Letter: To the captains
Captains of S.S. Thor.
My name is Tristan, I reside on room 5-3, and I am, like many on this ship, a refugee. I’ve arrived on September 20348, and therefore I didn’t have the chance to directly speak to you when you first showed yourselves to us during August. For that reason, and because I do wish to ask you few questions, I am using this method of contact.
I won’t take your time with foolish flattering, and I’d rather get to the point.
It was told us that we could not leave Thor, else our bodies would disintegrate, seeing we would not have the effect of Thor’s improbability drive. Recent proof has showed us it is not a matter of distance, but time. So my question is, how long does it take until our bodies start to deteriorate if we are not close to Thor?
Still on the same line of thoughts, it’s known you wish to reach Magrathea in order to rebuild our planets. I will not doubt that is possible, but my main concern is what will happen once Thor leaves those “rebuilt” planets. Seeing they wouldn’t have the improbability drive on those planets, how would the refugees survive without disintegrating?
To finish this subject, I’d like to know for how long we will need to stay near the Improbability Drive until we become stable enough to live without it. Or do we have to remain permanently connected to it (until we find, at least, Magrathea)?
I’d also like to understand how certain refugees that supposedly left Thor, returned, and yet they still retain their memories. It was already explained that refugees who disappear return to a point in time when their world still existed, so they may re-appear once more without their memories; however, couple of refugees who returned retained their memories of their time on Thor and they do not remember being on their world. An example can be seen here.
How can this be explained?
Lastly, I’d also wish to comprehend how some people disappear, and few days later, they show up once again saying they were in their world for months. These people usually aren’t pulled off the refugees list the Vogons keep, so they are technically still on Thor; and while they claim to have been gone for months, usually it’s only two to three days. What exactly happened at these situations?
Other thing that has been puzzling my mind is the resurrection of refugees. I do understand this is not your area of expertise, however, who decided that only the refugees were meant to be brought back to life, yet not Thor’s citizens? And why? Thor’s citizens look, in my eyes, much more important than the refugees seeing they don’t do terrorist attacks, for example, nor they go around killing people just because they are bored, like some refugees do.
I’d just like to understand why a refugee’s life is more important than a citizen’s.
And lastly, this is a rather personal query, so you don’t have to answer if you don’t wish to. I’m curious at why you no longer follow your ancestor’s path. They wanted to find the Ultimate Question to the Ultimate Answer; why aren’t you also trying to find it? Why are you saving refugees whom don’t believe in anything you say about saving them, instead?
That will be all. I will wait for your reply.
Regards,
T.
(ooc: "Tristan Beeline" [anagram for Albert Einstein] is the name Mello used to fill most forms on Thor. Others might be Jay (J), Kay (K) or Yu (U).)
My name is Tristan, I reside on room 5-3, and I am, like many on this ship, a refugee. I’ve arrived on September 20348, and therefore I didn’t have the chance to directly speak to you when you first showed yourselves to us during August. For that reason, and because I do wish to ask you few questions, I am using this method of contact.
I won’t take your time with foolish flattering, and I’d rather get to the point.
It was told us that we could not leave Thor, else our bodies would disintegrate, seeing we would not have the effect of Thor’s improbability drive. Recent proof has showed us it is not a matter of distance, but time. So my question is, how long does it take until our bodies start to deteriorate if we are not close to Thor?
Still on the same line of thoughts, it’s known you wish to reach Magrathea in order to rebuild our planets. I will not doubt that is possible, but my main concern is what will happen once Thor leaves those “rebuilt” planets. Seeing they wouldn’t have the improbability drive on those planets, how would the refugees survive without disintegrating?
To finish this subject, I’d like to know for how long we will need to stay near the Improbability Drive until we become stable enough to live without it. Or do we have to remain permanently connected to it (until we find, at least, Magrathea)?
I’d also like to understand how certain refugees that supposedly left Thor, returned, and yet they still retain their memories. It was already explained that refugees who disappear return to a point in time when their world still existed, so they may re-appear once more without their memories; however, couple of refugees who returned retained their memories of their time on Thor and they do not remember being on their world. An example can be seen here.
How can this be explained?
Lastly, I’d also wish to comprehend how some people disappear, and few days later, they show up once again saying they were in their world for months. These people usually aren’t pulled off the refugees list the Vogons keep, so they are technically still on Thor; and while they claim to have been gone for months, usually it’s only two to three days. What exactly happened at these situations?
Other thing that has been puzzling my mind is the resurrection of refugees. I do understand this is not your area of expertise, however, who decided that only the refugees were meant to be brought back to life, yet not Thor’s citizens? And why? Thor’s citizens look, in my eyes, much more important than the refugees seeing they don’t do terrorist attacks, for example, nor they go around killing people just because they are bored, like some refugees do.
I’d just like to understand why a refugee’s life is more important than a citizen’s.
And lastly, this is a rather personal query, so you don’t have to answer if you don’t wish to. I’m curious at why you no longer follow your ancestor’s path. They wanted to find the Ultimate Question to the Ultimate Answer; why aren’t you also trying to find it? Why are you saving refugees whom don’t believe in anything you say about saving them, instead?
That will be all. I will wait for your reply.
Regards,
T.
(ooc: "Tristan Beeline" [anagram for Albert Einstein] is the name Mello used to fill most forms on Thor. Others might be Jay (J), Kay (K) or Yu (U).)