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Post by Guts on Aug 2, 2017 22:41:00 GMT
Even though the theme wasn't explored to it's fullest potential, the theme of going to a new galaxy and leaving everything you know (and possibly love) behind to explore. I've been thinking, considering an area I find most fascinating to be the world of planetology and exoplanetology, as well as stuff like the Alcubierre drive and interstellar travel. I decided to make a post to ask you: If we all of the sudden came out with FTL travel and you were chosen to be the first person to go interstellar, would you go? What would you bring? Would you go to an exoplanet to stay there permanently or would you want to make a roundabout trip? (Say that space debris, radiation, and energy required weren't an issue, and let's say that we didn't have to worry about going "backwards in time", and you got training on using some of the equipment involved)
The main reason I came up with this thread was because, I think that with interstellar travel, FTL is going to have to be considered an option as it takes FAR too long to get anywhere in the universe otherwise.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2017 23:09:42 GMT
Do the exoplanets have wifi? That would be a red line for me. Might be a nice holiday, though.
Follow up question: If you had the chance to go to another planet, but it would take 600 years, would you go? A sort of equivalent of the Andromeda Initiative, if you like.
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Post by pessimistpanda on Aug 2, 2017 23:15:57 GMT
Only if I get to choose who else is coming. I'm not moving to a new planet just to put up with the same kind of shitheads I deal with on Earth.
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Post by griffith82 on Aug 2, 2017 23:16:32 GMT
Do the exoplanets have wifi? That would be a red line for me. Might be a nice holiday, though. Follow up question: If you had the chance to go to another planet, but it would take 600 years, would you go? A sort of equivalent of the Andromeda Initiative, if you like. A chance to leave this shithole planet? Hell yes! But only if my family came too. But the ex stays behind.😋 |
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Post by maxon on Aug 2, 2017 23:16:34 GMT
I would totally go and wouldn't worry about whether or not I could come back.
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Post by Guts on Aug 2, 2017 23:20:16 GMT
Do the exoplanets have wifi? That would be a red line for me. Might be a nice holiday, though. Follow up question: If you had the chance to go to another planet, but it would take 600 years, would you go? A sort of equivalent of the Andromeda Initiative, if you like. If it would take 600 years to get there? NOOOOOO Also: Let's hope the aliens (I hope asari exist IRL) have good video games/extranet/internet videos. The only way wifi for earth videos would work for exoplanets would be something like a quantum entanglement communicator. I get the feeling wifi would be ridonkulous on exoplanets if you used QEC. |
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Post by Guts on Aug 2, 2017 23:21:42 GMT
Only if I get to choose who else is coming. I'm not moving to a new planet just to put up with the same kind of shitheads I deal with on Earth. You can choose who else is coming. Me? I prefer my solitude. Though having someone else help with equipment, first contact, etc. would help. |
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Post by kino on Aug 2, 2017 23:22:09 GMT
Oh, I'd definitely go. It'd probably be a miserable trip but the experience would completely be worth it.
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Post by Guts on Aug 2, 2017 23:23:49 GMT
In terms of equipment I'd bring this beauty  Accurate, reliable, bolt-action because I worry about ammo consumption, it also is built to operate in extreme climates. You got to defend yourself you know? |
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Post by LogicGunn on Aug 2, 2017 23:23:55 GMT
I would go. I'm a sucker for the unknown. I would want it to be a one way trip. No point coming back when by the time I got back everyone I know would be long gone. I'd rather live a full life in a new place than take field notes for a couple of years and return.
I would take my other half, a full kindle, some puppies in cryo, and enough kohl eyeliner for a lifetime. I assume the basics (water, shelter, food) are covered. Hopefully I'd meet some new, intelligent species for a first encounter. I'm not sure I'd be the greatest example of humanity though. Far too pessimistic, sarcastic and abrupt.
If I had Quantum Entanglement Device I'd have my laptop hooked up to Ted-ED, Pottermore and BSN (of course). I wonder what the BSN trolls will be bitching about hundreds of years in the future?
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Post by Guts on Aug 2, 2017 23:26:07 GMT
I would go. I'm a sucker for the unknown. I would want it to be a one way trip. No point coming back when by the time I got back everyone I know would be long gone. I'd rather live a full life in a new place than take field notes for a couple of years and return. I would take my other half, a full kindle, some puppies in cryo, and enough kohl eyeliner for a lifetime. I assume the basics (water, shelter, food) are covered. Hopefully I'd meet some new, intelligent species for a first encounter. I'm not sure I'd be the greatest example of humanity though. Far too pessimistic, sarcastic and abrupt. If I had Quantum Entanglement Device I'd have my laptop hooked up to Ted-ED, Pottermore and BSN (of course). I wonder what the BSN trolls will be bitching about hundreds of years in the future? It's FTL so hopefully, everyone you know would still be alive. (I really hope the asari exist) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2017 23:28:50 GMT
Do the exoplanets have wifi? That would be a red line for me. Might be a nice holiday, though. Follow up question: If you had the chance to go to another planet, but it would take 600 years, would you go? A sort of equivalent of the Andromeda Initiative, if you like. If it would take 600 years to get there? NOOOOOO Also: Let's hope the aliens (I hope asari exist IRL) have good video games/extranet/internet videos. The only way wifi for earth videos would work for exoplanets would be something like a quantum entanglement communicator. I get the feeling wifi would be ridonkulous on exoplanets if you used QEC. Just think, in 600 years they might have released some DLC... These aliens better be bangable. Otherwise all that practice with Bioware games is for nothing... |
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Post by LogicGunn on Aug 2, 2017 23:32:50 GMT
