Muse

[Zenrax]

but that would then violate special relativity as the velocity of a particle approaces c, the speed of light, its mass, m, increases as the energy used to accelerate it transfers into mass, according to E/c^2=m, thus requiring an infinite amount of energy to accelerate a massed particle to the speed of light

First off, you're writing the equation wrong. E=MC^2 is the correct way to write it.

And secondly, energy does not refer to the force acting upon the object, but rather the energy contained inside the matter. I don't know WHERE you got that thing about "the energy used to accelerate it transfers into mass"...

Really, how did you come up with that? Does your car get heavier when you drive it? Do YOU get heavier when you move?