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Can an Alcubierre drive be built by starlifting?
I am setting up a very futuristic world for a sci-fi story, where having FTL tech would be very practical. For a bit of context, here is what I am imagining:
It is a type 3.2 - 3.3 civilisation, where ...
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Is it radio silence between 2 Alcubierre drives?
Suppose we grant a 1 time scientific miracle for exotic matter to power Alcubierra wrap drive, then could two such drives communicate with each other? The drive discharges exotic matter particles ...
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Why are certain spaceships capable of warp at a moment's notice while others require some preparations?
After seeing an advert on my holo-watch about the latest fleet of interstellar spaceships capable of going into warp at the press of a button, I was both amazed and dumbfounded by it
Conventional warp ...
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Can FTL travel be achieved with mid-20th century technology? [closed]
Let's say that the FTL system is based upon that of Star Trek, but deviations can be made. FTL technology was discovered through the reverse-engineering of a starship that crashed on the civilization'...
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Warp speed collision [duplicate]
I was hoping that i can get a more or less science based answer because theoretically warp drive is possible (but we cannot produce the amount of energy that it needs). I am here after this question ...
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Why does FTL travel require a human who can survive in space? [closed]
Imagine ftl space travel that requires modifications to the human body enabling them to survive in space without a spacesuit, possibly even truly skyclad. What mechanism for ftl travel might require ...
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How to resolve the transporter conundrum in a FTL spaceship?
Imagine a spaceship capable of achieving faster than light travel uses several transporters to allow crew members to move around its interior at the constant speed of light. What happens to the crew ...
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What kind of faster-than-light travel is this and is it at least plausible?
I've had a fairly complex world built up in my head for several years and finally writing a story in it. One thing I'm struggling with is explaining the galaxy's faster-than-light traveling. It's not ...
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What plausible reason could I give for my FTL drive only working in space
I’ve created a fairly fleshed out, detailed FTL concept. Basically, you have a circular starship, with a ring of tungsten encircling that, held in place by an antigravity ring beneath it. The rim of ...
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Military Implications of Instantaneous FTL?
In an example future world, one can use some form of FTL to instantaneously transport any ship from one point to another point (within the same galaxy, to keep things simple). The device required to ...
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Which of these two spaceships would count as the fastest man made craft ever launched? [closed]
For a while now, I've been "working" on a story where mankind begins to set out towards the stars; and in my procrastination I started to get hung up on something.
In the universe I'm working on, ...
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I'm wondering what a teleporting ship would look like coming above earth's atmosphere
I'm creating a universe where ftl space travel is possible by folding space. You can only travel point to point with direct line of sight.
The example I plan to give in the book, to clarify, is that ...
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Defeating this fleet [closed]
I was watching the series called: "Once Upon a Time... Space" (I could only find the hungarian dub, which is my native language), that I want to make a fanfic about, and I ran into a problem....
The ...
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What would happen if two spaceships with Alcubierre warp bubbles were colliding?
What would happen if two spaceships with Alcubierre warp bubbles were colliding? Would the space bubble collapse? Would they reject or push each other? Would they survive it without problems?
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What are multiple scientificly plausible methods of faster then light travel [closed]
I'm trying to figure out several methods of FTL, that are actually theoretically possible.
ALSO, What would be a viable method of high-speed travel, particularly in a Dyson-sphere (Well, A chunk of ...
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