Second Sphere FTL Rules

Speeds are probably subject to change

Effects

Purger Connectivity

Some drives that have their own built-in purge system can also use purger stations to decrease the time taken to properly recycle a jump drive. By using such stations the recycle time is halved. This takes up one of the monthly purge 'slots'.

Backtrack

More sophisticated (read: expensive military drives) can 'backtrack' on their previous jump without recycling their drive beyond a nominal cooldown/reset period of a few hours. The backtracking jump resets the jump cycle. Note that ships may not make multiple Backtrack jumps in a row.

Expanded Buffer

Advanced drives can overcharge their buffers to perform multiple sequential jumps without needing to recycle between. Like normal jump buffers it needs to be purgers before it can be used again; this purging happens after the normal buffer is purged. This brings added tactical flexibility but has little effect on long-distance travel.

First Generation

Shortjump Drives

First Introduced: 2073

Obseleted: 2158

Primary Use: Local travel

Speed:

• x1: 0.75 jumps/week
• x2: 1.25 jumps/week
• x3: 1.5 jumps/week

Range:

• x1: 2 jumps
• x2: 3 jumps
• x4: 4 jumps

Special rules:

Shortjump drives do not include intrinsic quantum purger units and thus they must use a purger station to recycle their drives after their jump limit is reached.

Longjump Drives

First Introduced: 2078

Obseleted: 2158

Primary Use: Long-distance travel

Speed:

• x1: 0.5 jumps/week

Compact Purger Station (F1)

First Introduced: 2080

Obseleted: 2167

Primary Use: Resetting shortjump drives (mobile)

Special rules:

Purger Station are used to recycle shortjump drives.

Monthly purge: 10 jumps

Purge time: 1 month

Second Generation

Civilian Jump Drives (F1)

First Introduced: 2158

Obseleted: 2191

Primary Use: Long-distance travel

Speed:

• x1: 0.5 jumps/week

Civilian Jump Drives (F2)

First Introduced: 2171

Obseleted: N/A

Primary Use: Long-distance travel

Speed:

• x1: 0.75 jumps/week
• x1: 1.25 jumps/week

Civilian Jump Drives (F3)

First Introduced: 2193

Obseleted: N/A

Primary Use: Long-distance travel

Speed:

• x1: 1 jump/week
• x1: 1.5 jumps/week

Military Jump Drives (F1)

First Introduced: 2158

Obseleted: 2191

Primary Use: Long-distance travel

Speed:

• x1: 0.75 jumps/week
• x2: 1.25 jumps/week
• x3: 1.5 jumps/week

Special rules:

Backtrack

Military Jump Drives (F2)

First Introduced: 2182

Obseleted: N/A

Primary Use: Long-distance travel

Speed:

• x1: 1 jumps/week
• x2: 1.75 jumps/week
• x3: 2.25 jumps/week

Special rules:

Backtrack

Purger Connectivity

Military Jump Drives (F3)

First Introduced: 2193

Obseleted: N/A

Primary Use: Long-distance travel

Speed:

• x1: 1.25 jumps/week
• x2: 2 jumps/week
• x3: 2.5 jumps/week

Special rules:

Backtrack

Purger Connectivity

Compact Purger Station (F2)

First Introduced: 2174

Obseleted: N/A

Primary Use: Resetting shortjump drives (mobile)

Purger Station are used to recycle shortjump drives.

Monthly purge: 12 jumps

Purge time: 1 month

Fixed

Purger Stations

First Introduced: 2073

Obseleted: 2186

Primary Use: Resetting shortjump drives

Purger Station are used to recycle shortjump drives.

Monthly purge: 20 jumps

Purge time: 1 month

Purger Stations (F2)

First Introduced: 2163

Obseleted: N/A

Primary Use: Resetting shortjump drives

Purger Station are used to recycle shortjump drives.

Monthly purge: 25 jumps

Purge time: 1 month

First Generation Catapult

First Introduced: 2088

Obseleted: 2147

Primary Use: Long-distance travel

Speed:

• Fixed transit speed of 2 jumps/week

Second Generation Catapult

First Introduced: 2147

Obseleted: N/A

Primary Use: Long-distance travel

Speed:

• Fixed transit speed of 4 jumps/week

Theotechnological

Theta Drives

First Introduced: 2162

Obseleted: N/A

Primary Use: Long-distance travel

Speed:

• x1: 1 jump/week
• x2: 2 jump/week
• x3: 3 jump/week

Special rules:

Backtrack

Expanded Buffer (1)

Fold Drives

First Introduced: 2189

Obseleted: N/A

Primary Use: Long-distance travel

Speed:

• x1: 1.25 jumps/week
• x2: 2.5 jumps/week
• x3: 3.75 jumps/week

Special rules:

Backtrack

Expanded Buffer (1)

Advanced Purger Station

First Introduced: 2181

Obseleted: N/A

Primary Use: Resetting shortjump drives

Purger Station are used to recycle shortjump drives.

Monthly purge: 25 jumps

Purge time: 2 Weeks

Alcubierre Warp Bubbles

First Introduced:  ?

Obseleted:  ?

Primary Use: Long-distance free-roaming travel

Speed:

• Unmeasured

Wormholes

First Introduced: 2063

Obseleted: 2127 (?)

Primary Use: Posthuman mechanized space-time transport corridors.

Speed:

• Typically 1-4 weeks transit time