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Terry McGinnis (schway) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-10-21 16:39:00

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Hey. Terry McGinnis. It's been a while since I spoke up here, I think, but I've got an open-ended question.

Don't read too much into it. I'm not a super scientist or wizard or anything, so all you get for answering it is making both of us marginally less bored. But I could use a little less boredom. Sports and patrols and working out only do so much for a guy.

Anyway, here goes: Tell me about space where you're from. How many planets have people been to, what other species have you met? How long have you had faster-than-light travel?

Even if you're not from Earth. I wanna hear about alien's aliens too.

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visualizing
2013-10-21 07:52 pm UTC (link)

Well, that's a big question. Our ship, The Enterprise, has been all over the galaxy, more planets and systems than I can count. Our mission is exploring, after all.

But it's a little easier to answer the other part. The first human craft achieved faster-than-light speed, or Warp Drive, on April 5, 2063. I'm from the 24th century, so it's been a few hundred years since we've been out there exploring the universe. [He could go on since through a quirk of time-space he was actually there, but there's a LOT happening at the moment with the Captain so he'll keep it brief.]

Anyway, I'm the Chief Engineer on my ship and Warp Drive is one of my specialties, so if you have any questions I'd be glad to try and answer them.

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	schway 2013-10-25 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	2063 is almost twenty years after when I'm from. [And there's been open space travel since before he was born.] And we've had -- I mean, when you say human craft, you mean the first one that was designed without incorporating alien technologies? [Though alien technology's so inside everything already in his time he's not sure how they'd even judge that.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

visualizing
2013-10-29 05:57 pm UTC (link)

Exactly. We didn't even have contact with any alien civilizations until we achieved Warp Drive, as a matter of fact. The Vulcans, the race that made first contact with the humans after the flight, followed a rule that says they won't interfere with the development of worlds until they have faster-than-light capability. The same rule we follow now.

Ever since then, though, we've learned a lot from other civilizations, from their technology and their cultures. The universe is a fascinating place.

	video notbabymagic 2013-10-21 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	...oh, sure. Rub it in for those of us who've never been. [STILL BITTER OVER NEVER BEING TOLD ABOUT THE WATCHTOWER BEFORE WALLY LET IT SLIP? ...maybe a little.] (Reply to this) (Thread)

	video notbabymagic 2013-10-25 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	You don't know that for certain. They call it grounding for a reason, you know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)