How do things work in the TiTs Universe?

[Mad Dog]

How do things work in the TiTs Universe? If I'm not mistaken, the TiTs Universe should span the entire Milky Way Galaxy. If this is the case, then time should be almost impossible to keep uniform. Every single planet would have different countries, time zones, and even solar systems.

Communication would also be slow as hell. The distance between our sun and the closest other star is like 4 light-years. Even if messages could be sent at light speed, it would still take 4 years for our message to get there. Do this across an entire galaxy which is 100,000 light-years from end to end, and news getting anywhere fast is basically impossible. Not to even mention how terrible governance would be.

I'm not really expecting a perfect answer, but I'm interested in everyone else's opinion on this topic.

 

[Crablord]

porn game

 

[Mad Dog]

porn game

Oh I know. This is just purely theoretical. I just wanted others thoughts on this.

 

[Kesil]

Smutty ansibles powered by nanomachines, son.

 

[null_blank]

Space fold is better than FTL so let's say space fold

 

[Mad Dog]

Space fold is better than FTL so let's say space fold

what's that?

 

[null_blank]

Things like FTL travel have you traveling between points A and B at fantastic speeds.

Space fold is the folding of space/time between points A and B so the distance to travel becomes zero. Essentially teleportation.

An example of space folding can be seen on the classic weeb anime Super Dimensional Fortress Macross.

 

[cobra]

Mass Effect

 

[Paradox01]

An example of space folding can be seen on the classic weeb anime Super Dimensional Fortress Macross Robotech.

There, that looks better.

 

[TheShepard256]

Well, travel is restricted by how far the Warp Gates have been sent out, and they need to travel at subluminal speeds to get to their destination. Assuming it's only been a few thousand years since the ausar invented them, the known galaxy can span a few thousand light years at most in any direction from Ausaril.

Quantum entanglement communication - which in fiction is basically instant communication regardless of distance - is known to exist in TiTS (invented by humans before First Contact), and is presumably also the backbone of the extranet, making time delays effectively a non-issue to anything short of a powerful AI (as demonstrated in Talon Rogue).

As for timekeeping: there's probably an official standard which everyone in the UGC uses for purposes related to interplanetary business and politics, as well as local times for local purposes. This isn't stated anywhere AFAIK, but I think it's a reasonable assumption.

 

[Paradox01]

As for timekeeping: there's probably an official standard which everyone in the UGC uses for purposes related to interplanetary business and politics, as well as local times for local purposes. This isn't stated anywhere AFAIK, but I think it's a reasonable assumption.

William H. Keith tried explaining the calendar used by the inhabitants of the planet Trellwan in the book Decision at Thunder Rift and I was bored to fucking tears. Making up a framework of an alien planet to include seasons, rotation of the planet, and how long it takes said planet to orbit the local sun is all fine and good but no sane reader wants to spend two goddamn chapters on it in a work of fiction.

 

[ScarletteKnight]

What Shepherd said. It's not really a new idea, and the Warp Gates are explained.

 

[Wsan]

The less said the better; it's set ~5000 years in the future and sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, as the saying goes. In 5000 years there will be developments we cannot even conceive of. Expounding upon them in a porn game is the wrong kind of masturbation.

 

[Paradox01]

Expounding upon them in a porn game is the wrong kind of masturbation.

For some people, speculating on the science in "science fiction" is porn.

 

[Savin]

If I'm not mistaken, the TiTs Universe should span the entire Milky Way Galaxy.

No, not even close. We mapped it out once and figured that the Confederacy probably spans most if not all of Orion and has juuust started getting into the other arms of the galaxy. Remember, there's no such thing as FTL in the TiTSverse besides the Warp Gates, and you can't send a Warp Gate through a Warp Gate if there's not a Warp Gate already where you want to go... so every time you open up a new system, the gate there had to go there at sublight speed first. That's why Planet Rushes only happen every 200 years.

Communication would also be slow as hell.

Ever wonder what the Q-COMM that keeps getting mentioned is? It's Quantum Entanglement Communications. Communications are instantaneous across Confederate space.

Not to even mention how terrible governance would be.

The governments are by and large useless, yes, but that's more due to the sheer size of the galaxy and the power of private enterprise. The Confederacy itself is basically an even more useless U.N., or the American Colonies under the Articles of Confederation.

