Science Fiction Motif Index

Sub-motif under Physics and Engineering

Drives that don't yet exist on Earth. They may work using real physics, tenuous physics, or no known physics.

See also child-motifs: Plausible Drive, Impossible Drive

Examples

2011 Leviathan Wakes
The "Epstein" drive is a type of fusion drive that achieves unrealistically high specific impulse, classing it above even previous torch drives. Allows ships to spend a significant time under thrust, and thus gravity. Most maneuvers are burn-coast-flip-burn.