In galaxies far far away..
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:03 am
Hi,
Currently there is a ship on its way from the milky way to the other galaxy where the main thread comes from. It takes several years in hyperspace or a very risky unstable long-distance gate to throw a ship halfway there. There are also several billion galaxies in the universe. I seem to remember a comment somewhere that the Consortium isn't only based in that one galaxy. Am i remembering correctly or do i mix up other stories in this?
Anyway, around the milky way galaxy there are a couple small dwarf galaxies as well as lots of big galaxies. I am not sure which of those is the Consortium home galaxy, but it does not matter. We now know that danger can also come from other galaxies so... shouldn't the inhabitants of the milky way galaxy take steps?
Lets see, i would send one ship each to all galaxies, dwarfish and otherwise, around us that are less than.... say... 10 years hyperspace flight from us. Further away and one can expect them to first visit galaxies closer than ours to them. I would also think about a way to shorten the travel time after the first flight, which means some sort of gate. Of course the first ship flies into an unknown so it should be limited in technology that gets potentially stolen. And its people should be ready to self-destruct. Best to either make sure the average technology in the new galaxy is either too low to be of danger - or just steal one of those ships in that galaxy and send the Karinne ship into a sun. Better safe than sorry.
I remember a gate takes many years to calibrate over the distances that exist between two galaxies. To shorten that, one could place waypoints between them... or simply wait those years since the Syndicate/Consortium thread will keep us busy for years anyway.
One can assume that the Kimdori will be the first and main visitors to neighboring galaxies, so perhaps the first ship should go where few races would look for anything at all, into the high radiation belts common to all galaxies and look there for a suitable world similar to the kimdori homeworld and set up shop there. It would certainly be a secure place for a gate. And perhaps a long term home for new kimdori clans that watch over those galaxies.
Enough food for thoughts, what do others think? Perhaps it already is part of the background story and simply wasn't written in because it wouldn't matter for a long long time?
Currently there is a ship on its way from the milky way to the other galaxy where the main thread comes from. It takes several years in hyperspace or a very risky unstable long-distance gate to throw a ship halfway there. There are also several billion galaxies in the universe. I seem to remember a comment somewhere that the Consortium isn't only based in that one galaxy. Am i remembering correctly or do i mix up other stories in this?
Anyway, around the milky way galaxy there are a couple small dwarf galaxies as well as lots of big galaxies. I am not sure which of those is the Consortium home galaxy, but it does not matter. We now know that danger can also come from other galaxies so... shouldn't the inhabitants of the milky way galaxy take steps?
Lets see, i would send one ship each to all galaxies, dwarfish and otherwise, around us that are less than.... say... 10 years hyperspace flight from us. Further away and one can expect them to first visit galaxies closer than ours to them. I would also think about a way to shorten the travel time after the first flight, which means some sort of gate. Of course the first ship flies into an unknown so it should be limited in technology that gets potentially stolen. And its people should be ready to self-destruct. Best to either make sure the average technology in the new galaxy is either too low to be of danger - or just steal one of those ships in that galaxy and send the Karinne ship into a sun. Better safe than sorry.
I remember a gate takes many years to calibrate over the distances that exist between two galaxies. To shorten that, one could place waypoints between them... or simply wait those years since the Syndicate/Consortium thread will keep us busy for years anyway.
One can assume that the Kimdori will be the first and main visitors to neighboring galaxies, so perhaps the first ship should go where few races would look for anything at all, into the high radiation belts common to all galaxies and look there for a suitable world similar to the kimdori homeworld and set up shop there. It would certainly be a secure place for a gate. And perhaps a long term home for new kimdori clans that watch over those galaxies.
Enough food for thoughts, what do others think? Perhaps it already is part of the background story and simply wasn't written in because it wouldn't matter for a long long time?