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-====== Faster Than Light (FTL) ====== +====== FTL Guide ====== 
-| :!: **WIP (SA):** This page's contents are a work in progress by the [[user:nashoba|Site Admin]] and cannot yet be used in the RP. |+This guide is intended to provide a detailed reference regarding the various faster-than-light (FTL) methods of getting around in the setting. It is the definitive reference for Faster-Than-Light or FTL travel. It explores each method, explains the mechanics of each form of FTL travel, and provides concepts for each method that can be utilized by [[guide:game_master|Game Masters]] in their respective [[:plots|plots]].
  
-==== Purpose====  +//Note: FTL devices other than teleportation modules **cannot** be used inside a sun's [[http://orbitsimulator.com/formulas/hillsphere.html|Hill Sphere]].//
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-This guide is intended to provide an detailed reference regarding the various faster-than-light methods of getting around in the SARP verse. It is the definitive reference for Faster Than Light or FTL travel. It explores each method, explains the mechanics of that form of travel. It also provides concepts for each method that can be utilized by [[guide:gamemaster]] in their respective plots.+
  
 ==== Scale ==== ==== Scale ====
-Our setting is set in space, and as we all know space is really big. The main map is approximately 240 LY x 240 LY. That is an area over 1,410,870,129,899,618 miles across, or 1.410 Quintillion miles.  +Our setting is set in space, and as we all know space is really big. The main map is approximately 240 light-years by 240 light-years in size, which is an area over 1,410,870,129,899,618 miles across, or 1.410 //quintillion// miles. 
- +
-==== Obsolete Concepts ==== +
-The following FTL concepts were part of the earlier roleplay but are no longer in use. +
-  * [[guide:starship_combat]] FTL Combat is no longer allowed by the site. All combat takes place at sub-light velocities. +
-  * [[guide:ftl:anti-ftl_field]] interdiction was removed back on January 1st, 2011+
  
 ===== FTL Technologies ===== ===== FTL Technologies =====
-These are the currently approved forms of faster-than-light travel for use in SARP. Each form has its own benefits and limitations. +These are the currently approved forms of faster-than-light travel for use in the setting. Each form has its own benefits and limitations.  
 + 
 +  - [[guide:ftl:continuum_distortion_drive]] 
 +  - [[guide:ftl:hyperspace_travel]] 
 +  - [[guide:ftl:wormhole_properties]] 
 + 
 +Star Army has more than enough FTL methods already so we are no longer accepting additional ones. 
 + 
 +==== Obsolete Concepts ==== 
 +The following FTL concepts were part of the earlier [[guide:canon|canon]] but are no longer in use.
  
-//Presently new forms of new FTL are not being accepted. // +  - FTL combat is no longer allowed. All combat takes place at sub-light velocities. See: [[guide:starship_combat]] 
-  * [[guide:ftl:continuum_distortion_drive]] +  - [[guide:ftl:anti-ftl_field|Interdiction]] was removed on January 1st, [[calendar:2011|2011]].
-  * [[guide:ftl:hyperspace_travel]] +
-  * [[guide:ftl:wormhole_properties]]+
  
 ===== Other References ===== ===== Other References =====
-  * [[:starship_speed_standard]]+  * [[guide:starship_speed_standard]]

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