A means of propulsion is one of the most crucial components of starships. Without it, species would be unable to traverse the vast interstellar distances between planets and star systems, making trade and commerce impossible.
Propulsion systems
Slower-than-light
- Hyper-impulse drive
- Impulse drive
- Ion drive
- RCS thruster
- Bussard ram jet or collector
Faster-than-light
- Coaxial warp drive
- Quantum slipstream drive
- Soliton wave
- Graviton catapult
- Subspace vortex
- Transwarp drive
- Transwarp hub
- Warp drive
- Wormhole
- Spatial flexure
- Hyperdrive