I love the image of the Emperor walking to the loo, and every ship under drive throughout the Imperium sliding a few feet right along with him. :)

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Craig Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, but the effects you get when you try to combine J-drive with special relativity (never mind general) are immediate, macroscopic, and glaringly obvious. Like my "1 parsec in whose rest frame?" example, and the follow-on "1 week in whose rest frame?" example.

The [Shadow] Emperor's. :) 

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