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* [[Fridge Logic]]: So, if the starslip drive works by swapping the ship with one in an alternate universe where it's already where you want to be - doesn't that mean that, from the perspective of every single reality, the ship just stays there, immobile but for sublight, forever? |
* [[Fridge Logic]]: So, if the starslip drive works by swapping the ship with one in an alternate universe where it's already where you want to be - doesn't that mean that, from the perspective of every single reality, the ship just stays there, immobile but for sublight, forever? |
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** The users almost certainly figured this out on their own. [http://starslip.com/2005/08/17/starslip-number-63/ They just don't care.] |
** The users almost certainly figured this out on their own. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120618062333/http://starslip.com/2005/08/17/starslip-number-63/ They just don't care.] |
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** Also, how did the parallel version of the ship get there in the first place? |
** Also, how did the parallel version of the ship get there in the first place? |
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*** According to Deep Time, Starslip is "a cheat"; presumably they used a more legitimate means. |
*** According to Deep Time, Starslip is "a cheat"; presumably they used a more legitimate means. |
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Latest revision as of 15:20, 23 January 2020
- Fridge Logic: So, if the starslip drive works by swapping the ship with one in an alternate universe where it's already where you want to be - doesn't that mean that, from the perspective of every single reality, the ship just stays there, immobile but for sublight, forever?
- The users almost certainly figured this out on their own. They just don't care.
- Also, how did the parallel version of the ship get there in the first place?
- According to Deep Time, Starslip is "a cheat"; presumably they used a more legitimate means.