From: ctcamsand@gmail.com   
      
   Been working on this concept for a story of mine. If anyone can think of any   
   similar FTL device please let me know.   
      
   X space is a working title, not sure what to call it, but I was inspired by   
   looking at a picture of a hopf fibration.   
      
   I am trying to think of possible repercussions this technology could have on a   
   society, militarily or otherwise.   
      
      
   The X space can be thought of a tightly wound but well-ordered bundle of   
   fibers, each able to slide over the other. Each point on these fibres is   
   connected to some other point in normal space (though the locations of these   
   points may not necessarily be    
   analogous to real space ie. Two points next to each other could be several   
   thousand light years apart, even more interesting is that it is entirely   
   possible for two separate points to map out to the same location [this has led   
   some to spacer tales about    
   being cloned on entering X space as the opposite could theoretically occur])   
      
   These fibers or “strands” are in constant complex but incredibly   
   predictable “motion” relative to normal space so one may have to cross   
   from one strand to another to get to the correct position to exit. This can be   
   performed in X space at the    
   cost of “coasting inertia” or one may opt to exit X space at a given point   
   and reenter on the next strand over (something which can be dangerous if the   
   normal space analogue is unexplored)   
      
   One may travel down a strand at a constant “coasting inertia” for as long   
   as they wish, and they may theoretically cross over as many strands as they   
   wish, though for every strand they cross their “coasting inertia” will be   
   reduced, eventually    
   asymptoting towards zero. This dynamic of X space may make a series of short   
   hops or a single long coast down a strand more desirable depending on the   
   location of entry and exit.   
      
   With current technology pinpoint jumps are not impossible but are incredibly   
   dangerous. That is to say one does not generally exit at a precise   
   mathematical point on a strand (although one may enter at one quite easily).   
   This being said, there are “   
   densities” of points on the strands where the likelihood of exiting at a   
   specific point  are astronomically high, these regions are generally stable   
   positions in normal space, though some may drift around within a predictable   
   region of normal space.   
      
   Obviously these locations become something akin to gates, and have been well   
   mapped. They are used both commercially and militarily.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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