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Topic: Screenplay
For those interested in the "science" behind F.T.L. travel in sci-fi. What is the best/your favorite method? Warp like Star Trek? Hyperspace like Star Wars or Stargate? Wormholes like Stargate or Babylon 5? Any method. Any medium. Any franchise. Why do you prefer it?
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Michael Prentice Well, all FTL is rather far fetched. 😁😉 Though I do like hyperspace from "Star Wars", visually speaking. Having said that, I also kind of like ludicrous speed in "Spaceballs". It's very plaid.
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Road Master Is it the light tunnel effect that gets ya?
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Road Master "Light speed is too slow!!"
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David Rachau As long as there is some in-universe explanation for it, I can suspend my disbelief. When they add some kind of drawback, or risk to it, I like it even more. Otherwise, I don't care what style it is.
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Road Master What is your favorite example of ftl AND drawback?
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David Rachau It's called The Last Horizon by Will Wight. The main protagonist is a wizard, and magic is a huge part of the world. Three books so far, not sure how many there will be, but my guess is 6 or 7 if the naming convention continues. His last series had 12 books, but he's also done trilogies, so who knows?
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Drip I dunno what F.T.L. means and I ain’t never watched Stars Wars, but I like to concept of hyper speed space jets (and just space jets in general, pretty sure you can tell by now, lul)
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Road Master F.T.L. = Faster Than Light. It's a general term. Often used to denote any method of interstellar travel that happens within a reasonable time frame. Generation ships and cryoships would not apply. In most cases, hyperdrive/space travel doesn't actually travel faster than light. It's more of a lightspeed bypass. It is typically extradimensional. Star Wars has hyperspace lanes. I'm pretty sure you can travel through hyperspace without using the lanes. But it's extremely dangerous and unpredictable. I believe they are, in some way, tied to The Force. But I don't know how.
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Drip Uhhhh 😀 …like space jets that just go like really really unrealistically fast. I’m pretty dumb so I haven’t gotten into all the fancy sci fi terminologies like you have 😆
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James Neumann Christopher Paolini's ftl method is like submarines. The have to "breach" back into normal space to dispel heat. I'm a big fan of the idea and it's really unique
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Road Master Does it give any explanation for how that works?
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