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Yeah. I plan on us finding some sort of ftl technology on our explorations though.

I know this is really off topic, but who's excited for Stellaris? Its going to be a great sci-fi game.

Perhaps we can find a warp drive like the 3 options in Stellaris?

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-dev-diary-4-means-of-travel.886502/

The ship isn't FTL. It can go up to light speeds, but not beyond that.

Unless we're completely throwing Einstein out of the window here, travelling at lightspeed will require a form of warp drive or similar.

And is there a stasis chamber or similar on-board? If not, the years-long timeskips will certainly be interesting.

Can we just have engines seen in star wars lol. I think it'll make our lives easier.

Was just about to suggest use of ion drives.

Can we also have a name for our FTL drive? Hyperdrive, warp drive, etc?

The ship isn't FTL. It can go up to light speeds, but not beyond that.

Wait. I'm confused. I thought some people were already experimenting with FTL, and that our ship was itself a prototype (albeit a very dangerous prototype).

Can we just have engines seen in star wars lol. I think it'll make our lives easier.

Was just about to suggest use of ion drives.

Can we also have a name for our FTL drive? Hyperdrive, warp drive, etc?

The ship isn't FTL. It can go up to light speeds, but not beyond that.

Wait. I'm confused. I thought some people were already experimenting with FTL, and that our ship was itself a prototype (albeit a very dangerous prototype).

It is. We won't use FTL unless we get attacked by like a zerg fleet or something. Thats why I said the ship was augmentable. So we can modify it to our findings and improve the FTL drive.

I know this is really off topic, but who's excited for Stellaris? Its going to be a great sci-fi game.

Perhaps we can find a warp drive like the 3 options in Stellaris?

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-dev-diary-4-means-of-travel.886502/

Very excited for it. We actually have a Paradox discussion thread elsewhere on the forums, if you're interested in their other games.

Warp drives would be cool with me, along with the wormholes thing - perhaps something like Spore, where we discover some drives or something that prevents the ship from being ripped to shreds when passing through.

Edit: Apologies for my inaccurate statement regarding the current state of FTL.

I know this is really off topic, but who's excited for Stellaris? Its going to be a great sci-fi game.

Perhaps we can find a warp drive like the 3 options in Stellaris?

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-dev-diary-4-means-of-travel.886502/

Very excited for it. We actually have a Paradox discussion thread elsewhere on the forums, if you're interested in their other games.

Warp drives would be cool with me, along with the wormholes thing - perhaps something like Spore, where we discover some drives or something that prevents the ship from being ripped to shreds when passing through.

Edit: Apologies for my inaccurate statement regarding the current state of FTL.

Its okay, its what this tech thread is for!

I know this is really off topic, but who's excited for Stellaris? Its going to be a great sci-fi game.

Perhaps we can find a warp drive like the 3 options in Stellaris?

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-dev-diary-4-means-of-travel.886502/

That's similar to the system we had in Aura Hyperia. I wouldn't mind that. The system we had there was the warp drives were slower but lower-tech, and had more maneuverability. (And since it was WH40K-inspired, hyperspace required psykers that were susceptible to Chaos.)

Unless we're completely throwing Einstein out of the window here, travelling at lightspeed will require a form of warp drive or similar.

And is there a stasis chamber or similar on-board? If not, the years-long timeskips will certainly be interesting.

Bump. What is the technology allowing us to travel to lightspeed (which should be impossible with sublight engines)? And how are we going to manage the years-long travel time between systems?

Unless we're completely throwing Einstein out of the window here, travelling at lightspeed will require a form of warp drive or similar.

And is there a stasis chamber or similar on-board? If not, the years-long timeskips will certainly be interesting.

Bump. What is the technology allowing us to travel to lightspeed (which should be impossible with sublight engines)? And how are we going to manage the years-long travel time between systems?

Lets say in this timeline, we managed to improve the ion drives to handle light-speed. The beds on board the ship also serve as cryopods. We'll have a brief summary or conversations during the travel time.

If you guys have any suggestions for extra tech stuff please say so.

Unless you want to add in drones and drone control or hacking into other ships, I can't think of anything.

We can have drones since we need additional pylons. They'll be mostly workers though. I don't really like the idea of hacking into other ships, kinda ruins grand battles, plus we're not pirates

Is there any FTL communications technology, such as an ansible or similar?

Is there any FTL communications technology, such as an ansible or similar?

No. After we leave the last Wintreath Outpost, we will no longer be able to contact our region. Only the beacons we were given to put on planets have a strong enough signal, but they aren't made for communications.

So, how do we fulfill the mission of scouting new planets? Do we discover new tech on the way that will let us communicate back to Wintreath?