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Whatever happened to Commander Churner?

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Nick H

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I remember the last TNS entry before Emperor Strephon was "assassinated". An Imperial Naval officer, Commander Anselm Churner, was exposed to hyperspace and is the only confirmed survivor in history. He was reported to have suffered "complete loss of equilibrium" but was gradually recovering in hospital.

Then Dulinor fired the fateful shots and Commander Churner had been forgotten about. So was any follow up written about this? What happened? Was it the result of a Solomani terrorist action? Did Churner recover? What was learned from his experience? What's it like? Did it have any lasting repercussions?
 
Yes - over a period of weeks (or even months) he slowly becomes transparent, and less-substantial (weighs less, exerts less effect on other physical objects, etc) as he slowly shifts back into J-space, molecule by molecule.
 
BlackBat242 said:
Yes - over a period of weeks (or even months) he slowly becomes transparent, and less-substantial (weighs less, exerts less effect on other physical objects, etc) as he slowly shifts back into J-space, molecule by molecule.
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I'm not sure, but I suspect he'd die long before 1% of his molecules slipped away.


Hans
 
Not if he was actually just shifting en-mass between N-space and J-space, with his entire body within the effect field in both spaces. Eventually he would be unable to intake enough oxygen and food to survive, but not until what was happening was apparent to everyone examining him (and to him as well).

I wasn't meaning literal transition of molecules separate from the other molecules - must remember some are too literal-minded.
 
BlackBat242 said:
Not if he was actually just shifting en-mass between N-space and J-space, with his entire body within the effect field in both spaces. Eventually he would be unable to intake enough oxygen and food to survive, but not until what was happening was apparent to everyone examining him (and to him as well).

I wasn't meaning literal transition of molecules separate from the other molecules - must remember some are too literal-minded.
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Oh, I considered the other interpretation too, and decided that it was pure nonsense. (Unlike the one-molecule-at-a-time notion, which was slightly less pure). :devil:


Hans
 
Now, if it were the Twilight Zone it would be a tragedy and he would just fade away leaving distraught loved ones.

Another take is "I'm phasing between the real world and hyperspace, more and more I'm spending longer there...than here. Pretty soon I'm not going to be in the real universe anymore...But I'm not going to just let it happen! I'm going to science my way out of it!" and you have The Martian meets The Incredible Shrinking Man.

What Churner, an engineering officer and thus quite skilled, discovers might make a good adventure. Just what is in hyperspace?
 
Nick H said:
Now, if it were the Twilight Zone it would be a tragedy and he would just fade away leaving distraught loved ones.

Another take is "I'm phasing between the real world and hyperspace, more and more I'm spending longer there...than here. Pretty soon I'm not going to be in the real universe anymore...But I'm not going to just let it happen! I'm going to science my way out of it!" and you have The Martian meets The Incredible Shrinking Man.

What Churner, an engineering officer and thus quite skilled, discovers might make a good adventure. Just what is in hyperspace?
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in my Elestrial Concordat ATU, psionicists can sometimes see other ships in J-Space using teleperception. And if you can see it, you can teleport there and/or telekinesis it.

As the Colonel found out the hard way...
 
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