Slip Fold Engines are designed to create a kind of fold in space which stretches the distance between two points. Once the fold is created, the ship will enter into a kind of bubble and perceivably only travel a short distance, but upon coming out of the Slip Fold, traveled a great deal in reality. In simple terms, the ship in its bubble enter a kind of alternate dimension where in spacetime is measured differently, but do not actually transition into a different physical space, meaning spatial bodies such as planets and moons must still be navigated around.
A Slipfold drive is most commonly (depending on culture) a large spherical or cylindrical device suspended near the center-back of the ship When powered, it extends space-time folding fields out around the ship through projecting materials embedded in the frame which can usually remain protected just under the hull and armor.
Ship Nets are usually constructed on a planet surface for ease, but in some occasions can be constructed for orbital placement.