On 2/6/2018 1:03 AM, Kurt Feltenberger (via tml list) wrote:
> Some years back, I included a "ghost story" in a long running BSG
> story that I've been writing and posting.  At the time, I didn't plan
> to bring the ship, Pathfinder, back into the narrative. However,
> things have changed and it's something that I'm toying with. However,
> what I need to do now is come up with something to explain why the
> most modern scientific research ship of the era succumbed to the
> murders and mystery that eventually killed, drove insane, or turned
> them into homicidal killers.
>
> Given that only glitches happened prior to making planet fall after
> the 60th jump, I'm thinking that it's something biological from the
> planet; bacteriological, viral, fungal, etc.  Or maybe something else.
>
> After thinking about this for a while, my current "explanation" is
> something either fungal (spores) or aroma/pheromone based from
> flowers/plants that they collected.  I've attached a link to the
> relevant story (no need to download 1500+ pages and 48+ chapters) if
> anyone would like to take a crack at it.
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/g5057clvpdyr1kk/Ghost_Story.pdf?dl=0
>
> The second bit of help is more physics related:  When a nuclear weapon
> detonates (or thousands of them...), is there any
> particle/wave/theoretical "thing" that would travel faster than light
> and would alert someone with a sensor for that "thing"?
>
> Thanks!
>

For completeness, here is a link to an image of Pathfinder.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3knulj49x3fntb0/Pathfinder.PNG?dl=0

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Kurt Feltenberger
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“Before today, I was scared to live, after today, I'm scared I'm not living enough." - Me