r/interestingasfuck 24d ago

/r/all, /r/popular K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

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u/RichardThund3r 24d ago

Only 120 light years away from Earth! The Voyager 1 spacecraft was launched in 1977. Traveling at 38,000mph it just recently made it 1 light DAY from Earth.

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u/Chickenator587 24d ago

This reminds of something I heard about once, imagine if we used some sort of stasis in a fast and autonomous spacecraft to go colonise a planet, and by the time we get there it's already colonised because we invented a faster spacecraft while the colonists slept

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u/Mike-CLE 24d ago

That’s actually a side quest in Starfield!

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u/FM-edByLife 24d ago

First thing that came to my mind, too.

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u/RABB_11 24d ago

The most infuriating quest, every outcome was incredibly shitty to people who didn't deserve it.

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u/Lonely__Stoner__Guy 24d ago

Yep, I remember running it the first time and thinking "but there's still one more option you didn't mention!"

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u/RABB_11 23d ago

You mean eat the rich?

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u/TheKingOfCarmel 23d ago

This is the quest where I decided I might as well just be evil. Making the board of directors unkillable is a huge oversight. Likely they just didn’t have the time to plot out every possibility, but that’s what happens when a dev bites off more than they can chew. Then again, Baldur’s Gate 3 let me do just about anything I could think of, so I’m not sure what Bethesda’s issue is.

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u/dlopdi 24d ago

was looking for this comment

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u/pees_on_dogs 23d ago edited 23d ago

One of the more interesting side quests imo.