I would go. I'm a sucker for the unknown. I would want it to be a one way trip. No point coming back when by the time I got back everyone I know would be long gone. I'd rather live a full life in a new place than take field notes for a couple of years and return. I would take my other half, a full kindle, some puppies in cryo, and enough kohl eyeliner for a lifetime. I assume the basics (water, shelter, food) are covered. Hopefully I'd meet some new, intelligent species for a first encounter. I'm not sure I'd be the greatest example of humanity though. Far too pessimistic, sarcastic and abrupt. If I had Quantum Entanglement Device I'd have my laptop hooked up to Ted-ED, Pottermore and BSN (of course). I wonder what the BSN trolls will be bitching about hundreds of years in the future? It's FTL so hopefully, everyone you know would still be alive. (I really hope the asari exist) Did the Arks not travel FTL? I don't think a trip to another Galaxy could be done in a lifetime. Unless you mean another star within the Milky Way? Cause then, heck yeah I'd return to refill my supplies and download all the Scifi Films (and Bioware/Bethesda games!) I missed then I'd be straight back out there! Heck yeah!!!! |
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Post by Guts on Aug 2, 2017 23:35:00 GMT
It's FTL so hopefully, everyone you know would still be alive. (I really hope the asari exist) Did the Arks not travel FTL? I don't think a trip to another Galaxy could be done in a lifetime. Unless you mean another star within the Milky Way? Cause then, heck yeah I'd return to refill my supplies and download all the Scifi Films (and Bioware/Bethesda games!) I missed then I'd be straight back out there! Heck yeah!!!!They traveled FTL, but even then it took like 600 years to get to Andromeda, that's 2.5 million lightyears away. And Yeah I just mean another star system within the milky way. |
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Post by LogicGunn on Aug 2, 2017 23:35:51 GMT
Did the Arks not travel FTL? I don't think a trip to another Galaxy could be done in a lifetime. Unless you mean another star within the Milky Way? Cause then, heck yeah I'd return to refill my supplies and download all the Scifi Films (and Bioware/Bethesda games!) I missed then I'd be straight back out there! Heck yeah!!!!They traveled FTL, but even then it took like 600 years to get to Andromeda, that's 2.5 million lightyears away. And Yeah I just mean another star system within the milky way. I'm all over it either way. ^^ NEW PLANETS WOOHOO! |
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Post by Guts on Aug 2, 2017 23:45:39 GMT
I'd also be concerned about defense, what weapons would you guys bring on board and why?
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Post by themikefest on Aug 2, 2017 23:53:28 GMT
I would not go. My first question to them would be what defenses do you have for the ships? Do you have a backup plan if things fall apart?
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Aug 2, 2017 23:56:43 GMT
One of the few things I enjoy in life is traveling to remote and extreme places nobody has every been (or very few people have ever been), like mountain tops or remote islands. I'm a natural explorer, I enjoy the solitude and don't mind the dangers that come with it, but sadly I was born too late to discover any new lands or places in this crowded and throughly mapped place here. If I am allowed to bring a few personal items I hold dear I'd hop into the space ship and off I go, to discover new places and maybe even habitable planets that can be terraformed and colonized. Leaving would be easy for me as I would not leave much behind, I do not have much stuff or many friends. The personal items I would bring would be my trustiest rifle and my barbells and dumbbells so I can work out, which is one of my favorite things to do. The rifle because protection never hurts, and its one of my favorite items.  |
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Post by Guts on Aug 3, 2017 0:29:21 GMT
I would not go. My first question to them would be what defenses do you have for the ships? Do you have a backup plan if things fall apart? Good point. In terms of defenses for the ship, so far all I could think about would be something like a few firearms. I guess there could be something like a couple of 20mm cannons on the ship. If things fall apart? Oof, that's definitely something I haven't put much thought into. I'll need to work on that. I'd hope some of the technology would be easy to fix. |
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Post by Atemporal Vanguardian-Debugger on Aug 3, 2017 1:03:07 GMT
I would go underground like they did in the Fallout series and live in a vault till years later after the following ceases:
For I believe that different nations on this planet would go to war with the discovery of FTL...
I am sure some nations would even try to weaponize it.
Yep.
Going underground is best option.
Then rise out of the ruins of what remains and build a FTL empire.
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Post by Andrew Waples on Aug 3, 2017 1:07:46 GMT
I would not go. My first question to them would be what defenses do you have for the ships? Do you have a backup plan if things fall apart? To be fair, I don't know if you can have a back up plan for what the A.I. faced when they arrived in Helius. That being said, I wouldn't go-the unknown/major change, and starting from scratch is not my cup of tea. |
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Post by themikefest on Aug 3, 2017 2:41:37 GMT
To be fair, I don't know if you can have a back up plan for what the A.I. faced when they arrived in Helius. Did they have any backup plan? One thing that surprises me is they didn't have a pathfinder traveling with the nexus |
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Post by griffith82 on Aug 3, 2017 2:44:04 GMT
I would go underground like they did in the Fallout series and live in a vault till years later after the following ceases: For I believe that different nations on this planet would go to war with the discovery of FTL... I am sure some nations would even try to weaponize it. Yep. Going underground is best option. Then rise out of the ruins of what remains and build a FTL empire. I hate to admit it but you're right. If we discovered FTl we would certainly fight over it. |
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Post by lynx7386 on Aug 3, 2017 3:11:53 GMT
I'd be all over it. Ever hear the saying "born too late to explore the earth and too early to explore the galaxy"? That's how I feel.
Would be a nice bonus if there were bangable aliens too.
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Post by Guts on Aug 3, 2017 17:46:42 GMT
To be fair, I don't know if you can have a back up plan for what the A.I. faced when they arrived in Helius. Did they have any backup plan? One thing that surprises me is they didn't have a pathfinder traveling with the nexus That would've been a perfect opportunity to give the krogan a pathfinder. |
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