Maritime shipbuilding and shipping in the Golden Age (Destiny)

by Grizzlei , Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 15:36 (2395 days ago) @ Ragashingo

I think a large part of it is that just because you have advanced technology doesn't mean the whole world will change over night. Like, my new iPhone is one of the most advanced pieces of hardware and software on the planet... but a touchtone phone from 30 years ago still works just fine for calling someone.

In Destiny, the discovery of NLS drives doesn't mean that everyone was going to replace their car or ocean-going cargo ship. Traveling faster than light doesn't really have an application to either.

But yeah, I love the Cosmodrome where mindboggingly massive colony ships contrast with typical modern day buses and tanks. It is indeed a fascinating world!

In the midst of all this wonderful fantasy it leaves our Solar System a known, familiar quantity. The colony ships docked at the Cosmodrome look as if they were lifted out of Baikonur, Kennedy, or Guiana yesterday.