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If you where in an alternative environment would a different number of hours affect aging, compared to someone in the regular world. At first though you'd think likely yes, but then consider that the body has a rythm. This isn't exactly a entirely theoretical question, I know submarines...

ryan_m_b: My original request was thinking about the interaction o the bridge when they arrive, the things that they run through. I have the scene mostly sketched out b8ut it seems a little flat and was fishing for some ideas for some dialogue. A big part of this story is going to be they...

I'm reminded of a story from a collection of zombie stories about something similar. The story had this process that allows a person to be reanimated for 24 hours after death. But the thing is the dead came back with a serious lack of interest in their mortal dealings instead looking for beauty...

Fire them electromagnetically with a rail gun style system. The missile wouldn't be hot, no friction or exploding gases to eat them. The missile passively scans for the target emitting nothing trackable. When the missile decides it's close enough to the target it activates its own stored fuel...

I'm writing a short story (which if holds true to form is going to turn into a hundred page mini book). Basically it's set along the border of two human nations in space. Aliens are known and there is some trading and visitations, and some wars. The story is following a captain of a heavy...