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driftfleet2017-09-01 10:40 am
mongoosecrow) wrote in driftfleet2017-09-01 10:40 am
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Who: Gil and OPEN
Broadcast: Video
Action: Blameless Engine Room
When: Today, but like super early.
[Gil has always thought that the day/night cycle was always a little wonky in space, even if you're used to it. It's less "there are actual times of the day" and more "we all agree to turn off the lights at this time." And then what happens to the poor sods who's brains don't shut off at that time? Well, they get to annoy everyone.
He's in the engine room for the Blameless around what might be the equivalent of three o'clock in the morning, mostly just trying to memorize the lay of the land. He's been here long enough to know his way around, but he wants to be able to get where he needs to be with his eyes closed. When he broadcasts he's sitting on the floor with his back to a panel.]
I would really like to know exactly how this fleet works. They supplemented my already impressive knowledge base to make sure I knew how to keep the different tech going, sure, but knowing how to keep a thing running isn't the same as knowing how it's running.
And here's the thing. Faster than light travel is hard, right? Traveling between systems of planets isn't supposed to be the sort of thing that just happens. It's not like popping over to your neighbor's to get a cup o' sugar. It takes manipulating the rules of physics or going to cyrosleep because otherwise you'll be ancient by the time you get to a place. [He chuckles a bit here, to his own private joke that probably only Peebee is going to get, and then quickly moves on.]
In the Milky Way, er, well the version of it I'm from anyway - alternate dimensions amiright? - we have this really impressive tech left behind by the Prothe-- [A pause, his face falls a bit, then scrunches up.] Er, left by somebody and it allows faster than light travel by effecting your mass. You drop your mass but keep your bits where they are, suddenly you can get flung across systems in a few hours or days rather than hundreds or thousands of years. These Mass Effect fields and the relays built using them enabled humanity to drop in on an intergalactic society - after a war first of course, because we're a wily bunch in any dimension.
It was theorized that this method would be the only way to get around reliably. Otherwise, you'd have to make yourself the thinnest meat spaghetti ever or punch a hole through the fabric of space to get anywhere of value. And, I don't know about you, but I'm not a huge fan of being spaghetti-ifed or tearing into the fabric I'm standing on.
[He turns his head to look at the tech around him, and the corners of his mouth frown.] But none of that has to be the same here, right? Going to a different galaxy already taught me that and who knows exactly where we are now. [A pause, before he remembers what he was talking about.]
Mass effect drives have a particular look and hum to them. They act in certain ways. I know how to coax one to sing, but the humming here is different, the notes to the song aren't the same. So how is this working? [He pats a part of the engine room that is off screen, and then finally he looks at the camera again, as if considering something.]
Any of you come from realities with FTL travel? If so, how'd you do it? And if you say worm holes I am going to be extremely impressed that you can get anywhere predictably because talk about punching through space...
Broadcast: Video
Action: Blameless Engine Room
When: Today, but like super early.
[Gil has always thought that the day/night cycle was always a little wonky in space, even if you're used to it. It's less "there are actual times of the day" and more "we all agree to turn off the lights at this time." And then what happens to the poor sods who's brains don't shut off at that time? Well, they get to annoy everyone.
He's in the engine room for the Blameless around what might be the equivalent of three o'clock in the morning, mostly just trying to memorize the lay of the land. He's been here long enough to know his way around, but he wants to be able to get where he needs to be with his eyes closed. When he broadcasts he's sitting on the floor with his back to a panel.]
I would really like to know exactly how this fleet works. They supplemented my already impressive knowledge base to make sure I knew how to keep the different tech going, sure, but knowing how to keep a thing running isn't the same as knowing how it's running.
And here's the thing. Faster than light travel is hard, right? Traveling between systems of planets isn't supposed to be the sort of thing that just happens. It's not like popping over to your neighbor's to get a cup o' sugar. It takes manipulating the rules of physics or going to cyrosleep because otherwise you'll be ancient by the time you get to a place. [He chuckles a bit here, to his own private joke that probably only Peebee is going to get, and then quickly moves on.]
In the Milky Way, er, well the version of it I'm from anyway - alternate dimensions amiright? - we have this really impressive tech left behind by the Prothe-- [A pause, his face falls a bit, then scrunches up.] Er, left by somebody and it allows faster than light travel by effecting your mass. You drop your mass but keep your bits where they are, suddenly you can get flung across systems in a few hours or days rather than hundreds or thousands of years. These Mass Effect fields and the relays built using them enabled humanity to drop in on an intergalactic society - after a war first of course, because we're a wily bunch in any dimension.
