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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Zaphod Beeblebrox has entered the chat.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bistromathics is the most powerful computational force known to parascience. A major step up from the Infinite Improbability Drive, Bistromathics is a way of understanding the behavior of numbers. Just as Einstein observed that time was not an absolute, but depended on the observer's movement through space, so it was realised that numbers are not absolute, but depend on the observer's movement in restaurants.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 12 points 3 weeks ago

In "Bill, The Galactic Hero" they use the 'Bloater Drive.' Expands the molecules of the ship [and everyone aboard] until one molecule reaches the destination. Then the ship snaps back like rubber band.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

We take drugs that let us fold space and time.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Spice is for navigation, not the technology that allows for FTL. You could technically travel without it, but you'd probably be exploded by colliding with something long before you got where you're going.

Assuming you're talking about spice, of course.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You'll be colliding with every fucking molecule on the "empty" space

You need to bend physical spacetime to be able to FTL

Else you'll create something like nuclear/fusion explosions just on your way

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

The tech in dune does fold spacetime, but the spice allows navigators to know where to fold space without causing the collision death.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 weeks ago

"Where is the device that speeds or slows the passage of time?"

"Under the seat" holds up bong

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Guild navigators be like "we fold up reality and fly through space heaven."

[–] waterore@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Then there's Discovery with its space mushrooms

[–] Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago

And I fucking love them

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

TBF big E was trying to move humanity as a whole into the webway, before Magnus ripped a hole in that and allowed demons in. Apparently if he had successfully removed humanity's presence from the warp completely, that universe would have been great for the humans.

Admittedly everyone but the humans would have been eventually eaten by Tyranids, but that's what ya get for being a dirty chaos worshiper!

[–] Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hiding from chaos in the webway worked out great for Eldars, didn't change their society whatsoever 🙃

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

They didn't sever their connection to the warp. Big E was going to sever humanity's connection to the warp to fix that for the humans.

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Futurama - move the universe and keep the ship still But my favorite is the Black Ocean - A wizard did it.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago

Also Futurama - we increased the speed of light to be able to go faster.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] waterore@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

"The laws of time are mine, and they will obey me!"

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Spacetime innit? Don't the Time Lords essentially have the ability to rewrite/ ignore the laws of space as well as time?

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Laws? Just a lot of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Unless the telephone boot breaks down again.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Davel23@fedia.io 11 points 3 weeks ago

Warhammer 40K.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The joker version of the carnival that is sci-fi.

[–] gazby@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago
[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

What, no leviathans? No starburst?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Borderlands: Use a captive blackhole to implode all space between you and your destination.