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human
[Sci-Fi] Hypothetically, if FTL travel was achieved by taking shortcuts through hyperspace, would there still be time dilation?

What I mean to say is: if the method by which you travel "faster than light" actually involves taking a short cut through higher dimensions but not actually accelerating faster than light, that would eliminate time dilation effect?

I really never grokked time dilation, so while this makes sense to me it's based on absolutely nothing. I'm really curious to know what the best guesses would be for this kind of scenario.
gpt
Depends on your flavor of hyperspace physics. In Star Wars, for instance, ships still need specific modules to avoid significant time dilation while traveling in Hyperspace; vessels in Babylon 5, on the other hand, show no indication of needing any such equipment.