Slipspace

Slipspace is a sub-dimension of real space that is considered to, 'thread the universe like a spider web, joining space together.' Slipspace is a means of faster-than-light travel used by many Emperians, Aetherians, and after the finding of the Emperian Empire, Humans civilizations.

Slipspace Travel
A ship outfitted with a Slipspace Drive is able to perform a Slipspace Jump. This in mind a starship equipped with a Slipspace Drive can tear a hole in the fabric of real space by folding and twisting dark matter until it splits apart, forming a hole. The starship would then enter the hole and be hurdled at faster-than-light speeds towards the desired destination.

Now, three types of Slipspace travel do exist; first, through Slipspace Drives allowing a ship to enter and exit Slipspace; Second, using Jump Gates or Hypergates a ship can travel between two exact points in real space; Third, using an Astral Gate or Slipspace Gate will allow a person to travel through slipspace between two exact points, with the Gate forming a bubble of real space around the person or object to protect them from being torn apart from the powerful energies around them.

Slipspace travel is not without dangers, a ship commencing an uncalculated jump may find themselves a few dozen to hundreds of light years from their destination. Another threat may be a ship being torn apart if the Drive malfunctions and the protective barrier surrounding the Drives Regulation Matrix is breached, allowing uncontrolled energy to lash the inside of the ship.

Slipspace Physics
Since Slipspace is a sub-dimension of reality it is still technically part of real space. But only accessible by tearing through the fabric of real space; therefore, forming a breach or, 'bridge,' for a ship to cross over and out of. In Slipspace their is no resistance to travel, much like real space, but gravity anomalies can drag a ship or object out of slipspace due to its pull. Further, Slipspace has no reference of time, thus while days or weeks pass in real space; while, a starship has crossed thousands of light years.