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The driving force behind the initial colonization of the [[Inner Sphere]], the Kearny-Fuchida Drive (also known as K-F Drive) was named after the two professors, [[Thomas Kearny]] and [[Takayoshi Fuchida]] who theorized of the ability to warp space to allow for quick travel over more than two dozen light years. Although the two scientists put forward their theories beginning in [[2018]], their theories were ridiculed for decades. It was only after their deaths that they were vindicated when the [[Deimos Project]] "jumped" the first [[JumpShip]] from Sol's zenith jump point to its nadir jump point in [[2107]].<ref name="TSLp7+">''The Star League'', pp. 7–8: "History - Roots"</ref> A year later, the TAS ''[[Pathfinder (Vessel)|Pathfinder]]'' made the first manned, interstellar "jump" to [[Tau Ceti]], where they confirmed the findings of the slower-than-light [[Magellan Program|Magellan probes]]: Tau Ceti had a habitable planet, later named [[New Earth]].<ref name="TSLp7+"/>
 
The driving force behind the initial colonization of the [[Inner Sphere]], the Kearny-Fuchida Drive (also known as K-F Drive) was named after the two professors, [[Thomas Kearny]] and [[Takayoshi Fuchida]] who theorized of the ability to warp space to allow for quick travel over more than two dozen light years. Although the two scientists put forward their theories beginning in [[2018]], their theories were ridiculed for decades. It was only after their deaths that they were vindicated when the [[Deimos Project]] "jumped" the first [[JumpShip]] from Sol's zenith jump point to its nadir jump point in [[2107]].<ref name="TSLp7+">''The Star League'', pp. 7–8: "History - Roots"</ref> A year later, the TAS ''[[Pathfinder (Vessel)|Pathfinder]]'' made the first manned, interstellar "jump" to [[Tau Ceti]], where they confirmed the findings of the slower-than-light [[Magellan Program|Magellan probes]]: Tau Ceti had a habitable planet, later named [[New Earth]].<ref name="TSLp7+"/>
  
The creation of the Kearny-Fuchida Drive was the only reason that extensive colonization of the Inner Sphere took place.
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The creation of the Kearny-Fuchida Drive was the only reason that extensive colonization of the Inner Sphere took plac
  
 
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