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by wyago 684 days ago
The main appeal of FTL is I think the ability to return to where you came from. If 1000 years pass before your return, it would only be superficially the same place. That being said I would think that the defining feature of a warp drive would be that it uses warped spacetime for motion rather than propellant.
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> main appeal of FTL is I think the ability to return to where you came from

If that’s your metric this isn’t the warp drive for you. That hardly means it isn’t a warp drive. The lifetime-lightyear travel boundary for possible experiences would be breached.

Can a normal drive even do that?