In addition to being able to bring any ships latched to the hull into FTL, a Seed ship has shown the ability to bring both itself and Destiny into FTL while the latter is docked to it. ( SGU: " Earth", " Divided", " Intervention") The shield will expand to cover objects that are latched securely onto the hull, such as the shuttle. Safeguards prevent the ship from jumping to FTL if its shield is too weak to do so once the problem is corrected, FTL capability is restored.
Destiny itself would also be destroyed if its shield failed mid-flight. Without the shield's protection, anything nearby will be instantly vaporized by the sudden energy burst. The ship's ability to survive FTL travel is directly dependent on its shield.
#Ftl meaning generator#
This was evident when the most worn FTL generator was sabotaged, (the generator in question was hampering overall efficiency) this generator was disconnected from the ship, and as a result from that engine efficiency was greatly increased. What also must be taken into consideration is the fact that the FTL drives shown were heavily worn from millions of years of continuous use, so the drives top speed when it was newly constructed must have been a lot higher. While the inter-galaxy FTL speed seems comparable to that of the Asgard hyperdrives used on Tau'ri vessels (a few weeks to cross a void in either case), the FTL's intra-galaxy speed is also shown as much slower (taking several years to cross a galaxy, instead of about a day). The drive's top speed has also not been made clear, though it has been shown to traverse an intergalactic void in a seemingly short amount of time. When engaged, the ship is quickly accelerated beyond the speed of light, in contrast to hyperdrive which opens a window into hyperspace. The technology behind the Faster-Than-Light engine has not been explained in detail, but does not function in the same manner as a hyperdrive. FTL has also become a Tau'ri expression for an engine capable of travel at speeds greater than that of light, whether it is through use of hyperspace or not.
It is capable of faster-than-light travel without entering hyperspace. The Faster-Than-Light engine, or FTL engine, is a technology used on the Ancient ship Destiny and the Seed ships sent ahead of it.
" Faster-than-light, yet not through hyperspace." ― Nicholas Rush
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