Borg Dreams: Warp Drive and Wormholes
-Explanation-
The more advanced races which use a type of intergalactic or transgalactic form of transportation have moved far beyond the hyper drive and light speed and faster then light speed travel through space.
Their method of transport involves creating a one dimensional string with attached ends, essentially a ring. This requires very little energy as only one dimension must be acted on. While the physics are beyond the comprehension of most forms of lesser life, such as humans, a simple discourse is still possible. Upon creation of this one dimensional ring the remaining dimensions can be understood as being "rolled up" within that one dimension. This creates infinite density and thus a singularity. Three of these remaining dimensions are then "attached" to the point in space one wishes to travel to, where a second ring is generated createing a wormhole between the two points. The distance is then negligible. There is no travel between the points. One does not go through a tunnel. On merely "steps" through the ring and is on the other side.
Seeing the ring can be disorienting at first. It begins as a point and expands to the necessary size (to fit whatever is going through). Being one dimensional the string itself is not visible. Therefore the hole appears as a circle overlaying the image of space behind it. Stars that are normally seen in that place from ones vantage point are distorted, their light bent outward past the edge of the ring. A star at the center would appear as a perfect ring at the very edge of the wormhole, the other stars bending only slightly further outward. Stars from the point of degress are clear as if ones ship were at a comparable point in that area of space. This form of travel is mostly done in space where no side effects are likely to occur. Navigation is also made easier as the large amount of space vs. occupied space (by matter) makes it easier to choose points of origin and destination.
A smaller version has been created which is planet based. The points are connected by "generators" which exist at both ends insuring a path is created only between two points within comparable atmospheres. (One in atmosphere and one in space could create huge problems, as with a sudden infinite vacuum removing a planet's atmosphere leaving it uninhabitable. This has been theorized as a potential usage for the generators as a weapon.)
These generators, usually called gates (since you walk through them), are circular in shape, the ring existing more for the mental well being of the travelers not having to see the actual rip in space-time which while not harmful can be disconcerting. Very few of these exist, and usually only on planets controlled by a single space-faring race which can also travel by ship. They are most often used for transportation of supplies and personel from planet to planet, or even between points on a single planet. A modified, short range version is also used for "teleportation" without gates, as between a ship and planet surface.
Older forms of transportation include the hyper drive which actively generated localized distortions in space time, compressing space and slowing time allowing travel between stars to be done in a reasonable amount of time (though still taking days between near stars and months or years for greater distances). These engines used a form of induced singularity to generate power (which they required a lot of), were prone to failure (which usually meant slow death in the vacuum of space), and could cause damage to anything they came near including other ships, satellites (natural and artificial) and even planets. Navigation was also difficult as coming too close to a star or black hole would result in being captured by the gravity and being destroyed.
The more advanced races which use a type of intergalactic or transgalactic form of transportation have moved far beyond the hyper drive and light speed and faster then light speed travel through space.
Their method of transport involves creating a one dimensional string with attached ends, essentially a ring. This requires very little energy as only one dimension must be acted on. While the physics are beyond the comprehension of most forms of lesser life, such as humans, a simple discourse is still possible. Upon creation of this one dimensional ring the remaining dimensions can be understood as being "rolled up" within that one dimension. This creates infinite density and thus a singularity. Three of these remaining dimensions are then "attached" to the point in space one wishes to travel to, where a second ring is generated createing a wormhole between the two points. The distance is then negligible. There is no travel between the points. One does not go through a tunnel. On merely "steps" through the ring and is on the other side.
Seeing the ring can be disorienting at first. It begins as a point and expands to the necessary size (to fit whatever is going through). Being one dimensional the string itself is not visible. Therefore the hole appears as a circle overlaying the image of space behind it. Stars that are normally seen in that place from ones vantage point are distorted, their light bent outward past the edge of the ring. A star at the center would appear as a perfect ring at the very edge of the wormhole, the other stars bending only slightly further outward. Stars from the point of degress are clear as if ones ship were at a comparable point in that area of space. This form of travel is mostly done in space where no side effects are likely to occur. Navigation is also made easier as the large amount of space vs. occupied space (by matter) makes it easier to choose points of origin and destination.
A smaller version has been created which is planet based. The points are connected by "generators" which exist at both ends insuring a path is created only between two points within comparable atmospheres. (One in atmosphere and one in space could create huge problems, as with a sudden infinite vacuum removing a planet's atmosphere leaving it uninhabitable. This has been theorized as a potential usage for the generators as a weapon.)
These generators, usually called gates (since you walk through them), are circular in shape, the ring existing more for the mental well being of the travelers not having to see the actual rip in space-time which while not harmful can be disconcerting. Very few of these exist, and usually only on planets controlled by a single space-faring race which can also travel by ship. They are most often used for transportation of supplies and personel from planet to planet, or even between points on a single planet. A modified, short range version is also used for "teleportation" without gates, as between a ship and planet surface.
Older forms of transportation include the hyper drive which actively generated localized distortions in space time, compressing space and slowing time allowing travel between stars to be done in a reasonable amount of time (though still taking days between near stars and months or years for greater distances). These engines used a form of induced singularity to generate power (which they required a lot of), were prone to failure (which usually meant slow death in the vacuum of space), and could cause damage to anything they came near including other ships, satellites (natural and artificial) and even planets. Navigation was also difficult as coming too close to a star or black hole would result in being captured by the gravity and being destroyed.
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