These Flaring Embers
They would probably need to get a few shots off ... before they made it to faster-than-light speed. field moved to the captain's chair. he didn't want to sit in it. felt like maybe it would brand him.
Ch.4-Truths
We mastered the methods of faster than light speed, created advanced exploration satellites to aid us in safely exploring past our own solar system. we built orbital military and science stations around earth and other planets of our solar system.
The United Earth Coalition/ The United Earth Coalition of Exploration
Then it's star ship captain and finally the captain's report to the admiral's on earth via faster than light communications given to us by the anubis people. they also gave us super light speed engine drives.
Galactic Enlightenment, Chapter 6: Another Flightmaster
They were designed to outrun even the new ships that could hit faster than light speed, and he doubted he could divert it. the engines were too powerful for that. not to mention…it was catching up.
Incubation
The crew on the bridge watched the main view screen as the ariyena predictably dropped out of faster-than-light burn.
Drift - 01 - Dog Days
Halls he had been checking and double checking during the entire faster than light journey.
Mira (F/F, F/M vore, digestion, mild scat)
By the time we had artificial gravity and faster than light drive there were ten mrish subspecies, because we weren't the only ones modified for different conditions.
Freelancer
Fortunately, some of the more technically minded among the races quickly found a way to facilitate faster than light travel.
A way to the stars - Part 2
Edward has to face all the consequences that come with harboring an alien in your own home and having it learn your language faster than light itself... not even mentioning that the other needs their face repaired by you.
Chapter 7 - Inquiry
It creates a separate bubble of space and time around it, effectively separating the ship from the universe, enabling it to travel faster than light, but the presence of a strong gravity field will disrupt it, causing it to collapse.
First Contact - Illustrated!
Any moment now the word would come back from ground control and he would be the first live person to make the jump to faster than light travel.
A different world.
I said as i finished keying in the last number and pressing the execute key then i waited for the odd sensation as the faster than light drive engaged.