This can be anything from Hyperspace in Star Wars, Warp Drive in Star Trek, travel through the Warp in Warhammer 40k or anything else.

I’ve always liked “slow” FTL travel, where going a few light-years still takes a few days or so. I also really like travel through an alternate dimension like in 40k, Event Horizon, Witchspace in Elite Dangerous.

I wanna know your favorite versions, or do you prefer stories that obey the laws of known physics, like the Expanse or Rimworld?

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    I remember hearing about this! Never got a chance to actually play it though.

    The concept of different races travelling differently reminds me of David Brin’s Uplift series, though. Everyone uses Hyperspace, but different species use different “bands”, which behave differently. “A-level” behaves somewhat similarly to Hyperspace from other settings, and is preferred by oxygen breathing species. There’s another level that’s used mostly by hydrogen-breathing species, and is inhabited by quantum-order life. The one that sticks out for me is “E-level”, which is mostly used by memetic organisms - you have to shift your self-conception to traverse a changing landscape. It’s… really trippy.