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Smacker

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  1. My impression from the story was that many ships were sent out in different directions, constantly scanning systems as they passed through, looking for worlds which would support its passengers.

     

    If that is so, then Alioth was discovered, en route, by the ship itself.

    Going so fast that would mean a massive slow down, reverse acceleration and back-track. Possible I suppose. May have serious fuel implications. Unless they used ramjets.

  2. 1. Either the humans have been genetically engineered, their suits compensate for the environment, or it is simply a conveniently earth-like atmosphere. Regardless, it's a game, gotta have fun.

     

    2. I don't think resurrection nodes and cryo pods are the same thing. Resurrection nodes revive you if you die. Cryo pods freeze you so that your body can last for thousands of years.

     

    3. Not sure what that's from but the galaxy is 100,000 light years across. At instantaneous acceleration, relativity aside, it would take 100,000 years to cross the galaxy if you were travelling at light speed (relativity considered, thats an infinite amount of time for the ship). The Arkships are of course simply going from one point in the galaxy to another, but nevertheless 24 years at 1g would not get you far. In any case, the kyrium that the Arkships are built out of can absorb excessive accelerations.

     

    Edit: quick calculation yields 24 years at 1g gets you about 300 light years, or about 0.3% of the way across the galaxy.

     

    1. OK  I guess :)

    2. I mean they could be the same thing. Presumably they are human sized boxes and you could make it freeze and resurrect you.

    3. I think you need to brush up on your Special Relativity :) I did say ship-time your calculation was for Planetary reference frame. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_travel_using_constant_acceleration#Interstellar_traveling_speeds

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