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* In [[Literature/DeathsEnd Death's End]], mankind discovers propulsion by curvature (curving space to propel objects at great speeds) and manages to develop a curvature propulsion drive, which is basically an implementation of Alcubierre's drive. [[spoiler: Too bad escapism is seen as a sin in Bunker Era's society and due to politics, only one drive is constructed, which is installed in ''Halo'' and allows Cheng Xin and 艾 AA to escape from the Solar System when the dark forest strike finally arrives. Bonus points because the strike is not a relativistic photoid as everyone thought, but a 2D sheet that pulls space around to it and collapses it to a 2-dimensional space, and the escape velocity is ''c'' which makes ''Halo'' the only ship that can escape.]]
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The interior of the bubble becomes ''causally disconnected'' from the rest of the Universe including the bubble itself. How to stop an Alcubierre bubble once it arrives at the destination is a complete enigma to modern science, but a sci-fi writer who wants to use the drive can posit a conjecture that the bubble bursts open when it hits a strong enough gravity well, since nothing forbids objects from outside from affecting the bubble. Therefore, the navigation is simple and very ''Franchise/StarWars''-esque: point it straight to the target, engage warp jump and faff around until the ship arrives at the target star's gravity well, the bubble bursts and you return to normal space. But if you miss... well, space is empty. If you're ''very very'' '''''very''''' lucky you'll eventually hit another star system, but most likely you'll be stuck in that bubble forever. Alternatively, the bubble can absorb interstellar hydrogen, which potentially can cause the bubble to become unstable if it absorbs too much when you warp for too long, and when it pops, all absorbed mass is released as energetic radiation according to E=mc squared. Even if you survive this blast, you are stranded in the middle of nowhere...and God help you if you collide with some small object while en route.
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The interior of the bubble becomes ''causally disconnected'' from the rest of the Universe including the bubble itself. How to stop an Alcubierre bubble once it arrives at the destination is a complete enigma to modern science, but a sci-fi writer who wants to use the drive can posit a conjecture that the bubble bursts open when it hits a strong enough gravity well, since nothing forbids objects from outside from affecting the bubble. Therefore, the navigation is simple and very ''Franchise/StarWars''-esque: point it straight to the target, engage warp jump and faff around until the ship arrives at the target star's gravity well, the bubble bursts and you return to normal space. But if you miss... well, space is empty. If you're ''very very'' ''very, very,'' '''''very''''' lucky you'll eventually hit another star system, but most likely you'll be stuck in that bubble forever. Alternatively, the bubble can absorb interstellar hydrogen, which potentially can cause the bubble to become unstable if it absorbs too much when you warp for too long, and when it pops, all absorbed mass is released as energetic radiation according to E=mc squared. Even if you survive this blast, you are stranded in the middle of nowhere...and God help you if you collide with some small object while en route.
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The interior of the bubble becomes ''causally disconnected'' from the rest of the Universe including the bubble itself. How to stop an Alcubierre bubble once it arrives at the destination is a complete enigma to modern science, but a sci-fi writer who wants to use the drive can posit a conjecture that the bubble bursts open when it hits a gravity well, since nothing forbids objects from outside from affecting the bubble. Therefore, the navigation is simple and very ''Franchise/StarWars''-esque: point it straight to the target, engage warp jump and faff around until the ship arrives at the target star's gravity well, the bubble bursts and you return to normal space. If you miss, however...warping for ten years and arriving at the other end of the galaxy is the mildest possible consequence. The bubble can absorb interstellar hydrogen, which potentially can cause the bubble to become unstable if it absorbs too much when you warp for too long, and when it pops, all absorbed mass is released as energetic radiation according to E=mc squared. Even if you survive this blast, you are stranded in the middle of nowhere...and God help you if you collide with some small object while en route.
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The interior of the bubble becomes ''causally disconnected'' from the rest of the Universe including the bubble itself. How to stop an Alcubierre bubble once it arrives at the destination is a complete enigma to modern science, but a sci-fi writer who wants to use the drive can posit a conjecture that the bubble bursts open when it hits a strong enough gravity well, since nothing forbids objects from outside from affecting the bubble. Therefore, the navigation is simple and very ''Franchise/StarWars''-esque: point it straight to the target, engage warp jump and faff around until the ship arrives at the target star's gravity well, the bubble bursts and you return to normal space. If But if you miss, however...warping for ten years and arriving at miss... well, space is empty. If you're ''very very'' '''''very''''' lucky you'll eventually hit another star system, but most likely you'll be stuck in that bubble forever. Alternatively, the other end of the galaxy is the mildest possible consequence. The bubble can absorb interstellar hydrogen, which potentially can cause the bubble to become unstable if it absorbs too much when you warp for too long, and when it pops, all absorbed mass is released as energetic radiation according to E=mc squared. Even if you survive this blast, you are stranded in the middle of nowhere...and God help you if you collide with some small object while en route.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Starfield}}'': All ships use grav drives to bubble the space around the ship and send it into another solar system.
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* ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'' has these used on ships built by [[DeusEstMachina Archailects]], though they can't exceed the speed of light and all but the most advanced put the ship outside the warp bubble, as it takes [[TheSingularity Sixth Singularity]] technology to dissolve a warp bubble without annihilating everything inside.
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* ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'' ''Website/OrionsArm'' has these used on ships built by [[DeusEstMachina Archailects]], though they can't exceed the speed of light and all but the most advanced put the ship outside the warp bubble, as it takes [[TheSingularity Sixth Singularity]] technology to dissolve a warp bubble without annihilating everything inside.
