Space Travel

Space Travel in Star Dynasties is facilitated by starships designed to travel between colonies via star lanes charted prior to the Collapse. A "hop" across a single star lane from one system to another may range in duration from days or weeks depending on the condition of the vessel.

Codex
"Even before the Collapse, no satisfactory explanation had been found for the existence of "star lanes", lattices of perturbations in space through which ships equipped with specialized drives can travel at great speeds. Humanity's initial exploration of the galaxy followed those strands that had fortuitously linked two star systems.

Despite the existence of star lanes, travel between colonies is slow. A ruler's best courier might manage a hop in a day or two. For the disintegrating trading vessels that trickle goods, visitors, and less important communications between colonies, a hop will take weeks.

As a result, colonies in the same territory enjoy considerable autonomy."