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July 18th, 2006, 02:32 AM
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Re: OT: Handwavium-low methods of FTL travel?
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Since 'the speed of light' is a fundamental constant, and limitation, of the universe it does make one wonder just what he wants. How and why would you even expect an 'easy' way to evade or exceed the basic laws of the universe?
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Some ways of evading the laws of the universe are easier than others. That and the "laws" are our best approximations of reality.
But any form of FTL is going to be handwavium high. Best to figure out what you're using, its limitations, and the implications thereof.
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July 18th, 2006, 02:58 AM
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Re: OT: Handwavium-low methods of FTL travel?
Ok, then, handwavium-lower. 
Picky, picky.
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July 18th, 2006, 10:54 AM
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Re: OT: Handwavium-low methods of FTL travel?
Narf, what you need is some cheesy science!
Like the Cheese Engine it runs on cheese. It instantly displaces the ship further along it vector of travel based on the amount of cheese infused into its core. A rat’s next of complex components. It was invented by pinky the brain.
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July 18th, 2006, 12:59 PM
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Re: OT: Handwavium-low methods of FTL travel?
One thing I haven't seen mentioned (or not directly) is the Alcubierre drive
It is the closest thing to non-hand-wavey that I know of.
It still requires the ability to manipulate "strange" matter, so there is a decent amount of hand waving. On the other hand, it doesn't seem to violate General Relativity, so there is a bonus there.
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July 18th, 2006, 06:08 PM
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Re: OT: Handwavium-low methods of FTL travel?
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One thing I haven't seen mentioned (or not directly) is the Alcubierre drive
It is the closest thing to non-hand-wavey that I know of.
It still requires the ability to manipulate "strange" matter, so there is a decent amount of hand waving. On the other hand, it doesn't seem to violate General Relativity, so there is a bonus there.
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That sounds like acceptable hand-waving. However, my math is a little weak to be following the formulas they have - What are the energy requirements like?
Let's see if I got this right - Basically, the drive pulls space from the front of the ship to the back of the ship?
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Re: OT: Handwavium-low methods of FTL travel?
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One thing I haven't seen mentioned (or not directly) is the Alcubierre drive
It is the closest thing to non-hand-wavey that I know of.
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Its main problem is the inability to control it from the inside.
So you pretty much have to have a slinger and stopper base at both ends of your trip.
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July 18th, 2006, 08:35 PM
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Re: OT: Handwavium-low methods of FTL travel?
About how difficult would it be to hand-wave that restriction away?
(Cause otherwise, interstellar warfare would be near-impossible.)
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