Yo Ho, Matey! Last one! If you’ve read through the other parts of this FTL series, thanks for sticking with me! (If you’re just engaging, I would recommend starting from the beginning.) Pirates is a bit of a catch-all term in the Polyslate Dystopia universe. By the time of Astral Twilight, human civilization has spread out …
Intergalactic capitalism running amuck is a scary thing. When mineral resources become endlessly available and collecting them for a spacefaring civilization no longer involves gravity, possibilities really start to open up for production. When the population of the civilization becomes a planet-consuming virus spreading from system to system on FTL-capable ships, governments and corporations begin …
Welcome back for part two of this week’s deep dive into faster-than-light (FTL) in the Polyslate Dystopia universe. Yesterday, we discussed the mechanics of FTL travel for smaller vessels. But what about the more common, larger spacefaring ships? The small confines and pressures of wormhole travel don’t suit the larger vessels (and space structures) in …
In the last Universe post, I discussed corpses and body contracts in the Polyslate Dystopia universe. This time I’m going to talk about faster-than-light (FTL) drives. When a fictional universe spans hundreds of planetary systems, having a mechanical explanation for travelling long distances becomes a requirement. It doesn’t have to be “hard science fiction” but …
