>>BTW, this implies that standard tech is able to project
>>messages into the sub-ether.
>
>Yes - that's what it's used for, communications. Sub-etheric signals
>can travel from any point in known space to any other instantaneously
>- so we can have a galactic Internet where email doesn't take two
>years to get from Earth to Centauri Prime. :)
>
>However, according to everything our current science thinks it knows,
>it's impossible for matter to exist in the sub-ether - only
>patterned energy.
>

patterned energy... am I the only one that thinks that extremely long distance transporters would be possible, if not very practical, then?

-={(Astynax)}=-
"ST-Transport a whole ship? ... nah"