Might be better to record issues/quirks you’ve noticed with the station. Clues for the next person.
Momento in space.
Tradition is just peer pressure from beyond the grave.
Deep
About six feet deep I figure.
You’d think they’d have life extension and anti-aging perfected by this time.
They do, but clones are cheaper, and have no rights
Ouch, I feel this is already a book? Altered Carbon or something?
House of the scorpion comes close
Mickey 7 too.
I have come to learn over time that “don’t mess with tradition” is something evil people say when they need an excuse for something. As perfectly illustrated in this comic as well.
why only 30 years?
the body is aged, so let’s say the new clone’s body is 18-30. That’s like 48-60. The technology in the strip might also be imperfect.
Plus another decade or two to teach the new clone things, or edge cases that built in understanding might not cover.
Stress from Solitary?
Because the implication is that there have been 23 clones with a 30 year life cycle meaning the ship has been traveling for… 690 years.
Because in general, sci-fi postulates levels of technology beyond anything remotely possible, yet never touches on life extension because it’s unnatural.
because the lizard people don’t need you living long enough to realize you’re enslaved
there is a reason we no longer live as long as our ancestors in the bible did
You do realize a book of mythology is not a serious reference on anything, yes?
bro sssshhh the lizard men will come for you
Hurt people hurt people.
Break the cycle of abuse.
Hot take, but if you’re earnestly alone your whole life but also understand what the tattoos are and where they come from, they might serve as a form of community, of belonging.
You join those that came before, and will pass on that belonging to those that come next. In that, you are not alone, and maybe that is something worth continuing in your eternal night.
Fiona Apple said it well in her song Relay
Evil is a relay sport when the one who’s burned turns to pass the torch
Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people
Now I remember Moon
Great soundtrack
Especially that part that goes, dumdum and then
doooom dooom doooom doomdoodoo doo0mClassic.
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How has that ship been burning that rocket for 50 years or more?
Maybe it’s a nuclear salt water engine, those things have crazy high efficiency if it turns out it’s possible to make them.
690 years, clone 23 is about to tattoo clone 24, and they have 30 year cycles.
I think it works by collecting hydrogen atoms over a 30 year period, and every 30 years the collected mass is used for course and velocity changes - it coincides with the clone change.
Ion thruster + fusion? Or some futuristic engine.
Brightly.
with this:
Bobby fingers who?
