>>>(K-F drives in UF-verse, I'd imagine, would be regarded as quaint
>>>things that only the most desperate or most eccentric would bother
>>>with.
>>
>>I'm not sure the principle behind the K-F drive works in the UF
>>universe, but even if it does, I suspect it would be one of those
>>technological dead ends that nobody ever did anything with. Like,
>>every civilization that ever invented it looked at the math and went,
>>"No, fuck that, we're not building that" and waited for someone to
>>come up with the hyperspace motivator. :)
>
>There is a fanfic that crosses BT with the Kerbal Space Programme
>
>And the Kerbals think BT fusion engines are freakish, never mind the
>K-F Drive. BT advanced physics are apparently rather out there when it
>comes to fusion reactors and the extension that led to their
>hyperspace use.

Yeah, BT just went so deep on Rule of Cool that any attempt to extract any kind of rubber science or applied phlebitonium is an exercise in futility. Which is why I'm not getting into any specifics about how or why it would work in UF-verse, just that it does, and reasons why we don't see it around more often.