The translight engine basically creates wormholes for faster travel -- was invented in the late 23rd century, and allowed us to colonize outside the Sol system. Since that's like 300 years before my time I only know the basics in the history books, but travel when I'm from is pretty quick to wherever you want to go because the ship travels through slipspace. Still not as fast as alien ships, they've been doing this way longer and have pooled resources for ages, they're smoother and more precise from what I'm told.
Unfortunately human weaponry wasn't all that different, more powerful but still based on ammunition rather than energy, which is what the aliens are using. Hybrid tech exists but it's unreliable and the people messing around with it are pretty untrustworthy. My squad actually uses a lot of alien weapons because we got them from that helpful AI I mentioned, but that's not normal at all.
...medical tech, I wouldn't have wanted to have a serious injury or health issue back then. Sorry.
Teleporting, yes, but it really isn't pleasant. It's also through slipspace and human tech is limited in where you can wind up. The hybrid tech is too, and I imagine if the Covenant could teleport to any coordinates they would have but again, they're more advanced. And it's not designed for us, the hybrid tech could kill you if you're not careful.
You can't upload your brain to cheat death, but technically -- this is illegal, AI are highly regulated -- you could have your brain turned into an AI after you die. All our AI are based on human brains. I don't actually know if you'd keep your memories, but I've heard horror stories of AI going rampant after their digital lifespan is up. You'd only get maybe a decade.
Can you be more specific on dark matter? It exists.
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The translight engine basically creates wormholes for faster travel -- was invented in the late 23rd century, and allowed us to colonize outside the Sol system. Since that's like 300 years before my time I only know the basics in the history books, but travel when I'm from is pretty quick to wherever you want to go because the ship travels through slipspace. Still not as fast as alien ships, they've been doing this way longer and have pooled resources for ages, they're smoother and more precise from what I'm told.
Unfortunately human weaponry wasn't all that different, more powerful but still based on ammunition rather than energy, which is what the aliens are using. Hybrid tech exists but it's unreliable and the people messing around with it are pretty untrustworthy. My squad actually uses a lot of alien weapons because we got them from that helpful AI I mentioned, but that's not normal at all.
...medical tech, I wouldn't have wanted to have a serious injury or health issue back then. Sorry.
Teleporting, yes, but it really isn't pleasant. It's also through slipspace and human tech is limited in where you can wind up. The hybrid tech is too, and I imagine if the Covenant could teleport to any coordinates they would have but again, they're more advanced. And it's not designed for us, the hybrid tech could kill you if you're not careful.
You can't upload your brain to cheat death, but technically -- this is illegal, AI are highly regulated -- you could have your brain turned into an AI after you die. All our AI are based on human brains. I don't actually know if you'd keep your memories, but I've heard horror stories of AI going rampant after their digital lifespan is up. You'd only get maybe a decade.
Can you be more specific on dark matter? It exists.
Nope, never.