[@Eschatologist]
If he's going to be the first mate I want him and the Captain to have a lot of history together since she wouldn't trust him otherwise. I'm going to get her CS up soon and then we can work out their relationship. I want them to at least be close friends. 

[quote=@Melkor]
Is hyperspace a thing in this universe?
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Hyperspace is a really broad term but if you mean faster than light travel then yes we have FTL capabilities. The way I had imagined FTL is through the Alcubierre warp drive which creates a bubble of seperate space around the vessel and then contracts and expands space time around that bubble to propel it forward. That way we bypass the universal speed limit without actually moving, since hte ship itself isn't actually accelerating.