Alcubierre-LeGuin Drives (ALG Drive)

Using the same principles of the Super-Luminal Communication Network, the ship beams a signal to the destination, the wait time being the amount of time required for the signal to arrive. Once the signal reaches the destination point, the drive "jumps" to follow the signal.

Over the 400 years the NSR has had to work on this, they have managed to increase the range of jump to 180 light years, reduced the recharge times of the ALG Drives to 1/8th the time of a standard KF Drive with a system of more efficient sails and batteries, and made the engines smaller allowing them to be used in smaller craft.

These innovations resulted in the creation of the jump-drop hybrid, small ships that are able to travel to planets with cargo, then back out to the jump points to make the jump to a new system without assistance of another ship. Now ships the size of Leopard Class Dropships could move between systems independently.

However, with the creation of the K2 Gates, the need for these ships has become less, and they are now seen more as relics and for exploration than any practical use in the day to day of the NSR. Many have had the ALG drives removed for more efficient conventional drives since the K2 Gates remove then need for any Jump Drive systems.