Battlestar Galactica Series refers to the FTL Drive when they need to 'jump' into 'hyper-space' (they don't refer to it as 'hyper-space'. They have a countdown to the 'jump' which seems to happen for just a second and the ship then appears at the destination point.
by Andrew Pobirs July 31, 2006
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The root of this word is ftl, which is also for the loss, or for the lose.
Denounces oneself or another with failure.
Shows failure status or the ability to fail to do something properly.
This Verb can be used on oneself or another.
The root of this word is ftl, which is also for the loss, or for the lose.
Denounces oneself or another with failure.
Shows failure status or the ability to fail to do something properly.
This Verb can be used on oneself or another.
Wow, you suck. You self ftl-ied yourself. Go sit in a corner.
How can you suck that much and not ftl-ied yourself.
How can you suck that much and not ftl-ied yourself.
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JAAN- The other night I was donkey punching this hoe but then I decided to finish in her eye instead of her mouth.
JEROME- Why in Gods name did you do that?
JAAN- I did it ftl'z of course.
JEROME- Why in Gods name did you do that?
JAAN- I did it ftl'z of course.
by fcuking thug April 6, 2010
Get the ftl'z mug.The FTL Drive or Faster Than Life Drive is an as of yet fictional means of travelling the long distances between stars in a short period of time. The FTL Drive also somehow beats the time dilation experienced travelling faster than relativistic speed.
The drive itself takes on many shapes and forms throughout the science fiction genre but all incarnations accomplish the same goal. For example, in the universe of Star Wars, the concept of Hyperspace exists, a way to cross the galaxy in mere days. There's Warp (a way to not cross space but compress and stretch it) mentioned in Star Trek, EVE online, and Babylon 5, and the Concept of Slipspream Space mentioned in Halo, Andromeda and even in Star Trek.
In some cases, ships in transit are not able to communicate or even see each other due to them being outside normal reality, however, when exiting, ships can just appear out of nowhere in either a scattered group or a fine-tuned formation depending how advanced the drive is.
The drive itself takes on many shapes and forms throughout the science fiction genre but all incarnations accomplish the same goal. For example, in the universe of Star Wars, the concept of Hyperspace exists, a way to cross the galaxy in mere days. There's Warp (a way to not cross space but compress and stretch it) mentioned in Star Trek, EVE online, and Babylon 5, and the Concept of Slipspream Space mentioned in Halo, Andromeda and even in Star Trek.
In some cases, ships in transit are not able to communicate or even see each other due to them being outside normal reality, however, when exiting, ships can just appear out of nowhere in either a scattered group or a fine-tuned formation depending how advanced the drive is.
The USS Ulysseus activated her FTL Drive. She speed off into the darkness with only a wink of light to mark her passage.
by Chris000 October 18, 2008
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This verb is targeted either at oneself, or another.
This verb is targeted either at oneself, or another.
by Tri Nguyen April 3, 2008
Get the ftl-ied mug.Verb. To give an object the FTL treatment would mean to blow it to shreds and steal the shreds to sell for money, or trade them for illicit goods. It doesn't have to be used literally. If something were to be dismantled severely and sold for parts of it's whole, that would also be the FTL treatment.
"Yeah man, they took the football team's jersey's and gave 'em the FTL treatment, now there are number piece inside of football cards."
"Enemy fighters ahead, I guess we'll hafta give them the good ol' FTL treatment!"
"Enemy fighters ahead, I guess we'll hafta give them the good ol' FTL treatment!"
by Cam64viper November 28, 2020
Get the The FTL Treatment mug.A speculative framework proposing the existence of particles that naturally travel faster than light—tachyons, in physics jargon. Theory of FTL Particles suggests that just as there are particles slower than light (bradyons) and particles exactly at light speed (luxons), there may be particles that must always exceed light speed (tachyons). These particles would have imaginary mass and weird properties: they'd slow down as they gained energy, speed up as they lost it, and could never decelerate to light speed. No tachyons have ever been detected, but they remain a theoretical possibility—and a staple of speculative physics.
Theory of FTL Particles "Tachyons would always travel faster than light. Slow them down, and they gain energy; speed them up, and they lose it. FTL Particles theory says they might exist, might carry information, might even explain quantum weirdness. We've never seen one, but the math lets them be. Sometimes that's all a theorist needs."
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