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🕑 Added 2025-08-06 09:38:47 +0000 UTCA lot of ideas intersected in this one!
The Fermi Paradox of course: where is everyone in the universe?
The problem with light speed: in that once you start going faster than light the possibility of time travel exists, something which isn't covered in science fiction as often as you might think, although there are some excellent takes by the likes of Stross and MacLeod that do.
And finally, there was another way of dealing with time paradoxes that I was keen to put into play: keeping them local, rather than restarting the entire universe, or causing branches in the universal timeline.
Anyway, that was fun to think about. Hope you enjoyed my take on space war, and apologies for the complete lack of laser beams!
Comments
Danilo Téo
Wow! Took me a while to read this one but damn if it wasn't worth the wait. This must be my favorite one yet in terms of concept. Tremendous work!
Scott Base
Thanks Caleb! I feel like theres lots more I can do with this concept in the future too. FTL causality is such an interesting problem!
Caleb Jones
This may be your best yet. "a rat king of churning space time" is a wonderful line
Scott Base
What? No? What? 🤣 Looking this up now!
Take it Isi!
I really loved this one. Tangentially related, have you played 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel (real game btw)? This reminded me of it.
