This can be anything from Hyperspace in Star Wars, Warp Drive in Star Trek, travel through the Warp in Warhammer 40k or anything else.
I’ve always liked “slow” FTL travel, where going a few light-years still takes a few days or so. I also really like travel through an alternate dimension like in 40k, Event Horizon, Witchspace in Elite Dangerous.
I wanna know your favorite versions, or do you prefer stories that obey the laws of known physics, like the Expanse or Rimworld?
I wouldn’t call it a satire; it’s more a thought exercise on how to make galactic colonization economically viable. The cost involved in setting up a colony that’s tens or hundreds of light years away would be astronomical, and the return on investment would take so long that it’s simply not reasonable under any current economic system. Right now we talk about how it would be hard to colonize Mars, and that’s only about nine months of travel, and not at anything close to relativistic speeds.
Yeah, some of it felt a little tongue in cheek though. Like people having their own reputation markets where everyone could buy/sell shares on others reputation.