Not too much, but a title's a title! It's a pleasure to meet you, Lieutenant. As for me, Mr. Lu is just fine! Or Lu Bixing. I'm not so important.
Did you see the area with the bunks and the like? This place was inhabited, at some point. I can't help but wonder what happened - I want to dive into as much of this place as possible. If I can find a way to get into this SUPERBIA, I'm going to ask it. But that's part of the joy, isn't it? To have questions to even ask. Problems to solve. Things to tinker with and question and understand.
As for what's out there, a lot of asteroids! Hahaha. Right now, the Eighth Galaxy is as far as we've stretched, all the way to the very edge. I think it has to still be growing, based on measurements, so... really, there's no pushing past it yet because there's nothing to push past. Like hitting a brick wall. But, give or take a few millenia, maybe there'll be a Ninth, Tenth, even Eleventh Galaxy. As for traveling, with cryogenic freezing - that's not all that far behind! That used to be how things were for us as well, and the practice is still used sometimes for safety. However, human lifespans have advanced well beyond their original ancient Earth length; almost triple that! The youngest, freshest faces you see could be a hundred, even two hundred. So, long range space travel has become easier, particularly with the utilization of transfer points and our mechs and things of the like. What sort of ship is the TS Prosperity? I'd love to hear about it.
I see, I see. Colonies... are you all united under one sort of imperial system? I have so many questions! That's fascinating, though, in terms of education. Apprentice training is useful! That's what my students are doing now, one way or another. There's something to be said for learning on the fly, and my group is Well, a little rambunctious. So the hands on work has done them wonders. Less patience for textbooks and the like. It's not a perfect system, but, I'm proud of them nonetheless.
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As for me, Mr. Lu is just fine! Or Lu Bixing. I'm not so important.
Did you see the area with the bunks and the like? This place was inhabited, at some point. I can't help but wonder what happened - I want to dive into as much of this place as possible. If I can find a way to get into this SUPERBIA, I'm going to ask it.
But that's part of the joy, isn't it? To have questions to even ask. Problems to solve. Things to tinker with and question and understand.
As for what's out there, a lot of asteroids! Hahaha. Right now, the Eighth Galaxy is as far as we've stretched, all the way to the very edge. I think it has to still be growing, based on measurements, so... really, there's no pushing past it yet because there's nothing to push past. Like hitting a brick wall.
But, give or take a few millenia, maybe there'll be a Ninth, Tenth, even Eleventh Galaxy.
As for traveling, with cryogenic freezing - that's not all that far behind! That used to be how things were for us as well, and the practice is still used sometimes for safety.
However, human lifespans have advanced well beyond their original ancient Earth length; almost triple that! The youngest, freshest faces you see could be a hundred, even two hundred.
So, long range space travel has become easier, particularly with the utilization of transfer points and our mechs and things of the like.
What sort of ship is the TS Prosperity? I'd love to hear about it.
I see, I see. Colonies... are you all united under one sort of imperial system?
I have so many questions!
That's fascinating, though, in terms of education. Apprentice training is useful! That's what my students are doing now, one way or another.
There's something to be said for learning on the fly, and my group is
Well, a little rambunctious.
So the hands on work has done them wonders. Less patience for textbooks and the like.
It's not a perfect system, but, I'm proud of them nonetheless.