why do we research it?
Transportation is a very powerful force in the world. If you look at the real world, there is a saying:
At the end of the day, people want to get to places faster, and faster, and part of that is inventing fast technology. For instance, if you could choose to make a platform to a planet and drive your car there, or fly there, you'd likely choose to fly. If you could choose to walk or use a monorail, you'd choose monorail. If you could choose to use an aircraft or hyperloop to get to a planet, it really matters on whether you'd build a hyperloop tunnel but Hyperloop is a VERY FAST form of travel in-game. Yet still, if you could choose to teleport or use hyperloop, you would undoubtedly teleport.
Transportation & Speed rule our lives in STC whether we realize it or not. It is what keeps us all on one planet, and keeps us clustered on certain planets instead of all six. Indeed, it is also something to consider in war - What will it cost me to take a 3minute journey from Abidos to Sertran while needing to fight them when they have a 0second travel time. Indeed, if you could simply teleport there, boy, you wouldn't give a darn about time. So, that's what this section is about. Saving Time.
- In the 1700s we went 6 miles per hour, horses.
- In the 1800s we went 60 miles per hour, steam locomotives
- In the 1900s we went 600 miles per hour, airplanes
- In the 2000s we are expected to go 6000 miles per hour, Hyperloop / Supersonic Jets?
At the end of the day, people want to get to places faster, and faster, and part of that is inventing fast technology. For instance, if you could choose to make a platform to a planet and drive your car there, or fly there, you'd likely choose to fly. If you could choose to walk or use a monorail, you'd choose monorail. If you could choose to use an aircraft or hyperloop to get to a planet, it really matters on whether you'd build a hyperloop tunnel but Hyperloop is a VERY FAST form of travel in-game. Yet still, if you could choose to teleport or use hyperloop, you would undoubtedly teleport.
Transportation & Speed rule our lives in STC whether we realize it or not. It is what keeps us all on one planet, and keeps us clustered on certain planets instead of all six. Indeed, it is also something to consider in war - What will it cost me to take a 3minute journey from Abidos to Sertran while needing to fight them when they have a 0second travel time. Indeed, if you could simply teleport there, boy, you wouldn't give a darn about time. So, that's what this section is about. Saving Time.