For such a serious anime, I don't think I'm supposed to LOL but I did when I read this (subtitles ftl …). ❋ Unknown (2009)
Apr 7th, 2010 at 1: 56 pm ceh: your googlefu is weak, grasshopper. cockchug ftl. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But I'm not sure if the distinction between the elements and their rationalisation holds, or, put differently: why don't we regard rationalization itself as an element, alongside dragons, ftl and huge, hairy monsters? ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)
They happily transport humans within the area they have been designated, but they also put strict limits within the agreement they have with humans, one among many being the prohibition of research into ftl travel. ❋ Mark (2008)
Insomnia is ftl, its back with a vengence and i hope no one annoys me today because i haven't slept much. ❋ HayleyM (2008)
Although humanity do not have the capability to use ftl travel, a species called the Shoal do, and are the only species in the galaxy with that know-how. ❋ Mark (2008)
Then there is her team's chief engineer Carl Edlund who happens to know genius physicist Simon Sandrisson, the discoverer of "hyperspace" some 10 years ago, from which discovery the possibility of ftl travel followed; after extensive drone testing and with the approval of the humanity's Space Security Council, Dr. Sandrisson is ready to take the first manned human ftl spaceships Holy Grail on a test ride. ❋ Liviu (2010)
For myself and roughly speaking, the boundaries between sf and fantasy in a novel are defined more by how society is organized, the role science and technology play, the way humanity's - or whatever sentient beings are around - collective perception of the Universe is and such than by magic swords or ftl spaceships since after all you can have both of those cohabit a fictional universe quite well. ❋ Liviu (2010)
As all travel is done at sub-light speeds, with ftl not possible, the events of travelling between systems is done in tens and hundreds of years of subjective time. ❋ Mark (2008)
All in all though, the Solar System of the novel is a prosperous place and on the verge of attaining the stars due to Simon Sandrisson's revolutionary extension of the latest unified field theory, extension that allowed the first ftl drive to be built and now to be tested for the first time in a manned spaceship. ❋ Liviu (2010)
The Freehold have discovered a derelict ship, one with ftl capabilities, but not of Shoal origin. ❋ Mark (2008)
However the drone tests of the Sandrisson Drive, while mostly successful and with a reasonably low rate of non-return revealed a glitch - all AI powered systems on the drones - eg sensors, recording devices - seemed not to work properly in ftl mode, though the "dumb" 2oth century like mechanical/electronic ones worked. ❋ Liviu (2010)
Despite strict clauses prohibiting humanity from even trying to find out the secret of ftl, "everyone" tries though with a distinct lack of success so far. ❋ Liviu (2009)
In a post-empire humanity ftl travel needs strange paired-minds. ❋ Cindy (2009)
The famous and presumed extinct Magi are a mythical species that somehow are involved both with the secret of ftl and with the reason of why ftl has to remain secret... ❋ Liviu (2009)
OVERVIEW: In a Galaxy dominated by a mercantile fish-like species, The Shoal, which seems to be the only one knowing the secret of ftl, humanity is a client species splintered in various ideological and political entities that generally come under the umbrella of the "Consortium", which started as a trade alliance and became the de facto governing body. ❋ Liviu (2009)
Humanity sends sub-light ships to build wormholes for ftl to be possible; a deep time mission with safeguards to insure its imperative survives for billions of years, we follow one of the original crew who retained her humanity in the face of billions of years objective, though a regular lifetime subjective, her shipboard "son" and the AI in charge as they encounter something quite unusual. ❋ Cindy (2009)
