On Sep 13, 2012, at 12:29 PM, "Onno Meyer" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Johannes replied to me:
>> A shuttle would transport only the cargo of that run, plus passangers and 
>> crew with fairly shortterm occupancy. A station would have to haul much 
>> more mass and volume around, which means big drives that have to be paid 
>> and (depending in the drive) high fuel costs. 
> 
> A good point. Reaction drives and FTL? I'm always tempted to 
> say that reactionless thrusters are "easier" than stardrives,
> especially since VE2nd put FTL at TL10 instead of late TL9. 

They're both magic. Arguing over which is more likely is silly. 

That said, I can hand wave why you might have ftl and no perpetual motion. 
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