Photon Field Generator Drive

A Photon Field Generator or PFG is a high-speed drive system common to many species. It functions by using a field of photons to cloak the vessel from outside space. The pocket of space encapsulated is then acted on as if solely composed of photons, which resume their normal speed, enabling a vessel to instantly attain precisely the speed of light until the field is ruptured.

Due to the fact that this technology is only able to achieve a velocity of 1c, no more and no less, it is undesirable for anything other than relatively short-range travel, usually within the confines of a star system. Most vessels that utilize a photon field generator will also be using a Tachyon Field Generator Drive for its interstellar travel needs, as both technologies use similar principles and can even share many of their systems between each other to conserve space.

The actual components required for this technology are also relatively simple, and have been miniaturized to the point where smallcraft such as shuttles, dropships, starfighters and such are able to have short-range PFG's built into them.