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Image of Xenocidal Maniac Xenocidal Maniac 04/07/09

How about this for a plot hole: What's he going to eat, drink, and breathe? If the ship is designed to travel through interstellar space while everyone is in hibernation, surely it won't be packed with enough provisions for this man and woman to live an entire lifetime. Reply

Image of Alasdair Wilkins Alasdair Wilkins 04/07/09

@Xenocidal Maniac: True, but you'd think they'd have some sort of supplies/food-making technology for when they arrive at the planet. Not the hardest thing in the world to explain. The air is a little trickier though, I'll admit. Reply

Image of Belabras Belabras 04/07/09

@Xenocidal Maniac:

They'll just defrost and eat other people. Duh.
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Image of jccalhoun jccalhoun 04/07/09

@Xenocidal Maniac: Here's another one: how are they going to explain why a ship designed to carry frozen people also has artificial gravity which would require a lot of energy to produce? I'm sure it will have gravity rather than them floating the entire time. Reply

Image of volvoxnomad volvoxnomad 04/07/09

@Belabras Ate My Baby!: LOL. Reply

Image of MISS MERCY STREET MISS MERCY STREET 04/07/09

@jccalhoun: If they were truly frozen, the tissue damage would prevent a body from recovering.


But a 'non-frozen' body would suffer from a lack of gravity (bone density, internal organs).


Watch - it will be a throwaway line regarding some 'special drive' invented in 2214. Reply


Image of MercySeagull MercySeagull 04/07/09

All that is covered in the script. The passengers were to be awakened two months before landing, where they would enjoy the luxuries of the spaceship before their new life on the planet. As such, the ship was stocked full with provisions for 500 people for two months, which would equate to enough for a single person to survive on for 83 years or more.
The script: http://www.whoaisnotme.net/scripts/PSG_xx_UD.pdf
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Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. 04/07/09

@MercySeagull: Convenient, but a stupid waste of resources. Reply

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