Project 002 // Video

[anomaliiiiies]

[Good afternoonish, Tranquility]

Have we all settled down from the jump? I see we have new people on board. I'm Jane Foster, and I'm an astrophysicist with the Science Division. So apparently the jumps the ship does will also bring new people aboard. Though really the gravity couch experience should be a one time thing.

That brings interesting ideas about how the engine affects time and space and how Einstein, bless his heart, really had no idea, since I don't think E=mc² really stands up to this test, since it was explaining how an object at rest requires infinite energy to achieve the speed of light, and well, we apparently moved quite a ways in a blink of an eye? Though other aspects of relativity could still apply, since they allow for such things as wormholes, which can quite possibly be created.

Would anyone have anything to add to this? It's rather rough, I apologize. Also, do we have any idea of where we are in relation to our last known stop? I'm wondering how far we traveled since Tansei.

Comments

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[suckersluck]

einstein wasn't thinking with portals

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[anomaliiiiies]

Of course. He had no idea the science was even possible.

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[suckersluck]

quantum tunneling can create instantaneous travel between two points in space.

may also contain trace amounts of time travel.

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[target]

> an astrophysicist
> smart
> hot
> buying in to this crap

one of these things doesn't belong

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[anomaliiiiies]

I've also been here a month already.

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[target]

a week. a month. a year. do you really think that makes a difference?

Voice

[mortalize]

[Hey, here's a voice that's new to the network.]

Most large-scale space travel is achieved using Faster Than Light, or FTL, technology. This essentially involves the 'folding' of space, physically reducing the distance between any two points and creating a corridor through space that links them together.

Whether that is how this ship works or not would require a physical examination of the jump drive. Has this been preformed by anyone?

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[anomaliiiiies]

I do realize that is how we've traveled. My specialty is Enstein-Rosen bridges. I've just not had direct experience of the phenomena.

I take it that you've traveled this way before?

Voice

[mortalize]

Many times, yes.

I can't speak to the efficiency of the engine compared to other ships I've been on, however.

[Since she wasn't here for the actual jump's start.]

( voice )

[payload]

The jump drive operates by creating singularies in space-time. Essentially, custom-made wormholes. So the actual rate of travel doesn't need to approach anywhere near FTL. [ A beat and then Capa exhales. It's not a sigh, but it is a definite pause. ] I'm not going to even touch how small the margin of error has to be in order to make those calculations.

Voice;

[mortalize]

More or less the same way that ships from my world move, then. I'm hardly surprised.

[There's only so many feasible ways of space travel.]

voice;

[payload]

It definitely falls under non-native technology in the universes Dr. Foster and I are from. For me, we've managed to the sun and back. For her I'm not even sure they've gotten as far as Mars. In either case, interstellar travel's still decades out, maybe more.

The tech's got something of a learning curve for us. Still, even after a month on board.

( voice )

[anomaliiiiies]

Thank you, Dr. Capa. But still that would be a lot of energy to create the entrance and exits.

( voice )

[payload]

[ Capa clears his throat, a little awkwardly. ] Capa's fine. [ He's used to being on a ship with other doctors and doctorates, so it's strange to suddenly hear the title. ] Just Capa.

As for the amount of energy — it'd easily outstrip even the most generous output estimates I could probably come up with, given present technologies back home. And that's only considering an equation of Point A to Point B. The last two jumps have managed to not only move the ship, but everyone in it — from their respective continuums to the ship itself. Even if those individual singularities are small, the introduction of each one has an exponential affect on energy needed. It— [ A scraping noise as he rubs his chin. ] —it's a wonder that system even has that much excess energy to burn in the first place.

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[megamind]

I imagine only Ward and Resnik know, and since they talk about as much as some of the paneling...

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[anomaliiiiies]

I will just have to wear them down, won't I? I think it's time to start building. I think I want to see if I can pick up energy readings from the engines both before a jump and after, and hopefully during one.

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[megamind]

Building is a good start. I may have-- ended up with some parts. We'll see what we can put together, no?

[Come to him sweet astrophysicist so he can get you to look at his starmaps. That is not in fact a euphemism, he really got them!]

video;

[odinsons]

[ honestly. thor has no idea about anything jane is saying. but it's jane and she's here and that's something, isn't it? maybe things aren't as bad as he first surmised (but, then again, maybe they are—he doesn't know).

slowly, his anger and confusion begin to ebb away. at least for now. jane is a nice distraction from all that and he's alright with it. for now. he must speak with her at once—if only he could figure out how to use this thing.

which, of course, he does get the video turned on by a stroke of luck and he's probably a little too close, but whatever. ]

Jane. [ ...well. he should probably say something else... ... ... ... ] Where are you? [ please don't say inside the machine. ]

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[anomaliiiiies]

[Blink blink]

Thor? Thor! You showed up! [smile] Um! Well, where are you? I think I can find you quicker?

[odinsons]

[ haha that's a good question, isn't it.... ]

I am... [ he looks around, and gives some description HERE ] I cannot simply stay in one place. Tell me which direction to go and I will meet you halfway.

[consulting]

Give into the notion that we are in the process of redefinition.
923 After Earth sounds like a considerable time for
technological advancement, wouldn't you think?
Perhaps good Albert is in need of an update.

SH

[anomaliiiiies]

Of course. Redefining physics is a near constant endeavor. But I'm also trying to figure out what went on between my time and now.

[consulting]

As it should be for any scientist.
Earth CA. ≥2011 but ≤2015 from speech patterns?
How along are you in your endeavors?

SH

[video]

[lookingsharp]

[ Sora looks confused; he got lost around engines doing things. ]

Uh... You know, I never thought about how ships work.

[video]

[anomaliiiiies]

Neither did I until I got here. I didn't even think it was possible to be in space any time soon.