Editing FTL (Warhammer 40,000) (section)

==Warp Drive==
The Warp Drive is the standard method of interstellar travel in the [[Imperium of Man]], as well as for the (mortal) forces of [[Chaos]] and [[Orks]] (in whose hands they are called Warp Engines). It works by creating a rift into the [[Warp|Immaterium]], an alternate dimension of reality which voidships can use to travel to other systems in a reasonable timeframe. Unfortunately, the Warp sucks for travel, as its various currents can throw you way off course ([[Grimdark|or outright make you never return]]), and the realm's [[Daemon|natural denizens]] will tear you apart if you don't have a [[Gellar Field]] ([[Awesome|Unless you're the Orks, then you just krump the gitz]]). The former makes [[Navigator|Navigators]] a necessity for long range FTL travel, to the point said Navigators have to do incest just so that there's enough of them for the Imperium.

Humanity discovered Warp travel during the Dark Age of Technology, which greatly accelerated their expansion across the stars. Unfortunately this reliance would bite them in the ass during the Age of Strife, as the Immaterium would become untraversable and cut worlds off from each other - coupled with the outbreak of Daemons and Psykers, this did not end well. This cutoff problem was one of many reasons why [[Emperor of Mankind|Big E]] tried to create the Imperial Webway before [[Magnus|a certain Primarch]] [[FAIL|did everything wrong]] and the [[Horus Heresy]] saw him put on <s>a golden toilet</s> {{BLAM}} the Golden Throne for over 10,000 years.