Hey,
I would love to see an engine can transport you over long distances somewhat quickly, but with side effects:
- You can't move again for a certain period of time.
- These drives do nothing in combat, because they take time to charge up.
This would emulate a warp drive, or a ship-made worm hole if you design it like that. Really big ships need something to let them move around without a TUG attached. To use, you'd select a special "Warp" task assignment, and select a waypoint (made/natural like planets) to jump to. Appear in a random location within 50k of that waypoint. To move normally you'd have to also have regular engines.
This is almost necessary for ships like The Enterprise, which was over 4 Million tons.
Thanks for reading!