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It wasn't empty when I left it. But I'd be shocked if it wasn't by the time the dust settled.


Were you under some kind of attack?
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Not the important part. My home universe was pretty much entirely empty aside from us. We were floating through a lifeless void for a few years.


So you went from an empty planet to empty space? That's sounds like a tough lot.
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More lively, for sure. Space life was actually really boring for the majority of it, until Sven came along and showed me other realities.


Sorry, I don't know who that is.
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Not these days. Things were much wilder through my teens.


Wilder than going into space?
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These were times where this sort of thing was the least dangerous thing I could have done.


That so? You didn't strike me as the type to run into danger without a second thought.
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I don't. There are avenues to test these things.


That sounds like a huge risk.
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Two entirely different things. A sea vessel needs to be concerned about bouyancy, being sealed on its lower portion, etcetera. A space vessel needs to be able to escape the gravitational pull of any planet or moon it lands on, deal with cosmic radiation, circulate its own oxygen, maintain other resources needed for life, along with loads of other things you'd expect when dealing with a mostly empty cosmos.


How do you know it's going to work before trying it?
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The surprise?


Yes, the surprise.

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Nah... Whiskey. The good stuff.

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A good understanding of mechanics and physics for one. But other than that, I'm not sure what you're getting at.


What do you have to think about when building for space travel instead of something like sea travel?
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It's literally a really big, empty room.


Not the room.
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Not a room stay in, if that is what you are thinking.


I'm trying to figure out what it is.

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Fuel, space, time, manpower. And in my position, you'd need to work your way up from nearly scratch.


Sure, but other than the raw components.
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