So, somehow they managed to get to Alpha Centauri...

[Illusion13]

Well, Alpha Centauri isnt that close. They somehow managed to reach relativistic speed, traveled there, and then still had to discover E=MC²?!

 

[Perfection]

Well, Alpha Centauri isnt that close. They somehow managed to reach relativistic speed, traveled there, and then still had to discover E=MC²?!

Relativity has already been discovered, the tech is IIRC applied relativity (using it for commercial gains), and Alpha Centauir certainly is close enough that relativistic speeds aren't neccesary.

 

[Yuri2356]

Besides, they didn't reach relativistic speeds at all. The voyage took 40 Years!
(The intro claims thet the mission was launched in 2060, and first turn is 2100)

 

[Terje]

And it could very well be that they somehow had lost track of time, since they had slept for a while...