• MudMan@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    It’s a good argument against trying sleeper/generation ships.

    In practice, though, the actual sleepers would be so happy to arrive to find a nice McDonalds and a charming small town instead of shuttling down into the middle of uninhabited Arrakis with a 3D printer and a prayer.

  • mlg@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Elite Dangerous players flying loops around generation ships while listening to their horror downfall logs.

  • becausechemistry@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Worse: your sleeper ship arrives at what should be a pristine planet. But FTL capable ships beat you there. And they ruined the planet over a few thousand years. And now they’re sending out refugee ships of their own.