Warpcraft

Background
Centuries into the future mankind has invented the secret to faster-than-light travel. With it humanity has over many years populated the stars through a significant portion of the galaxy.

The first major breakthrough was that of subspace warp. A well-coordinated and delicate quantum equilibrium could be established, creating a quantum wavefront that changed time within it. Any object within the elliptical wavefront could travel at up to the speed of light. Although fuel couldn't be brought along, it was found that the floating hydrogen in space was enough. The first probes were sent out this way. However, the kinetic drive systems took a very long time to reach such speeds and as such this form of travel was inadequate for widespread use. The development of the relativistic drive allowed nearly instantaneous acceleration without destroying the craft and anything within it. One inside such a drive would experience little time. These twin inventions allowed humanity to travel at up to the speed of light, and within several decades colonization of distant star systems had begun. But it wasn't enough. Then came the gravitic drive. Utilizing the same concept of quantum wavefront, this new device shifted the gravity well around it, "sucking" crafts forward. It allowed magnitudes faster travel. The gravitic drive ushered in a new era of hyperspace warp travel of speeds of around 100,000 c (c being the speed of light), also known as warp-5. A whole swath of space underwent colonization. With such powerful technologies, humanity would soon stretch across the entire galaxy, and come in contact with the many other species they would find on other planets. It also allowed very rapid transportation and communication (which is no faster than transportation). Trade routes were established across the stars.