Comments on: Storyline: Outbound http://hyperkat.com/blog/2008/07/storyline-outbound/ A HyperKat Games Initiative Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:02:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kraniel http://hyperkat.com/blog/2008/07/storyline-outbound/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Kraniel Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:12:08 +0000 http://hyperkat.com/blog/?p=14#comment-3 Author's Note: We are making some very large leaps in assumptions to facilitate game play. It would be boring as hell to spend 6 months twiddling thumbs as a ship transports you to the planet, where for the next six months, you would be working non-stop to survive. So, for the sake of argument, we assume that some form of Cryostasis technology will be available. While most science fiction projects this as a non-aging "suspended animation," I believe that technology will be available to lower the body temperature sufficiently to slow respiration; and that drugs and other forms of equipment can "suspend" consciousness (think healthy coma) for short periods of time. Clearly issues such as bone loss and muscle atrophy must be addressed as well. It is more likely that circadian patterns would be adjusted to allow for very long sleep periods with short but intense periods of exercise, education and activity. But for the sake of immediacy, we will make the assumption that for short periods of time, humans can be put into some form of stasis without severe physical and emotional effects, to facilitate traversing long distances. Author’s Note: We are making some very large leaps in assumptions to facilitate game play. It would be boring as hell to spend 6 months twiddling thumbs as a ship transports you to the planet, where for the next six months, you would be working non-stop to survive. So, for the sake of argument, we assume that some form of Cryostasis technology will be available. While most science fiction projects this as a non-aging “suspended animation,” I believe that technology will be available to lower the body temperature sufficiently to slow respiration; and that drugs and other forms of equipment can “suspend” consciousness (think healthy coma) for short periods of time. Clearly issues such as bone loss and muscle atrophy must be addressed as well. It is more likely that circadian patterns would be adjusted to allow for very long sleep periods with short but intense periods of exercise, education and activity.

But for the sake of immediacy, we will make the assumption that for short periods of time, humans can be put into some form of stasis without severe physical and emotional effects, to facilitate traversing long distances.

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