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>> but its really annoying when there is faster than light travel. Almost all space scifi has FTL, wormholes, warp drive or jump drive out of necessity, otherw
by goatlover 5y ago
>> but its really annoying when there is faster than light travel.
Almost all space scifi has FTL, wormholes, warp drive or jump drive out of necessity, otherwise you're rather limited in travel. Even the Expanse allows for it at some point, after allowing for the super high efficiency fusion drive just to make travel around the Solar System reasonably fast enough. It's a necessary plot device, unless you're doing a generational ship or staying close to home.
- mdtancsa 5y agoI am totally fine with FTL. My point is, if you have FTL travel, but the tech at the time cant invent a flashlight to illuminate a cave for more than 10m, or even have tech that allow them to see every imaginable detail etc... Dont create lazy tension points that are built on fumbling around in the dark due to inadequate lighting.
- addingnumbers 5y agoSpeaker for the Dead and the ensuing novels in the Ender's Game series managed to tell multi-stellar stories with sub-light travel and relativistic effects. Also most of the Three-Body Problem trilogy, there is no FTL until the very end when they jump forward by aeons.