So far the Poll results seem to indicate that hyperspace drives are preferred. There are several varieties of hyperspace Drive.
The first is the wormhole Drive. A wormhole drive creates a temporary wormhole that pulls the starship and anything else next to the starship through and then disappears. It takes little time to fall through a wormhole (basically one combat round or less) These sorts of wormholes typically require 3 days travel outward from the star at 1-g acceleration before space is flat enough to form a wormhole. The wormhole connects to another star system requiring 3 days journey at 1-g to get in to the system where the planets are.
The second is the longneck wormhole drive. This drive forms wormholes at the 100 diameter limit, the necks of these wormholes are long however and it takes about 5 days to fall through them. Unlike jump drive however you don't need a special screen to survive inside the wormhole. Because it takes 5 days to fall through the wormhole, the wormhole must persist for at least that long and other starships can follow you through the wormhole.
The third kind of hyperdrive is the bubble in hyperspace drive. The starship forms a bubble of normal space around itself and then enter's hyperspace, it spends 5 days in this bubble and then emerges back into normal space at its destination. The classic traveller Jump drive falls into this category.
The first is the wormhole Drive. A wormhole drive creates a temporary wormhole that pulls the starship and anything else next to the starship through and then disappears. It takes little time to fall through a wormhole (basically one combat round or less) These sorts of wormholes typically require 3 days travel outward from the star at 1-g acceleration before space is flat enough to form a wormhole. The wormhole connects to another star system requiring 3 days journey at 1-g to get in to the system where the planets are.
The second is the longneck wormhole drive. This drive forms wormholes at the 100 diameter limit, the necks of these wormholes are long however and it takes about 5 days to fall through them. Unlike jump drive however you don't need a special screen to survive inside the wormhole. Because it takes 5 days to fall through the wormhole, the wormhole must persist for at least that long and other starships can follow you through the wormhole.
The third kind of hyperdrive is the bubble in hyperspace drive. The starship forms a bubble of normal space around itself and then enter's hyperspace, it spends 5 days in this bubble and then emerges back into normal space at its destination. The classic traveller Jump drive falls into this category.