Skip drive

Skip drive

Skip drive is a common generic name for an "FTL drive", used by various SF authors.

* faster-than-light drive
* Old Man's War#Skip Drive - John Scalzi's Old Man's War universe uses an FTL drive referred to as a "skip drive"
* F. M. Busby uses FTL "skip drives" in his work "All These Earths"
* Some GURPS sets use an FTL "skip drive"
* Skip drive may also refer to a reactionless drive


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