For purposes of science, space flight, accuracy in measurement, as well as the ease of using a base ten system, metric is superior to US units of meas...

A bit off-topic, but I found this little gem in my Amazon recommendations. Not a genre I usually read, but the title caught my eye and the blurb amuse...

@Hamsterman: Given the number of books planned "marathon" seems rather lacking and insufficient as far as terms go. Hence, hopefully Ryk didn't take m...

Life does certainly get in the way. Considering how long it takes for some authors to put out new books, it seems like you're still ahead overall.

umm..when in april is episode 11 coming? Ryk removed the approximate dates, but he was using about 10 weeks between release if I recall. Although, ...

True enough, the kinetic energy is equivalent to electrical energy in terms of units. It's not clear though if the jump drive allows for changing the ...

Probably not Frank. While time may still exist within the field, that isn't the case outside of it. The way I see it, in the timeless universe, "tim...

@Apoc: That does seem to be the issue. The only solution I can think of is that the ship is also scaled down. However, somehow the energy isn't. I hav...

The science is a bit sloppy, but I think I worked out a reasonable equation for how far the jump drive travels based on energy requirements, roughly b...

An interesting general concept. I like the idea of creating a gap. In nature, such gaps, when filled, tend to fill very fast. A void of space itself m...

@Eric: If you're going that far into the spoilers you should also have included what group of people crushed the Corainari rebellion. They had a rathe...

1. You should read the entire topic before posting. Nothing is ever an accident, or an oversight. Why are surrounded, all of us, by mysteries, many of...

Kelly: True enough, it's more of an upper limit and an idea of how fast the number of books increase. Mostly I did the formula to show that the increa...

@Eric: That would be the summation. I meant read the previous books only once before you read the next one. @Gary: That approach increases the priz...

The time to read each book PLUS the entire series up to that episode sounds like a factorial. I, for one, look forward to occupying my drab and drear...

So that means the last book in this cycle (#15) will drop near the beginning of 2015. Ryk has been kind to us so far, pricing the books at a very rea...

I'd imagine about the time Ryk knows when the book will be ready with minimal chance of the book being delayed so that the ticker is correct.

That's about the direction I was thinking in terms of jump based demolitions, although on a larger scale. Although, I expected it to require wires. It...

It seems like defeating the Jung will likely require a lot of scouting first. The reason being is that another issue with the point Mr. Brown brought ...

I'm inclined to agree with Eric, but for a reason that Mr. Brown brought up recently. The core worlds are around 100 light years across. Given that th...

Your issue is a lack of patience. A lot of possibilities are likely simply waiting for the right time to be introduced. They already have linear FTL ...

@Hans: Ah yes, that would do it. In the end, I think it's rather clear that it won't be simple to tease out exactly what the origins of the Jung are....

It seems like a jump gate would probably look more like a giant sphere (or some other shape) just capable enough to act as a jump drive. Ships would g...

What about a transporter? Too trekkie? Maybe there’s a design for one in the Data Ark. Somewhere around book 13? Then Jessica wont need to keep doi...

@Lecter: I'm fairly sure it's already been established that Abby’s technical name failed with the general public, thus ZJD,ZJT,ZJS and ZJF would be ap...

@Kelly: True, the resupply method could also be used for non-military purposes assuming it doesn't require too much power. Unless power generation is ...

@Glenn~ and @EricG~: A mobile shipyard would be useful, especially if emitters were added to asteroids to supply the shipyard with raw resources. The ...

@Hans: A royal dynasty refers to the members of a royal family tree whom have actually ruled, rather than the entire royal family. Here is a list of d...

Still seems possible that the ones in 8 didn't have shields. While it might have been better to send those with shields, the Jung may have decided bet...