Space Travel

Modern age has been defined by most connected life in the Galaxy as being measured from the point that faster than light space travel was first achieved. This feat was pioneered by Dr. Abid Zook, a human doctor working on the Charon Colony near Pluto. With Dr. Zook’s help, humanity traveled to the stars and brought about a new age of connectivity. Because of the revolutionary importance of this development, Dr. Zook lives on not only in the name of the technique he crafted, but also in the calendar system where all time since his discovery has been known as After Zook, or AZ for short.

The jump technique Dr. Zook invented (colloquially called a Zook) utilizes powerful engines that stretch gravitational fields in a way to generate enough speed and energy to escape the bounds of light speed while maintaining structural integrity. A ship must have not only the engine power to complete a Zook, but also the hull strength to withstand it as well. This limits Zook travel mostly to intergalactic class ships designed specifically for such jumps. The speed of Zook travel is measured on a 1-10 scale with 1 being the bare minimum threshold to pass the speed of light and 10 being the current maximum speed achievable. With current measurements, the time to cross from one side of the galaxy to the other at Z5 is roughly 1 month.