![]() ![]() Unorthodox use of Faster Than Light travel in combat is fairly common in military science fiction literature, particularly justified in a setting where Hyperspace Is a Scary Place and therefore most people in the universe are unwilling to push the possible uses of FTL to the limits. Immediately departing the area as soon as the attack is concluded is fairly common for the jumping-in-to-attack variant, but optional for the defensive lying-in-wait variant. Alternately, you can just lie in wait where you know the enemy will exit hyperspace, and pounce on him before he has time to react. Instead of using hyperspeed to escape a bad situation, you use it to cause a bad situation by jumping into the immediate vicinity of your target to take them by surprise. In effect, the inverse of Hyperspeed Escape.
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