MartinK wrote:Take a gate with you and you even have a way to instantly travel those distances after another wait of a few years for sync.
If I recollect right, its not only time dependant but even energy dependant. It only takes time to sync two gates far apart but also, the father apart the gates are, the more power is needed to maintain the link. So, either its not feasible or more research needs to be done on how to address this drawback.
MartinK wrote:So, a way to block this type of travel would be a lot more important. Interdiction is one of the cornerstones of the defense of the Confederation.
Agreed. More research needs to be put into how to properly and with certainty destabilize a worm hole (this research to stay with Karinnes until a way to over come this is found out by them for their own safety). If that can be achieved then it will be easier to understand worm holes and learn to stabilize them and use them for quick large distance travels, like between galaxies. and that can be started by getting the feedback about their travel from the Kimdori who are going to Andromeda. So we might end up with
FTL - Intra galaxy with time consumption
Hyperspace - Intra galaxy with minimal time consumption
Wormholes - Inter galaxy with minimal time consumption
betatester wrote:Also I remember that interdictors require Terynium which can only be mined in hyperspace and needs months to refine it and that both Karinne hyperspace engines and interdictors use Terynium. Given that Karinnes are building ships like crazy and that every ship constructed with hyperspace engines requires Terynium; do they have enough Terynium?
Along with their on going mining of the material, if I remember right the Consortium had mined loads and loads of this material to build that giant ball like thing they were building. As I recollect it was a ball bigger than the moon Kosigi. So I would guess they are also recycling that too.
But it would be so much more great if they can make their replicators make this material or build some replicator which works in hyperspace and use it in hyperspace to replicate this material (since people can stay in hypersace for a long time now).
betatester wrote:That would perhaps enable Karinne ships to fight in FTL which would reduce the chance that they would get damaged as the opposing side would also need to defend or attack in FTL speeds if they want to have a chance to hit anything. (just like Star Trek)
Hmmmm, interesting concept, I would love to see it.The thing that bothers me is, all your weaponry are particle based which travel at sub light or close to light and you are moving FTL. So it will lead to a whole lot of new weird physics which needs to be understood first and then implemented in the story. Anyway, that's FEL's headache, not mind.
expedient wrote:Are different generations going to "bond" with each new CBIM in order to provide more telekinetic defenders when Karis is under attack?
I was thinking about the same thing in a bit of different way. Skipping the other generations, I was thinking of only Jason's kids. Now since a lot of his kids are being taught how to run the Karinne house, couldn't his kids take up different sections of responsibility. For example, Zach is a very strong TK, and since for joining a CBIM and using the boosted TK will need someone with that power, why not him ? He might be weak telepathically, but he's good to team up with the defence CBIM. Similarly this new kid Jason has with Myleena can team up with some R&D CBIM, boost up her thinking capability and come up with solutions quicker. And so on....
MartinK wrote:Wheres the difference? Weren't R2D2 or C3PO both full autonomous living house members? Well, unless under capture and restraint by those restraining bolts?
In my opinion they are a whole lot different. R2D2/C3PO are more like the current world computers+technology. Yes, the current world computers can do amazing things which will be awe inspiring. Considering the case of Google now/Siri they can even interact with human world, even when a statement with the same meaning is stated in different ways, they understand and interact with you. BUT, the way they interact must be understood. They do it based on they referencing it to their database of it being done by some human and then using it in their interaction. Its NEVER self generated. Its feedback to any human interaction is based on a set of rules and/or a copy of how another human had reacted in the same scenario. Its always the same case, any number of times you repeat the scenario.
Where as in the case of Rook, its more of a sentience where the being has its own thought process. ONLY with a biogenic chip can you introduce the irrationality of a living being into an rational computer. Rook is just another being similar to Cybi, except he doesnt have the awesome processing capability of Cybi and hence will always end up being a little less smarter than her. But provide him the hardware for it and he is sure of matching any other CBIM in sentience.
I have to agree with some of the comments on here. In my opinion is Myli will find something new in the engine design which can be implemented ONLY in the Karinne design. With that design with the same engine they can use it for FTL speeds in normal space and more manoeuvrability and control in the hyperspace region.