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Ships that have their hyperdrive damaged or disabled risk ending up stranded in deep space, unable to reach a spaceport or inhabited planet before they run out of supplies. In such a situation, a hyperdrive backup can mean the difference between life and death. Although most backups are very slow, their performance is still far ahead of the most powerful sublight drives. The hyperdrives of Han Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon have been greatly modified to make it a dangerously fast space transport; but as a result the hotrod starship is highly prone to engine failure.