AnonymousFan Posted September 2, 2017 Posted September 2, 2017 There have been theories about mistborn era 3 including FTL travel with cadmium and bendalloy, but theoretically it could be possible with steel compounding, any reason this wouldn't work?
Kurkistan he/him Posted September 2, 2017 Posted September 2, 2017 Relativity. --- Really tempted to just leave it at that. We've been given to believe that the laws of physics in the cosmere our basically ours, so unless steel compounding can bring you into conceptual realms of speed that surpass reality—unlikely given that steelrunners need to worry about even such petty things as friction from air resistance—then you'd be stuck going at some percentage of the speed of light at best. 1
AnonymousFan Posted September 2, 2017 Author Posted September 2, 2017 15 minutes ago, Kurkistan said: Relativity. --- Really tempted to just leave it at that. We've been given to believe that the laws of physics in the cosmere our basically ours, so unless steel compounding can bring you into conceptual realms of speed that surpass reality—unlikely given that steelrunners need to worry about even such petty things as friction from air resistance—then you'd be stuck going at some percentage of the speed of light at best. What if they used lifts power?
Kurkistan he/him Posted September 2, 2017 Posted September 2, 2017 Then no death from friction but still a hard (technically asymptotic) limit at the speed of light, I'd hazard.
Calderis he/him Posted September 2, 2017 Posted September 2, 2017 (edited) Time bubbles are really the only option I can see and still maintain some semblance of physics. You can go faster because of time compression/dilation working in tandem, without actually breaking the speed of light. Your essentially moving at an attainable speed with a multiplier. To do it otherwise you have to somehow overcome the infinite mass issue at light speed. Edited September 2, 2017 by Calderis
FiveLate Posted September 2, 2017 Posted September 2, 2017 It also helps avoid issues like dust particles impacting and the energy shift upwards in the EMR which would require radiation shielding.
Steeldancer he/him Posted September 4, 2017 Posted September 4, 2017 On 9/2/2017 at 0:20 AM, Kurkistan said: Then no death from friction but still a hard (technically asymptotic) limit at the speed of light, I'd hazard. That's what I've been wondering. Could SteelDancer go faster than the speed of light? I mean, we don't know. But I would guess not. But it would be storming awesome if SteelDancer could.
Erandeni he/him Posted September 4, 2017 Posted September 4, 2017 5 hours ago, Flash said: Could SteelDancer go faster than the speed of light? I'd say no, it's not about friction but mass, when a particle get close to speed of light inertial mass increase, thus it is harder to increase the speed.In the limit of speed of light, mass is infinite, so you can't go faster.
Steeldancer he/him Posted September 4, 2017 Posted September 4, 2017 Just now, Idealistic said: I'd say no, it's not about friction but mass, when a particle get close to speed of light inertial mass increase, thus it is harder to increase the speed.In the limit of speed of light, mass is infinite, so you can't go faster. I know that. My question is whether investiture might alter that state of affairs or not.
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