Lightning propulsion rocket engine

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Lightning Propulsion Rocket Engine: This is a theoritical rocket engine that is based on the principles of cause an effect. Artificial lightning is discharged towards an [ionized] gas. When the lightning strikes the gas, it propels the craft forward at near the speed of light. The engine is designed to be used in the vacuum of space under zero gravity.
The engine was first theorized by a [Christian science] fiction writer named [Victor Darnell Hadnot] in one of his short stories.