Last updated: June 24th 2026
RELATIVISTIC TRAVEL IN BtFF
In this house we don't do faster-than-light travel. Relativity is sacred in this universe - though it can be bent and twisted in interesting ways.
The rating of relativistic speed of starships in this universe is given as integers of the Lorentz factor (γ) instead of decimal fractions of the speed of light - that is, how many times the subjetive ship time appears to compress due time dilation in comparison with restframe time.
For example, a relatively fast starship with a rating of γ ~ 6 experiences a subjective time that is 1/6th of the restframe - for a 10 light-year trip, thats about 1yr8m trip experienced by the crew. So keep that in mind whenever that gamma or rating gets thrown around.
It is also commonplace to use stasis chambers for the slowing down of biological clocks for really long trips or at lower cruise ratings, pre-fall humans managed to make it work for an additional 40 years of subjective time while in their prime.
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