The signal would never get there, and the ship would never stop. ![]() If scientists could generate it at the back of the bubble, it might move, or expand, space.īecause the spacetime carrying the ship would be completely cut off from the outside of the bubble, there would be no way to send a signal to turn off the warp drive. In recent years, cosmologists have been studying a mysterious force called dark energy that they think is accelerating the expansion of the universe. The closest scientists have come is a phenomenon called the Casimir effect, wherein empty space between two conducting plates behaves as if it contains negative energy.Įven if scientists could transform matter into negative energy, they would still have to find a way to focus it and create an infinitesimally thin, yet extraordinarily stable, bubble of the stuff around the spaceship. There are no known particles with negative mass. Now that the craft is protected in its spacetime bubble, the real work can begin: Expand space behind the bubble at faster-than-light speed, and shrink the space in front.Ī few not-so-minor challenges you’ll need to tackle before takeoff ![]() Only a narrow tube of negative energy keeps it tied to our world. The bubble warps spacetime so drastically that it actually slips out of the visible universe. Form a sphere around the ship with the energy, insulating passengers in their own private spacetime bubble. Convert matter into negative energy (particles with negative mass that are repelled by gravity rather than attracted to it).Įmit pulses of negative energy to curve spacetime. The MWD+Cloak trick for non-covert cloaks.Start beyond Earth’s immediate gravitational pull. I should have IMMEDIATELY left the system, because all 3 ships had weapons timers preventing them from following me through a gate! I got caught by the Interceptor in the next system. I then made a huge mistake: since I was badly damaged (into structure) I decided to wait for some shield to recover before continuing on, and warped-around continuously until my shield repaired. When the were ATK, they started firing at me and I took a lot of damage, but I was already so close to the edge of the bubble that I got away. I’ve got caught in a in-gate bubble by an active gatecamp of 3 ships an interceptor, a cruiser, and a battlecruiser and got away because they were AFK. Are there containers and drone to uncloak scattered about? Structures nearby? Make a plan! You’ve got time to do this while under the session-change timer. Is there anyone visible on-grid? If not, someone could be cloaked, or not. A cloaking device is the best solution for the other ships not immune.įirst, don’t panic. ![]() An Fleet Interceptor (Ares, Crow, Malediction, Stilleto - I prefer the Ares, because it is easy to make warp in less than 2 seconds), or T3 Strategic Cruiser with Interdiction Nullifier propulsion subsystem, are immune to bubbles. Instead, open the map and look to see if you can warp to the gate from a celestial in a different direction (avoid warping to the sun though).īubbles on the in-gate are never a problem, unless they are directly on the gate. The other two, ‘drag’ and ‘stop’ are mostly avoidable!īubbles on out-going gates are avoidable by NOT warping directly gate-to-gate. Generally you will only find these in active gatecamps, and they should be removed when the camp leaves, but sometimes can be left behind. ![]() This makes them a huge PITA for everyone, so they are often quickly destroyed, even if they are blue. Bubbles directly on gates are somewhat rare, because they are completely unavoidable.
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