Harzet Drive

The Harzet Drive (or H-Drive) is a type of faster-than-light engine used by the Mantos. The Harzet drive is named after Aliy Harzet, the Mantos scientist responsible for the inital development of the first H-Drive.

History
The Harzet Drive was developed by a government-funded project to develop a viable means of interstellar FTL travel. Aliy Harzet was the leading mind behind the project.

Premise of Function
The Harzet Drive uses massive amounts of energy to distort space around the ship, shrinking the space in the front of the ship and expanding the space behind it. A warp bubble allows the ship to safely 'ride' the ripple in space to its destination.

Accelaron Drive
The Harzet Drive is slightly slower than the A-Drive. However, the engine is more efficient in it's use of enegy, allowing for greater fuel economy. As a result, the Harzet Drive is garnering some favour among the more frugal traders or independent colonizers.