Generation Ships: Difference between revisions

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** The ''New Frontiers'' in ''[[Methuselahs Children|Methuselah's Children]]'' was a Generation Ship which was later upgraded with a FTL Drive.

* ''The Galactic Whirlpool'' is set in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Expanded Universe]], where the Enterprise discovers a generation ship launched just before the Last World War, whose inhabitants have-- surprise surprise --forgotten their origins and descended into barbarism.

* The most extreme example -- in [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[~~Ring World~~]]'', the Fleet of Worlds is the Puppeteers' ''entire planetary system'' converted into a generation ship to flee the galaxy.

* The most extreme example -- in [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[Ringworld]]'', the Fleet of Worlds is the Puppeteers' ''entire planetary system'' converted into a generation ship to flee the galaxy.

** The Pak also did this with when they colonized Earth and the Ringworld itself.

*** In addition to that ultra-long journey (half a million years), the Pak have ships that ''would'' be generation ships for a species with less incredible lifespans - Phssthpok flies a ship for 1200 years ([[Time Dilation|ship's time]]), ''alone''.

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== Web Original ==

* In ''[[~~Orions~~ Arm]]'' a few early colony ships were these, but smaller and faster sleeper ships had a tendency to reach the destination systems earlier. They're currently used as mobile habitats, freighters, and wormhole layliners.

* In ''[[Orion's Arm]]'' a few early colony ships were these, but smaller and faster sleeper ships had a tendency to reach the destination systems earlier. They're currently used as mobile habitats, freighters, and wormhole layliners.