]

I was actually aiming that towards Farscapes wormholes stuff than at anything else as I thought that the show used naturally occuring ones but seeming as I have been informed that there was a decive capable of controlling them it renders to comment I made invalid

[AvatarIII]

ok, off the top of mt head.

ender's game Jane.

night's dawn ZTT

farscape Wormholes

Infinite Improbability Drive

the ZTT is fast, but you can only go a certian distance at a time (around 20 ly in 0.005 seconds), and you need to use trad engines to minimise Delta-V every time you jump. although Tranquility's Swallow manoeuvre can apparently go thousands of ly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technol...logy#ZTT_drive

also the ultra drive from Peter F Hamiltons the Dreaming Void is fast, it's never told how fast exactly, but slower drives have been used to circumnavigate the galaxy in a matter of weeks, although on second thoughts SG hyperdrives are probably faster than that.

farscape wormholes or IID are the best

also natural wormholes in the Dread's emipire universe can go a long way, and to different times too!

[Madeleine]

The Heart of Gold's Infinite Improbability drive, from HHGG. Ultra-fast, and you get random pot-plants and sea creatures to entertain you while you recover from travelling.

[Seastallion]

Guild Foldspace from Dune. Instantaneous transport between any two places as long as the Navigator's prescient abilities can predict a safe course.

Actually, Merlin is quite correct. Of all the FTL capable ships I've ever read about in sci-fi, the Space Folding Engines of Dune are by far the 'fastest'. They can travel any distance in the blink of an eye, even moving outside of the universe itself. Initially, the creator of the Fold-space technology (Norma Cenva) wanted to use computers to navigate her ships, but the anti-computer ideaology that was sweeping across humanity prevented it. Understandably. They HAD been fighting sentient machines for generations for their very existence. In any case, Norma was forced to find a biological solution (rather than technological) and by using the Spice Melange became the first Guild Navigator to use prescience in order to navigate the ships. Many generations later though, Ix (I think, with support from the Bene Geserit Sisterhood.) managed to create a non-sentient computer that was capable of guiding ships equipped with the Space-Folding Drive.

Additionally, you don't have to transform into a yarn-doll while your at it. You just end up where you wanted to be. It might be worth while to note (for those Dune fans) that Norma Cenva herself was a product of the Bene Geserit Sisterhood's earlier incarnation's breeding program. She had been considered a failure at first, even though she had a brilliant mind. Eventually (and admittedly due to an accident) she became extremely powerful (and no longer considered a failure) and was herself perhaps a sort of quasi-Quidsatz Haderach. Or maybe something more powerful still. She did have the ability to create a new body for herself after her old one had been destroyed, existing (at least temporarily) in a state of energy. Not unlike the ascended Ancients of Stargate I suppose. Along with extremely powerful telekinetic and telepathic abilities, she retained the ability to heal or alter her body at will. In any case, she being the 'super-being' she was created a 'super-fast' space drive too.

[s09119]

Actually, Merlin is quite correct. Of all the FTL capable ships I've ever read about in sci-fi, the Space Folding Engines of Dune are by far the 'fastest'. They can travel any distance in the blink of an eye, even moving outside of the universe itself. Initially, the creator of the Fold-space technology (Norma Cenva) wanted to use computers to navigate her ships, but the anti-computer ideaology that was sweeping across humanity prevented it. Understandably. They HAD been fighting sentient machines for generations for their very existence. In any case, Norma was forced to find a biological solution (rather than technological) and by using the Spice Melange became the first Guild Navigator to use prescience in order to navigate the ships. Many generations later though, Ix (I think, with support from the Bene Geserit Sisterhood.) managed to create a non-sentient computer that was capable of guiding ships equipped with the Space-Folding Drive.

Additionally, you don't have to transform into a yarn-doll while your at it. You just end up where you wanted to be. It might be worth while to note (for those Dune fans) that Norma Cenva herself was a product of the Bene Geserit Sisterhood's earlier incarnation's breeding program. She had been considered a failure at first, even though she had a brilliant mind. Eventually (and admittedly due to an accident) she became extremely powerful (and no longer considered a failure) and was herself perhaps a sort of quasi-Quidsatz Haderach. Or maybe something more powerful still. She did have the ability to create a new body for herself after her old one had been destroyed, existing (at least temporarily) in a state of energy. Not unlike the ascended Ancients of Stargate I suppose. Along with extremely powerful telekinetic and telepathic abilities, she retained the ability to heal or alter her body at will. In any case, she being the 'super-being' she was created a 'super-fast' space drive too.

So right now the two front-runners are Ender's Game (technically Xenocide... but they're in the same series) and Dune. Can anyone beat 'em?

[tjmitchem]

Farcasting in Hyperion. Instantaneous to anywhere, as far as I know.

For more conventional drives, the Xeelee can cross the universe in a week.

[Crazy Tom]

Farcasting in Hyperion. Instantaneous to anywhere, as far as I know.

For more conventional drives, the Xeelee can cross the universe in a week.

what and the who?

[tjmitchem]

what and the who?

Which "what" and which "who"?