| > Would a sub light warp drive be much different performance wise from, say, a fusion torch engine with insane iSP Yes. The “warp shell allows one to modify the state of spacetime inside it…the time in the inner region may go faster or slower than it would go without the shell” [1]. It is not a system of propulsion. That said, the paper does hint at forming “a region within a subliminal warp drive which is similar to ergospheres of spinning black holes” for use “as an efficient energy storage” and “wherein black hole-like regions of the spacetime may be used to produce accretion power” for “both a source of energy and a source of propulsion.” > Would you experience time dilation? Theoretically, not sure. Practically, yes: you would appear to an outside observer to be travelling subliminally. > When you kicked off the drive what would your momentum be relative to your destination? Whatever it was immediately before. > Would speeds like 99.99999% the speed of light be possible with enough energy? Yes. Same as it already is. [1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.06824 § 5.1 |