In the later books, the alternative FTL is wild too. The acceleration is so brutal that on every jump, you will be smashed to a pulp and then spend days being put back together.
I remember as a kid, a good friend gave me the marketing material for (at the time) Aérospaciale helicopters. That stuff was premium with beautiful, detailed drawings of a Super Puma on very fancy paper. I loved that shit.
If I believed in religion, I would be very mad at these idiots insinuating that a mass murdering dictator would have any chance of getting into heaven.
Not good, just the convenient parts.