jerrywickey
April 28th, 2008, 07:30 AM
I have recently come across an ancient Kobol sacred text describing in the ancient language, the delivery of the scientific principles of FTL to the children of Kobol. The text seems to be the source of all modern colonial FTL technology. Many colonial manuals and technical papers describing the operating principles and design considerations of FTL drives quote directly from this ancient text.
Whether the technology was ascribed to the gods or if the gods do exist and delivered the technology, I can not say.
Either way, the text is titled in the ancient language "Zeus reaches his hand to the stars"
This sacred text describes genetic instructions for ribosomaly translated proteins which are integrated on a molecular level with the mechanisms of a working FTL drive. It further describes the physics of this bio-mechanical device. The text actually provides the mRNA sequence for all six of the FTL proteins and macro-molecular machines.
Since all of the technical information regarding FTL travel is already available in Galactica's technical library and in the libraries aboard several of the other ships in the fleet, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in reading the translation of this ancient version of the tech manuals. A knowledge of sub-atomic particle physics and genetic central dogma, promotion, transcription, and RNA translation to protein would be required to make technical sense of the details. But the concepts are clearly outlined in understandable language and the text reveals many of the intricacies of a technologically advanced culture which maintains a strong poly-theistic religion.
If people post to say they are interested, I will spend the two weeks or so required to translate this text. And post it when the translation is complete.
Jerry
Whether the technology was ascribed to the gods or if the gods do exist and delivered the technology, I can not say.
Either way, the text is titled in the ancient language "Zeus reaches his hand to the stars"
This sacred text describes genetic instructions for ribosomaly translated proteins which are integrated on a molecular level with the mechanisms of a working FTL drive. It further describes the physics of this bio-mechanical device. The text actually provides the mRNA sequence for all six of the FTL proteins and macro-molecular machines.
Since all of the technical information regarding FTL travel is already available in Galactica's technical library and in the libraries aboard several of the other ships in the fleet, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in reading the translation of this ancient version of the tech manuals. A knowledge of sub-atomic particle physics and genetic central dogma, promotion, transcription, and RNA translation to protein would be required to make technical sense of the details. But the concepts are clearly outlined in understandable language and the text reveals many of the intricacies of a technologically advanced culture which maintains a strong poly-theistic religion.
If people post to say they are interested, I will spend the two weeks or so required to translate this text. And post it when the translation is complete.
Jerry