Seems to be the only method of travelling faster than light speed in the Andromeda universe.
yes but what is it?
I'm not sure the writers know themselves. Sometimes it seems like the trans-warp conduits that the Borg (Star Trek) create for their ships, other times it seems closer to the Jump-gate system (Babylon 5), and they have to find the "entrance." The nature of the "universe" within the Slip-Stream is ill defined, except for three facts: (1) non-organic minds can't navigate in it (but they can somehow store coordinate references for organic minds to follow); (2) prolongd exposure to the Slip-Stream can be detrimental to the pilot, who experiences it directly and to Trance whose perception is different and more sensitive; (3) The mind-altering drug "Flash," which apparently increases concentration, memory and logical processing in someone not yet having developed a tolerance, can improve a pilot's performance beyond the apparent extent of the effects mentioned, but once the tolerance has occurred, the pilot become even more sensitive to the Slip-Stream's detrimental effects.
Yeah but what is it?
A magic doorway.
Oh. I see. Why didn't you say so in the first place.
I've never seen one before, no-one has, but I'm guessing it's a White Hole.
A a white hole. I see.
http://www.rhwolfe.com/INTERSTELLAR%20TRAVEL.htm
Interesting article. Another example of the intelligent science fiction basis underlying the show that is seemingly being jettisoned in favor of the Hercules in Space Action Hour. siiigh.
How so? I didn't see anything in the article that pertained to that.
Len's post has two unrelated comments.
What he is saying is that this is an example of how a lot of thought went into the backstory and future science, so as to make this more than a space opera. But he feels that this season, with Kevin Sorbo having more "creative control" all that forethought is being chucked out to allow Captain Hunt to have more action scenes.
Ah.
Hmm. Memory serves to say that Voyager had a few tries at Quantum Slipstream technology... wonder if the term dates back to Roddenberry's orginal notes? Probably not but since it appears in both ST and Andromeda, could be.
There are a few things about the slipstream that I don't understand:
1) Why does it frequently take the Andromeda more than one slipstream jump to get to her destination? In It Makes a Lovely Light the crew calculated that trying to reach Tarn Vedra would require 46 slipstream jumps. Why so many jumps?
2) Is it possible to enter the slipstream at any point in normal space, or do you have to reach particular points in normal space before entering the slipstream? The characters in the show sometimes refer to 'slipstream portals'. Are these portals the only places in normal space at which you can enter the slipstream?