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Featured ArticleThe Space/Time Ultra-Drive, or STUD, is a faster-than-light (FTL) drive system developed around 2240CSD and largely replacing the earlier Hyperdrive system. TechnologySTUD operates by distorting the structure of normal space, 'folding' it so that the origin and destination points of the journey are brought closer together. The vessel can then 'attach' itself to the destination point before the distortion is released. Conventional drive systems are then used to take the starship to its final destination. ImpactWhen STUD was introduced, it brought a great improvement in the speed and efficiency of interstellar travel and was rapidly adopted by commercial spacelines, as well as the TTA. Journeys that might have taken weeks of months using Hyperdrive, were now possible in days. Vessels could cross the 600 light year volume of the Federation in around three weeks and the corresponding reductions in journey times and operating costs brought about the age of fast, inexpensive space travel. STUD also brings an improvement in the travelling experience, eliminating the strange symptoms experienced by most passengers in Hyperspace, leaving at most a brief disorientation as the transition occurs.
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