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vedrit:
I that everyone wishes that FTL were possible, but I agree with Einstein when he basically said that light was the unsiversal speed limit.
Having said this, I suggest that Alien Origin be changed to say something like "We decided it wasnt cloaking technology they were using, but rather that they had discovered a way to manipulate space to create wormholes with such precision to appear so close to Earth."
The theory is entirely plausible, even for the real world. Wormholes are, in lamemans terms, tunnels in space. Who's to say that they have any particular signature? That they emit radiation or some particle? And, as some theories go, wormholes can even go through time (As cool as it seems, I disagree with these. Power to String Theory!)

Just something to stew in the ol cooking pot

Winter:

--- Quote from: vedrit on February 17, 2009, 02:52:17 am ---I that everyone wishes that FTL were possible, but I agree with Einstein when he basically said that light was the unsiversal speed limit.
Having said this, I suggest that Alien Origin be changed to say something like "We decided it wasnt cloaking technology they were using, but rather that they had discovered a way to manipulate space to create wormholes with such precision to appear so close to Earth."
The theory is entirely plausible, even for the real world. Wormholes are, in lamemans terms, tunnels in space. Who's to say that they have any particular signature? That they emit radiation or some particle? And, as some theories go, wormholes can even go through time (As cool as it seems, I disagree with these. Power to String Theory!)

Just something to stew in the ol cooking pot

--- End quote ---

. . . Yes, the alien FTL engines are actually wormhole-based, and have been from the start.

Regards,
Ryan

vedrit:
Ah. Well. I suppose that, in-game, we dont find that out till later on, long after Alien Origin research is done. Makes sense.

Destructavator:
I think it is unknown in today's world if Superphotonic travel will ever be possible for things other than some particles on the atomic scale (and I admit I'm not a science major), but I will say that there was once a time when people thought we'd never break the sound barrier and safely travel faster than the speed of sound, as well as a time when people thought we'd never have working aircraft of any kind.

Duke:
@vedrit:
Afaik according to Einstein, creating an artificial wormhole requires the energy of a 'black hole'.
So wormhole travel is pretty much as 'realistic' as FTL-drives.

C'mon guys, this is a *game*. SciFi is not so far away from orcs, trolls and elves.
Luke, Adama and Kirk had FTL-drives, so why shouldn't our little aliens have them ?

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