Time Warp in DOD
Intro
Alphan perception of 1999 or 2000 (?) and
Thulean perception of
2870 has
Victor suggesting
that one or the other group passed through a
a time warp before reaching
Ultima Thule.
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Details
- Note that
later on,
Earth contacts
Alpha and it is
2120 back there, indicating
time dilation
which is also suggested in an even
later episode.
- The Thuleans state they have been there
880 years, which given the 2870 date implies they crashed on
Ultima Thule in
1990 (their calendar).
The mission was lost in 1986.
Did they spend four years, after being lost, before crashing?
Or is the "880" years approximate?
Speculation
- It seems more likely that the Uranus mission went through
a backward time warp before reaching Thule,
than Alpha going through a forward time warp before reaching Thule.
- It is possible the Alphans went through two times warps,
however, one pushing them forward before Thule,
and one returning them after Thule.
This seems more unlikely than the Thuleans going through one warp.