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> /nasa/ will have to build a civilization just to return to space.>And this is where the Grand Directive fails.This was the problem that really started this whole story idea. My main goal with it is to set up for future expansion of /nasa/ in that direction, to become not just an outside observer of this planet, but an active participant in it's affairs a few generations in.
>the fact is repairing the space station until its operational is a minimum 99 year project.Ok, so i have seen this estimate in a few posts, but did we ever solidify it? honest question, i might have missed it. And if we haven't i would rather propose a shorter timeframe. somewhere in the ballpark of 20 years in a perfect world, 35 years if anyone besides us attempted it(with all the knowlege we have), but knowing our luck,
or a severe lack thereof a more realistic estimate of 5-6.5 decades to fix the station. My reasoning for this would the natural lifespan of our species. Even if we could life for, lets say 150 years on average, which we could handwaive stating our borderline godlike diet, a century long project would still fall flat, i am afraid. Gen 0 Sanallites would want to return after all, and if the project is estimated to not even finish by the time the last gen 0 dies, what even is the point? Further generations would definitely become intertwined with the local culture, and there is a good chance they would reject returning to home system in favour of continuing their life down here. A shorter timeframe on the repairs would, if nothing else, enable a grand event in the future, where the oldest gen 0s and any that would go with them could depart in a grand fashion, marking the start of a new era for the ones that stayed. Heck, could even serve as Anno Domini for the new Sanallite nation. Either way, i am open for discussion on this.
>cross-dimensional wormholeAgain, did we establish that we are not of this dimension? I will admit that i don't know all of our lore from the top of my head, so it is entirely possible that i have, same as with the repair estimate, missed it/forgotten it. Doesn't really change anything, at least in regards to this story, but i would like a solid confirmation for the future.
>Would the natives see /nasa/ as invaders if the rest of the star fleet arrives?I would like to imagine that for at least another few decades we are safe from any other ships arriving. We are an exploratory fleet after all, we go outside the usual reaches of our ships, and the home system wouldn't notice anything strange for a while yet, as communications get exponentially harder the farther we go. The estimated return of the flagship(our station) was still whole 3 decades off. So even if they immediately sent a investigation vesel after us, we have like 50ish years?
>What if /nasa/ ruins the evolution of this planet with their genes that leads to the death of native civilizations?Well, we can't really be sure until it happens, but i would like to imagine that, due to our diet, our bodies are naturally healthier (could be our cells going through mitosis with less damage to the DNA or something, idk, i suck at biology) and are less susceptible to cancers and such. Also, with our low numbers, it is more likely that our own genes would get dilluted, with only the better traits surviving(blah blah blah, evolution, blah blah blah)
