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| ==Introduction==
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| Acronym for <u>F</u>aster-<u>t</u>han-<u>L</u>ight. This is a term used to describe a means of astral propulsion utilized by the [[Cylons]] and the [[Colonials]].
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| The FTL drive makes interstellar travel possible for both the [[Colonials]] and [[Cylons]]. No longer confined to their own home solar system, the Cylons managed to avoid Colonial interference for 40 years after the [[Cylon War]] and establish their own homeworld. However, not all ships -- from small to large -- are outfitted with these drives. ([[Mini-Series]]) Likely because of the cost involved, energy and fiscally speaking.
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| The technology behind FTL systems is such that, providing the relevant data is known, ships can jump with a high degree of accuracy, allowing ships to rendezvous in space and even "park" in a synchronous orbit directly above a give point on a planet's surface ([[Mini-Series]].
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| ==Technology==
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| [[Image:Wormhole-demo.png|thumb|FTL: "Folding Space" (credit: Wikipedia)]]
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| The FTL drive technology used within the [[Re-imagined|new Battlestar Galactica]] appears to be based on the use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstring_theory|Superstring Theory] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Theory|M-Theory] that essentially enable the "jump drive" systems to "fold" space, reducing the distance between any two points by creating a "corridor" through space that links them together (essentially forming a wormhole, or Einstein-Rosen Bridge.
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| == Colonial Limitations ==
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| While FTL drives can be a blessing, they can also be a curse. Or at best, a hinderance.
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| FTL drives cannot be fitted on smaller Colonial craft, such as the [[Viper]]. They can, however, be used on the [[Raptor]], which is limited to brief, short-distance jumps. ([[Mini-Series]]).
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| FTL drives cannot be used multiple times over a long period of time, for they are prone to breakdown after excessive, repetitive use. ([[33]])
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| == Cylon Advantage ==
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| The Cylons, as so far as could be determined, have perfected the FTL drive to the point where the [[Cylon Raider]] can be outfitted with an FTL drive. ([[Mini-Series]]).
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| The [[Cylon Raider]] drive systems are also far more efficient that the small-scale Colonial drive systems installed in the [[Raptor]]. Tests with the Raider captured by the [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galatica]]'' ([[You Can't Go home Again]]) demonstrated that the drive could enable the Raider to jump directly from the vicinity of [[Kobol]] back to [[Caprica]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]), and fact that also indicates that Cylon nagivation systems are far better integrated with their FTL system to enable such long-distance jumps to be accurately plotted.
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