It's mentioned in certain parts of the source material that B5 jump drive is actually a form of interdimensional physics that normally takes younger races tens of thousands of years to develop
Interesting, I hadn't come across that before.
You will have realised, of course, that this is evidence in favour of incompatible physical laws. If the Kirishiac, with technology on a near par with the Vorlons, didn't develop a warp drive, despite the absence of Vorlon/Shadow intervention, that suggests that, at the very least a B5 warp drive would require Vorlon level tech, as would any comparable none-jump FTL drive.
In the opposite direction, if you consider the Trek reset button, all those technologies used once and never again, even when reuse would seem appropriate, it's a pattern entirely consistent with Trek tech being suppressed. It may advance a little over the various series, but compared to a reasonable extrapolation, it is practically stagnant.
Neither argument is irrefutable proof though. That is a chimera. There can be no proof, and (as this discussion demonstrates) any attempt at one would be futile. Both canons are amenable to flexible interpretation, within broad limits (broader for a crossover), which leaves the fanfic author free to choose whichever interpretation makes for the best story.
Other canons, such as Middle-Earth, are more tightly constructed, leaving less leeway for the author, but they are most the work of lone authors, not a stable of writers, even with guidelines.
Anyway, I'll look forward to seeing what approach A117 takes.
Interesting, I hadn't come across that before.
You will have realised, of course, that this is evidence in favour of incompatible physical laws. If the Kirishiac, with technology on a near par with the Vorlons, didn't develop a warp drive, despite the absence of Vorlon/Shadow intervention, that suggests that, at the very least a B5 warp drive would require Vorlon level tech, as would any comparable none-jump FTL drive.
In the opposite direction, if you consider the Trek reset button, all those technologies used once and never again, even when reuse would seem appropriate, it's a pattern entirely consistent with Trek tech being suppressed. It may advance a little over the various series, but compared to a reasonable extrapolation, it is practically stagnant.
Neither argument is irrefutable proof though. That is a chimera. There can be no proof, and (as this discussion demonstrates) any attempt at one would be futile. Both canons are amenable to flexible interpretation, within broad limits (broader for a crossover), which leaves the fanfic author free to choose whichever interpretation makes for the best story.
Other canons, such as Middle-Earth, are more tightly constructed, leaving less leeway for the author, but they are most the work of lone authors, not a stable of writers, even with guidelines.
Anyway, I'll look forward to seeing what approach A117 takes.