Without a station, ships travel at slower than light speed. A better comparison is this FTL type is like the gates/portals from the Stargate series. Hiver gate - similar to Stellaris Wormhole only in that a station is required.Zuul Node drive - same as human FTL, but you have to make and maintain your own hyperlanes.Human Node - basically the same thing as Stellaris hyperlanes.Morrigi Drive - same as Tarka, but the fleet moves faster when more ships are in it.Liir jump drive - same as Tarka Warp, but moves slower near gravity wells (stars) and faster in the dead space between stars.Tarka Warp - basically the same thing as Warp in Stellaris, but no cooldown/windup.Since you mentioned SoTS, here are the FTL types in that game: The end effect is the same, but the method of getting the effect is different. Psionic jump drives have an increased jump radius, and I get the impression that the 'tearing' is done by psychics instead of a computer in the drive itself. They both have a 15 day warm-up and 5 day cooldown, and I view their functions as something similar to folding space and tearing a hole through the fold (aka the Holtzman drive from the Dune series). There already is a fourth FTL method, and depending on semantics there is a fifth: Jump and Psionic Jump. I also thought about suggesting the Zuul from SoTS, but I never actually played that game so I can't speak to whether it would fit in Stellaris. Like Wormhole FTL, only the trip out is always much faster than the trip back. And, just to be silly: Intersteller Trebuchet.The downside is that Jump Ships are floating targets in a battle (inflict enough damage, and you've just stopped their offensive cold), and you have an effective limit on the number of fleets in FTL at any given time, unless you're willing to pay for more Jump Ships, which gets expensive quickly. Sort of a middle ground between Wormholes and Warp a fleet travels like a Warp fleet with no cooldown penalty, but in order to non-emergency FTL, you need a 'Jump Ship' (a new ship class) flying alongside you (if we're feeling generous, Science Ships can be 'solo-only' Jump Ships as well). Science Ships get Hyperspace, Military Ships use Wormhole Stations, Construction and Colonization use Warp, all at three-quarters speed compared to a specialized empire, and maybe a Ship Maintenance penalty as well. Effectively, you have both Wormhole stations and Warp drives, but both operate at half-speed compared to a specialized empire, and maybe a Ship Maintenance penalty as well. I already have four, but I'd like to hear more: Just because I'm crazy, I figured I'd start a thread for hypothetical 'fourth' FTL methods.

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