In the CRB, it states that a starship must be stationary for one minute before entering the Drift. So, from a visual effects standpoint, that precludes stretching star fields or stretching starships. Do Starfinder starships simply vanish from view in normal space? Just - blink and they're gone?
Also, how well-known is the Plane-ripping effect of Drift travel? Is it general knowledge anyone can find on three dozen infosphere sites? Or is it a relative secret, known to only a handful of experienced explorers?
Maybe something like star burst from Farscape?
Also, how well-known is the Plane-ripping effect of Drift travel? Is it general knowledge anyone can find on three dozen infosphere sites? Or is it a relative secret, known to only a handful of experienced explorers?
I see it as kind of like how people saw the hazards of smoking in the 1960s - there was evidence that it was doing this thing, but it wasn't strongly correlatable enough that the majority of people cared about it - heck, there may even be people like Abadarcorp suppressing the knowledge because it's extremely profitable.
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I view it like how people still use polluting cars or throw away recyclables; it's a small enough impact they don't really care. Also, it's a small chance the Material Plane is affected at all, and if by 'chunks' it can also pull in empty space, there is an extremely low percentage that what mortals care about on the Material Plane gets affected.