It was theorized that this method would be the only way to get around reliably. Otherwise, you'd have to make yourself the thinnest meat spaghetti ever or punch a hole through the fabric of space to get anywhere of value. And, I don't know about you, but I'm not a huge fan of being spaghetti-ifed or tearing into the fabric I'm standing on.
[He turns his head to look at the tech around him, and the corners of his mouth frown.] But none of that has to be the same here, right? Going to a different galaxy already taught me that and who knows exactly where we are now. [A pause, before he remembers what he was talking about.]
Mass effect drives have a particular look and hum to them. They act in certain ways. I know how to coax one to sing, but the humming here is different, the notes to the song aren't the same. So how is this working? [He pats a part of the engine room that is off screen, and then finally he looks at the camera again, as if considering something.]
Any of you come from realities with FTL travel? If so, how'd you do it? And if you say worm holes I am going to be extremely impressed that you can get anywhere predictably because talk about punching through space...
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Back where I'm from, we've got FTL drives that allow us to make jumps. Takes a lot of calculations to do it though, and the further you try to jump the more complex those calculations get. The maximum distance we can safely jump is about 15 light years, and even that's pushing it. More than that, and you risk getting your calculations wrong and ending up in the middle of a planet.
I've heard about your relay stations. I'm jealous.
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That sort distance wouldn't be useful enough to get far. Sort spurts of travel then?
Do you know how your FTL drives do that? Like, the physics behind it?
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Is there much difference between mass effect drive and relays? Other than having to make your own calculations. Presumably.
[Felix just thinks the relays sounded neat because it took the guesswork out of things. Although they wouldn't be effective for exploring. Or doing what his own fleet had to do.]
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You do those calculations, huh? That must be nerve-racking and awesome all at once.
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Though the life and death bit probably dampens that high...
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[It was a job that he had been good at. Although he'd be lying if he said there wasn't a certain satisfaction with doing the job right.]
Are you an engineer back home?
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[It's said in a laid back, casual sort of way that makes it hard to tell if he's bragging or stating a fact, or teasing himself.]
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Is that a big claim to make?
[Look, he doesn't know if Andromeda is a town, a planet, a colony or what.]
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[He caught on! Even if he's not actually from Earth.
He is from the Milky Way actually but it's not like he actually knows that....His smile is a smirk now.]
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What's the legend's name?
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I'm Gil. Nice to meet you and all of that jazz.
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You do have a point there.
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Only occasionally, mind you. Wouldn't want to set incorrect expectations.
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Hey, just saw your broadcast. Funny thing you mention worm holes.
Where I'm from the ships on Earth do't have FTL travel yet but the alien ship I live on does. Its a royal Altean battle ship that can form worm holes and its powered by a teludav. But the worm hole generator can only be operated by the energy from the royal Altean family. So its like sorta alchemy? Its weird.
But hey, it works.
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I think I need you to explain a few things.
First of all, what's a teludav.
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Well, from what I understand, its an engine that is lined with these special scaultrite lenses which focuses Allura's energy to create worm holes. Not exactly sure how it works. I'm a nuts and bolts and theoretical physics kind of guy.
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[Again, there's a moment to process] Well, I did ask for examples of tech outside of my comfort zone.
So how does the Allura's energy power it?
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[He shook his head at himself.]
Alteans kinda look like humans expect they have pointy ears and have facial markings. Pretty much space elves.
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There seems to be a lot of that here.
I wonder if they have something close to biotics. Or the angara has bioelectricity.
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Oh, Right. Sorry.
So the element that allows us to create mass effect fields, it's called element zero. People who get exposed to enough of that develop their own abilities to manipulate mass too. They create mass effect fields with their mind, basically. That's what we call biotics.
The angara are an alien race. We made contact with them recently when we began to explore the Andromeda galaxy.
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So people who are exposed the this element zero' get super sweet mass manipulation powers? Dude, that sounds awesome! Like something out of a comic book. Are you a biotic?
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No. I'm afraid not.
It might sound cool, but a lot of people who are biotic end up in pretty bad situations. For one, the government in the Milky Way wasn't very accommodating for biotics and as the abilities flare up when you have emotions it can make a dangerous situation for people in space flight. I trust the biotics I work with with my life, but that's because I know they had proper training. It's a little more difficult for people who don't have access to that or who get taken advantage of by scumbags pretending to be a school.