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 nostr:npub10mvtjk25a7gual0g4se25zm2z07fn577skvnaex6tskt922gvm5stxzfpx Jump and warp? The first is more SF. Star Trek almost seems to have the latter trademarked. I've seen overdrive used before, but I suggest you just come up with something that goes with the vernacular of your characters. Like, "We'll be taking the fast one to Tau Ceti" or "Riding the beam." The weird thing about made up words in a story, if you don't over do it, by the end of the story they feel natural to the reader. Think of all the made up words used for things like cars. We do it all the time. Novels are better for made-up words, tho, because of their length...