The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agoThe problem with sleeper shipslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up11.22Karrow-down113
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minus-squareMNByChoicelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoA beacon you leave behind. A small satellite left in Sol that contains notes. Fuck. Did you think the sleeper ship was radioing Earth? It could have a local broadcast, but not at all my point. Edit: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beacon Beacons don’t have to move.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months ago Beacons don’t have to move. often they don’t, that’s where the term beacon comes from. Saying that they don’t have to is a little wrong, since it’s probably more accurate to state that “they don’t have to stay stationary” instead.
A beacon you leave behind. A small satellite left in Sol that contains notes.
Fuck. Did you think the sleeper ship was radioing Earth? It could have a local broadcast, but not at all my point.
Edit: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beacon Beacons don’t have to move.
often they don’t, that’s where the term beacon comes from. Saying that they don’t have to is a little wrong, since it’s probably more accurate to state that “they don’t have to stay stationary” instead.