Two ideas I've been mulling about and wanted to see what y'all think of it as well.<br /><br />First, in a different thread Terl brough up the idea of Void STA for creatures resisting the after effects of a void transit. Perhaps the same concept could apply to equipment or vehicles. What if the stress of void transits creates strain on the vessels themselves requiring maintenance or even ending the usefulness of the vessel (recent example of this concept is, clearly BSG new series (spoiler) when Galactica makes her last jump) but I have seen it in other settings / books as well. Bughunters setting has hyperspace (or whatever it is) affect living creatures badly, requiring sedation. GURPS space setting options also suggest that jumps can damage the vessels themselves.<br /><br />If jumps do have adverse affects for living beings and/or equipment, it will limit interstellar travel somewhat. Further, it opens the setting up to the creation of "advanced" drives/jump dohickies that can alieviate some of the dangers.<br /><br />Second thought, straight from Warhammer40k, what if transdimension creatures exist in the void? Such creatures may notice jumping craft. Adding some horror elements to the setting may not suit everyone, but even 2300AD had the super beings at the Pleiades. Just a thought.
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