Rogue Keeper on 13/10/2006 at 11:15
Quote Posted by Matthew
Man, this is science fiction, not
fantasy.
More like Science Fantasy Fiction. :cheeky:
MorbusG on 13/10/2006 at 11:15
Quote Posted by Bomb Bloke
It's unlikely the grove hitched a ride, as the VB is the first human ship capable of FTL speed.
Yes, that was what I was suggesting; ie. the grove hitched a ride on VB/RB combo. It doesn't really make sense though.
ZylonBane on 13/10/2006 at 14:10
Quote Posted by Bomb Bloke
That's the thing about unmapped space. It's hard to know if you got the right destination.
Please allow me to beat you senseless on the behalf of NASA/ESA/JAXA/etc.
William Dojinn on 13/10/2006 at 14:55
Now now ZB, we mustn't risk damaging those hands of yours, Christine still needs textures from you. let ME beat this one into oblivion.
I just wish I was talented enough to zing the living hell outta that guy, just because that is one of the more monumentally dumb thing's I've seen here.
Bomb Bloke on 13/10/2006 at 21:46
You're not gonna try and tell me that we've already mapped the entire universe, are you? :weird:
Or worked out how to correctly direct a FTL drive?
Bluegrime on 15/10/2006 at 07:04
Just as we dont really know if we can travel faster then light (And saying we cant just because we havent gotten close is a flawed little argument.), who's to say whats out there in space? We havent even explored our entire solar system, and to state what exists way the hell out in real space is like saying the world is flat because you've never been to India.
Bomb Bloke on 15/10/2006 at 13:01
The faster you go, the slower time goes. If you go faster then light, you go back in time. Which, by definition, means you can't travel anywhere you haven't already been when going at that speed.
If memory serves (and I'm not sure that it does), the SS2 FTL drive operated by redefining space so that the craft was somewhere else. Hence why Shodan wanted to get her hands on it.
RocketMan on 16/10/2006 at 00:41
The concept is in need of a bit of substantiation. Its not impossible but as the explanation stands I don't quite buy the "remaking space to arbitrary specifications" thing.
As far as the universe goes, relativity does not constrain the expansion of space itself, only its contents. Space can indeed travel faster than light, making certain regions of space further out towards its periphery causally disconnected from other regions. This is due to inflation. Current physical law therefore prohibits exploration of these regions. Only theoretical physics has ways around it which are naturally unproven.
WAREAGLE on 17/10/2006 at 00:28
it was the muffin-man
Matthew on 17/10/2006 at 08:08
The muffin-man?
