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The title should be the first sentence, while the body should be the second.

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Humanity learned faster-than-light travel was possible when the gruesome mayday signals, of a future mission that was still just at the concept stage, peppered the system. (self.twosentencehorror)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Grimy to c/[email protected]

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The still-ongoing signals, detailing the painful, alien, and prolonged deaths, were swiftly censored after initial public exposure once physicists pointed out that regardless, the crew would have to be identified and sent out as to protect the space-time continuum.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I think I understand what you're going for, buuuuut...

A) ftl != Time travel. My understanding is a result of a quirk of our current equations being pushed past their usefulness (no one's "fixed them" because no one's found a reason to; no one's seen evidence for anything that travels ftl). Logically speaking, if light takes 8min to reach Earth from the Sun, it should take 4min for a ship moving at 2c to make the same trip. As such, travelling faster than light shouldn't actually send you back in time.

B) you need to work on the phrasing a bit. The first sentence is confusing.

[–] Grimy 1 points 6 days ago

I agree the first phrase is a bit of a mouthful. I tried editing it a bit to make it clearer.

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