This is probably asking a physics question far too complicated for me to understand but over the course of writing my own science fiction series I’ve come to grapple with the question, how does a quantum field exactly work? Like what holds a bubble of normal space around a craft? How does it hold normal space around a ship? Thanks!
It is some sort of field that contains normal space around the craft.
It’s basically a force-field of sorts. It keeps whatever exotic matter that exists in slipspace from touching the normal space around ships. Since it’s all still science-fiction it’s hard to speculate about, but over time I’ve gathered the understanding that most force-fields are basically solid walls of energy particles(held together with electromagnetic fields) - something so tight and dense that no kind of matter, no matter how small, can pass through.
Honestly I don’t think there is much scientific thought put into what it is/how it functions. The word quantum describes things that are very small (sub atomic) so I imagine if there is any sort of scientific reasoning here then perhaps it is that the field has a very small charge which repels the very small packets of energy and matter floating through slipspace.