Not only that, but 3000 years into the future, language has changed so much that the plural of SHEEP is now SHOOP
That’s right, androids do dream of electric SHOOP
Shit’s wild yo
Call that one a win.
Take risk of signing up for a 3000 year hyper-sleep trip.
Reap the rewards of being a pioneer without having to do any of the hard work.
50+ years younger too.
join intergalactic ship pilgrimage hoping to be a pioneer to a new world
Land to late stage capitalism and the same oppression you were just trying to escape.
Id shoot myself immediately.
A mission in starfield (shit game but honestly decent writing at the very least) included just this. A generation ship finally arrived at its destination long after FTL travel was invented to find that the intended colony planet was already a fancy resort planet. You have to broker some kind of agreement between the parties.
That’s why you outfit your ship with mass drivers.
Any parasites roaming around on your paradise? A couple hundred rocks at 2% light speed will clear that up.
Do I dream on the trip? Do I remember any of the dreams? Thatd be pretty cool.
Yes, but all your dreams are about the Teletubbies for some inexplicable reason.
3 Body Problem has an interesting take on this. Faster than light travel is not possible but communication is, meaning we’re anxiously preparing for an alien war that won’t happen for 400 years but they can see everything we do in real time thanks to quantum entanglement.
Good series, I always recommend the books but haven’t seen the show yet
I haven’t read the books, but I did watch the show… I enjoyed the first half, but the second half had so much implausible bullshit that I couldn’t really recommend it. I mean, the first half also had crazy impossible tech - but I feel that’s ok because its part of the setup premise. The stuff I didn’t like in the second half was more implausible decision making and strategising (and also implausible uses for impossible tech).
In any case, I really feel like they wasted a strong setup. I was disappointed at the end, and I’m not intending to watch the next session.
I managed to finish the first book, but it was so terrible that I wasn’t willing to read any more or watch the show.
The whole book sets up a big mystery, then solves that mystery with the biggest deux ex machina bullshit ever committed to paper.
Good show, fantastic books. Recommend to anyone reading this comment and are remotely interested in sci-fi. A lot of facinatong ideas explored throughout the series.
You gotta have a wake up protocol.
The real solution to this is simple. You’re a ship full of colonists dreaming of settling a new world, right? So go settle a new world! Ask the citizens of your target world for an FTL-capable spaceship, climb aboard, pick a new target further afield, and head off into the wild blue yonder. It seems that’s the least they could do in such a situation.
Except the new FTL-capable ships are the result of 3000 years of advancement. You wouldn’t even be able to figure out how to use the bathroom, let alone do the navigation and piloting to reach a new planet.
Imagine we had some Egyptians from -1000 BC who suddenly arrived unexpectedly in the modern world. They think Ra, Anubis and Horus control their fates. Iron is the most advanced technology they know of, but you’re proposing we make them astronauts?
that would work in theory except the people who colonized your planet are Republicans and can only tell you, “it’s not our responsibility to take care of you. why don’t you make your own FTL drive. BTW we’re impounding your ship because you need a place to stay while you build your FTL drive. what’s that? no, you’re going to need a permit to build one. welcome to the free world, the best is yet to come.”
But at least you arrive well rested.
Once upon a time that was pretty much the novel I was going to write. Had a bunch of notes and shit. I’m sure I’m not alone.
Now I just hope that happens to Elon and his sperm ark. Wakes from cryo or some shit to find we survived his global winter idea and set his car on a pike in front of Fort Neveragain.
I’d hope he he’s woken by an alien species far in the future, who are about to dissect him, for science…
Well at least you didn’t have to spend the rest of your life building civilisation from scratch.
Could be even worse than that. You could arrive to find a planet dominated by talking apes with humans living as primitive animals, only to later find that your ship whipped back around and you were on Earth all along.
I love you, Dr. Zaius!
You know, this is the live-action remake Disney needs to actually make. They own the rights to The Simpsons and Planet of the Apes. They could absolutely make a feature-length Planet of the Apes musical. And I don’t want them to use the CGI apes like they use in the modern films. Bring back the 1960s makeup. If you’re going to do it, do it right.
If marky mark has anything to do with it we’ll fix it right up.
Yeah but it’s all strip malls and Arby’s.
Don’t you dare slander Arby’s and the Big Montana!
come to Arby’s where you can meat your maker and give your life meaning, because let’s face it your only real worth is meat.
Go read The Freeze Frame Revolution!
I always feel like Peter Watts is severely under appreciated
Is HFY a community over here yet?
Hyper force yesterday?
Thats better tbh
Humanity Fuck Yeah! It is a science fiction writing community.
Hot Female Yetis.
.world has one
Cryosleep in earth would be pretty baller. Imagine all the people who’d sign up to just skip ahead 50 years.
lmao havent seen that one. “Welcome to the future! Nothing’s changed.”
What’s the name of the movie?
Idiocracy.
Ty !
Watch it, and suddenly dozens of memes will make sense.
If you like it. Check out the new show with some of the creators in it. Common Side Effects. Great animated show.
Fast and Furious 27
At least you aren’t a soldier ready to restart a war that’s been settled
Merry and Pippin: “we should leave only after the 13th breakfast because by then the Eagles will already be on route and we can just use them.”
Curious that the star is called Barnard because that’s the name of the doctor that first performed a successful heart transplant.
I think its just a common surname
I consulted my Ivy League homeslice Chad G.P.T. III about the surname Barnard and he promptly provided the following response:
“… the surname Barnard, it’s not super common, but it’s not rare either. Here’s a quick breakdown: • In the U.S., it ranks around #2,500 to #3,000 in terms of frequency. That puts it in the mid-range — you’ll definitely run into it now and then, but it’s not like Smith or Johnson (if you’re looking for Johnson, so is Chad) • It’s more common in South Africa, partly because of Dr. Christiaan Barnard, the guy who did the first human heart transplant. The name has some Dutch/Afrikaans roots. • Also seen in the UK, Australia, and Canada with moderate frequency.
Origin-wise, it comes from the Germanic personal name Bernhard (“bear” + “brave/strong”) — which morphed into Barnard in English-speaking countries.
Or worse, you meet the super intelligent giant spider your human ancestor left behind, and you accidentally start a war with them because no one realizes the computer on the ancient satellite is made to behave like the project founder is trying to make first contact.
Tap for spoiler
The project founder accidentally died, the computer AI fails to keep them alive and the spiders start to think the satellite is a god. Then they enslave the native ants.
The big problem is no one remembered to tell the humans on Earth about the experiment. Or the humans on the generation ship that knew died centuries ago.
EDIT: If you haven’t figured it out, I’m describing the novel Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Or in a similar vein, the ship’s cat has evolved into a suave humanoid with impeccable taste in fashion.
Better than the sort of intelligent final evolution of the cat you released when the captain attempted to confiscate it that has a selection of fine outfits and hair gel.
Paul likes this and attempts to kill you whilst flirting heavily
The ant powered consciousness was pretty cool 😁
