Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26198769-20150313212242/@comment-26191286-20150318002406

Actually, you have to go way faster than the speed of light if you want to cross the distance between two solar systems in any reasonable timeframe.

It takes light more than four years to reach the star closest to our Sun. Homeworld is likely far further than that. And yet  Peridot teleported to Earth within ten seconds from the moment Galaxy Warp was fixed. But Warp pads don't really have to do much with speed, they just warp from place to place via some subspace by the looks of it.

But, it also took the Gem Hand Ship less than a year to reach Earth. I assume it took around a week, in fact. Gems obviously have some serious tech at their disposal.