Curvature Propulsion Drive
Item from deaths-end by Liu Cixin
The lightspeed engine — a propulsion system that warps the structure of space itself behind a ship, leaving a black scar through the cosmos.
What They Know
- Decoded from the metaphor of the soap-powered paper boat in 'Prince Deep Water'
- Achieves near-lightspeed velocities by warping space behind the ship
- Leaves a lethal 'death line' of zero-lightspeed vacuum in the ship's wake
- First successful prototype built secretly by Halo Group under Thomas Wade
- Banned by the UN for the death-line hazard until the dual-vector foil makes the ban moot
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