Quote: A manned expedition to a supernova in progress? *Wow* that's dumb. This is the reason unmanned probes exist.Is the wave-front honestly going to be that intense from several hundred lightyears out?
Okay, in case no one gets it, using a FTL drive you can actually go to a point in the galaxy where the light emitted by a stellar phenomena like a nova is just
about the get there, and then observe what happens. The idea here is to monitor the supernova from several different points in space to see the different
stages of the supernova, more or less simutaneously. This would give us concrete data on how a supernova works within a few years zipping around the galaxy
instead of remaining stationary and waiting centuries.
Anyhow, while the expedition will be manned, probes are still going to be used to collect data as the wave-front passes. Most of the really 'manned'
stuff will be studying the stellar flotsam and jetsom left in the wash.
Of course, if Betelgeuse has yet to blow, then they'd logically drop as many probes as they feel is prudent and get the hell out of dodge. (How much you
wanna bet there's other research probes left by folks not from Sol?)
Quote: (I have some plans, but they're not crystalized yet & the plot developments are potentially game-changing. I mean beyond a stargate networkKeep us posted, boss-man.
game-changing. UF-scale stuff. More on this if/when I start finalizing stuff, depending on when I get back to GWO.)
