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Post by thewarchief on Jun 12, 2024 18:29:54 GMT
Bernard Fokke was a sea captain for the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century who was noted for being so fast in his travel times, that he was accused of making a deal with the devil. In one instance, allegedly delivering mail from the Dutch Republic to Java (a distance of around 11500 km, as the crow flies) in ten days (or maybe four) rather than the usual three months such a trip took.
So in the Doctor WHo universe, what's going on. Does Fooke has acess to advanced technology? If so what? An airplane, a transmat? Or is he a stranded alien with a spaceship that he can zip around the planet in?
What's ideas cane we come up with? There's a good RPG adventure in there somewhere.
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Post by olegrand on Jun 12, 2024 20:07:52 GMT
Fascinating character - and the original Flying Dutchman, I guess.
I've checked on Wikipedia, though, and the duration of his fastest travel is given as "three months and ten or four days"... (rather than the really impossible '10 or 4 days' you give) or has one of us misread something?
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Post by grinch on Jun 12, 2024 20:09:37 GMT
Wormhole technology, perhaps? If we have learnt anything from science-fiction, it's that punching holes in Space/Time never ends well.
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Post by thewarchief on Jun 13, 2024 0:05:04 GMT
Fascinating character - and the original Flying Dutchman, I guess. I've checked on Wikipedia, though, and the duration of his fastest travel is given as "three months and ten or four days"... (rather than the really impossible '10 or 4 days' you give) or has one of us misread something? Different source. I was watching a youtube vidoe on the Flying Dutchman and his name cropped up along with the 4-10 days. I guess, three months and 4 (or 10) days for 11500 km works out to about 120 km/day isn't quite as impressive, is it? It's only about 3 knots, so it well within the possibility to do it. |
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Post by thewarchief on Jun 13, 2024 0:09:09 GMT
Wormhole technology, perhaps? If we have learnt anything from science-fiction, it's that punching holes in Space/Time never ends well. Okay, so the guy can punch holes through time and space and uses it to move cargo across the seas. What more do you think is going on? Considering the ramifications of the technology, porting mail over to Java seems like a rather modest use. Maybe he was testing the technology before trying something bigger? |
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Post by Catsmate on Jun 13, 2024 17:30:15 GMT
Fascinating.
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