The Rim anyone ?

 Posted on 8/20/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Richard Wakefield <100534.504@compuserve.com> asks:
> Anyway, in a post once you said to me that the races had only
> explored as far as they did because they need Navigation Beacons
> for Hyperspace, did they get to the Rim, is the rim the edge of
> explored space or the edge of the galaxy ? & why don't they go
> into hyperspace, keep going for a month then come out ?

It's the Rim of the galaxy, and once you come out of hyperspace
past the galactic rim, all your points of reference are gone, and
getting back is tough, if not impossible...and you can't just "keep
going" in a straight line in hyperspace, as it's not a one-to-one
corrolation to normal space.

jms



The Rim anyone ?

 Posted on 8/21/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


(blocked) asks:
> So when Delenn states that some of the first ones went exploring
> beyond the rim does that mean they went off expolring the
> billions of other galaxies in the universe or different
> dimensions, realms etc ? Is the B5 arc painted on a Galactic sized
> canvas (specifically the Milky Way) or does it hold consequences
> for the known Universe ?

No, the events take place only in our own galaxy, and only in
portions of that...it's just too big a place.

jms