OT: Handwavium-low methods of FTL travel?

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Baron Munchausen said:
Since 'the speed of light' is a fundamental constant, and limitation, of the universe it does make one wonder just what he wants. How and why would you even expect an 'easy' way to evade or exceed the basic laws of the universe?

the speed of light in vaccuum - when not acted on by external forces - is thought to be constant, in so far as we have the ability to measure.

we can accelerate light or decelerate it by passing it through other mediums. and every few years, vaccuum turns out to be less empty than we thought it was.

as in "oh, quantum particles seem to spontaniously generate out of nothingness" or as in "odd, there seems to be energy where there is no mass"

the easy (and rather possible with modern science) trick to FTL travel, is to slow light down to a crawl and then just go faster than it.