Hyperdrive

The hyperdrive is a propulsion system that allows a starship to reach hyperspeed and traverse the void between stars in the alternate dimension of hyperspace. For a starship to have a hyperdrive, it must have a vacant hyperdrive slot modification.

The hyperdrive functions by sending hypermatter particles to hurl a ship into hyperspace while preserv-ing the vessel's mass/energy profile, and requires a functional hyperdrive motivator to do so. The vessel then travels along a programmed course until it drops back into normal space-realspace-at its destination.

A crewmember can engage the hyperdrive as an action, causing the hyperdrive to accept and use the calculations provided during astrogation. The designated pilot must spend at least 50 feet of your flying speed before the end of the ship's turn to move forward and enter hyperspace, otherwise the hyperdrive resets and must be re-engaged.

A hyperdrive's only function is to keep a vessel in hyperspace, and should a hyperdrive be forcibly deactivated or destroyed during transit, the ship will be violently pulled back into realspace.

Tiny ships rarely have a hyperdrive, while Small ships occasionally do. Medium and larger ships typically have a hyperdrive.

The speed of a hyperdrive is rated on an inverse scale: the faster the hyperdrive, the lower the rating or "Class". Acting as a multiplier for a given base travel time then, a Class 2 hyperdrive takes twice the base time to travel a given route, while the Millennium Falcon's Class 0.5 takes only half the base time.

A ship can have multiple hyperdrives. Larger ships typically have a back-up in case of failure. Only one hyperdrive can be activated at a time. Your ship must have a hyperdrive slot for each hyperdrive.

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