 

[Mad Dog]

No, not even close. We mapped it out once and figured that the Confederacy probably spans most if not all of Orion and has juuust started getting into the other arms of the galaxy. Remember, there's no such thing as FTL in the TiTSverse besides the Warp Gates, and you can't send a Warp Gate through a Warp Gate if there's not a Warp Gate already where you want to go... so every time you open up a new system, the gate there had to go there at sublight speed first. That's why Planet Rushes only happen every 200 years.



Ever wonder what the Q-COMM that keeps getting mentioned is? It's Quantum Entanglement Communications. Communications are instantaneous across Confederate space.



The governments are by and large useless, yes, but that's more due to the sheer size of the galaxy and the power of private enterprise. The Confederacy itself is basically an even more useless U.N., or the American Colonies under the Articles of Confederation.

Thanks for the response. I actually watched this Ted-ed video on Entangled States yesterday. They're pretty interesting.

 

[agreenfish]

No, not even close. We mapped it out once and figured that the Confederacy probably spans most if not all of Orion and has juuust started getting into the other arms of the galaxy. Remember, there's no such thing as FTL in the TiTSverse besides the Warp Gates, and you can't send a Warp Gate through a Warp Gate if there's not a Warp Gate already where you want to go... so every time you open up a new system, the gate there had to go there at sublight speed first. That's why Planet Rushes only happen every 200 years.



Ever wonder what the Q-COMM that keeps getting mentioned is? It's Quantum Entanglement Communications. Communications are instantaneous across Confederate space.



The governments are by and large useless, yes, but that's more due to the sheer size of the galaxy and the power of private enterprise. The Confederacy itself is basically an even more useless U.N., or the American Colonies under the Articles of Confederation.

Out of curiosity: how do the gates get out there? I assume they're accelerated by some sort of torch drive (probably the same kind that drives the ships.)
Now of course, I'm not asking for hard sci-fi from a porn game, but....


....hard sci-fi explanations for a porn game? Please?

 

[TheShepard256]

Out of curiosity: how do the gates get out there? I assume they're accelerated by some sort of torch drive (probably the same kind that drives the ships.)
Now of course, I'm not asking for hard sci-fi from a porn game, but....


....hard sci-fi explanations for a porn game? Please?

I always assumed they were accelerated by some form of LightDrive with some form of sublight drive as a backup, since LightDrives are faster and while they are disabled in regions with strong gravitational/EM fields, the gates are generally not expected to encounter such regions until they reach their destination. I don't think any specific forms of spacecraft propulsion (whether real-life or fictional) are explicitly stated to be used in TiTS, but since savicite can be used as a consumable fuel source despite being very dissimilar to real-life consumable fuel sources, I think it's safe to say at least one of them is quite esoteric.

 

[SeriousBlueJewel]

Let me ask a question here how many gates are their per system? I mean core worlds like earth probably have a few dozen to deal with traffic, but fringe worlds should have two each at least in case one fails. And when do they built the backup gate.

 

[Savin]

Out of curiosity: how do the gates get out there?

LightDrive, same as your ships. Just, like, waaaaay bigger cuz gates are big bois. They get up to some fractal percentage of lightspeed but still well below the threshold.

Let me ask a question here how many gates are their per system? I mean core worlds like earth probably have a few dozen to deal with traffic

Gates are 1-1, so each gate is linked with another specific gate in a specific system. You're right that Earth or the Confederate government world probably have a bunch of gates, but those all go to different systems. There's probably a direct gate between Earth and Ausaril, for example.

You'll note that travelling between systems in-game takes like 18 hours or something; that's mostly waiting in traffic at the gates.

but fringe worlds should have two each at least in case one fails

No, if your gate's fucked, you're fucked. Feature, not a bug. The Confederacy learned the hard way in the Thraggen Wars that having a bunch of unregulated gates floating around leads to Bad Things. Remote systems' gates are keyed to shut down or self destruct from their coreward cousins just in case.

 

[Number13]

You'll note that travelling between systems in-game takes like 18 hours or something; that's mostly waiting in traffic at the gates.
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Even in the future we can't escape traffic jams. They will curse us for eternity