Hypershock Drive

Hypershock Drives are devices fitted into ships that allow for the creation of controlled cross dimensional "tears" into Hyperspace. Usage requires an immense amount of energy and tears can only remain open for a limited time before closing naturally as so called "Dimensional wounds" heal.

History
The first Hypershock Drive was invented by scientist Dr. Nicolas Canterbury for the Bowman Corporation in 2212.

Usage
Hypershock Drives require the parent ship to be outside of a strong gravitational field, usage inside of one will render the effort useless. This includes stars, planets, moons and large stations. Regions of a star system where ships may use their Hypershock drives are defined as "Shock zones", areas where the gravitational field is low enough for ships to activate their drives. The amount of energy a Hypershock Drive uses is dependent on the size of the tear being made, smaller ships fit through small tears whilst large ships and fleets require huge tears.

Upon activating a Hypershock Drive, a bright flash signals the sudden reaction of energy as the tear begins to open. Then a large cloud of black mass leaks from the tear in spacetime often dubbed as a "Dimensional wound" as if space itself is bleeding. The ship will move into the cloud, gradually disappearing as it enters as atoms are moved into Hyperspace.

Whilst being commonly called a tear or wound, the event horizon is however unlike a portal or door. Unlike common theories of teleportation, the event horizon does not teleport matter as it does not change position within the universe but instead alters the dimensional state of matter.

Manufacture
Hypershock Drives are manufactured by the corporations that build ships capable of interstellar travel. There are no shared Hypershock Drive designs between ships as, like the ships they belong to, the designs are protected by copyright. Designs vary but all serve the same function, some being more energy efficient than others.

Hypershock Drives are small particle accelerators which create an incomprehensible amount of energy which is aimed at a point in front of the ship.