In about 150 years earth has decided to send a colony ship to a distant planet. Along the way the crew and their desendents will change to be able to survive at the destination planet. This universe will be fairly conservative with no FTL and straight forward extrapolations of current science.

How long does the trip take?

Submitted by cmsadmin on Fri, 02/10/2006 - 11:56pm

The shorter the trip the more advanced technology is needed. Genetic engineering, ships propulsion, etc. The longer the trip the more justification, redundency against failure, and worry that advancing technology at earth will allow later ships to catch up.

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* I think the trip should take a few hundred years at most. I don't believe that anyone would expect a trip much longer than that to survive. -- DaveK - 22 Jul 2004 03:50:07

* I think that only a hundred year trip does not recognize the kernel of CM's original idea: TIME.

Ship

Submitted by cmsadmin on Thu, 02/09/2006 - 11:46pm

[Size and Number of ships?]

  • What is the size and number of ships on the mission?

[Communications?]

  • How does the communication between the ship(s), earth, and other ships work? Is there communication? This relates to the discussion on [Faster Than Light Travel (FTL)?]

[How is the Ship Built?]

  • We start with an asteroid but do we hollow it out or refine it to metal and weld plates together?

[How Big is the Crew?]

  • How large or small of a crew will your ship have? Share thoughts here.

[Ship Speed and Acceleration?]

  • How fast does the ship travel? How is acceleration/decel

Technology

Submitted by cmsadmin on Thu, 02/09/2006 - 11:43pm

[Faster Than Light Travel (FTL)?]

  • General consensus is NO FTL travel and NO FTL communication. Peer inside to read or add to the discussion.

[AI?]

  • Should computers be sentient? Or become sentient? General consensus is NO AI at Launch, but once a ship leaves the Sol system, an author can alter this rule to fit their creative destires.

[Power System?]

  • What powers the colony ship through the stellar voids?

[Artificial Gravity?]

  • Should the ship have gravity? If so, how?

[Genetic Engineering?]

  • Is it allowed? How much can it accelerate the evolution on the ship?

[Sentient Animals?]

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