#53, RE: Faster Than Light
Posted by Redneck on Oct-16-01 at 02:04 AM
In response to message #52
>>That falls under the general heading of "weird-ass alien gear of >>unknown provenance". It appears to "submerge" the ship in the >>sub-ether, the sort of "sideband" to reality where FTL datacomm >>lives (making a galactic Internet possible), but matter isn't supposed >>to be able to exist there, as it's not a true parallel reality. The >>principles behind that drive are not understood, not least because >>only two examples have ever been seen (Sol Bianca and Unicron), > >Didn't the Silent Service boats - Lief Erikson(sp?), et al - also use >it? They haven't appeared for a while though. I recall they had a >'submerge/surface' effect. No, that was a Zardon-style cloaking effect. Redneck Red wizard needs money badly... www.wlpcomics.com White Lightning Productions - don't tell the Pope
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