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Truthwatcher_17.5
Darksiders have almost as advanced technology as second Era Scadrians.
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
But then we see Darksiders in The Secret-- in Mistborn: The Secret History. So are they gonna be the first spacefarers, are they gonna get there before Scadrians?
Brandon Sanderson
So, where it is right now is that certain things have happened to Taldain that have isolated it and cut it off.
Questioner
Yeah, a little bit in Arcanum Unbounded talked about that.
Brandon Sanderson
And some-- they're under-- going through some difficult times, let's say... So, I will RAFO whether or not they're going to make it first to make it to space, but let's just say they were well on target to making it first before certain events happened.
Questioner
Have you thought of the implications of Pulsers, or cadmium Mistings, in space travel?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, I have.
Questioner
Because you could slow down the time bubble around the ship and extend your life span during long journeys.
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, I have thought of that.
Questioner
We know that on Sel, it's incredibly difficult to worldhop there because of a certain dangerous factor in the Cognitive Realm.
Brandon Sanderson
Yep.
Questioner
Is it possible to worldhop by means that are not through the Cognitive Realm?
Brandon Sanderson
You wouldn't call it worldhopping, but if you could FTL there, you could get there without having to go through the problems. I call worldhopping mostly using non-physical means, but we haven't gotten there in the Cosmere really yet, except for, like, Sixth of the Dusk and things. So, the fan terminology may include worldhopping as jumping in your ship and FTLing over. But... nothing would prevent that. If you had a ship that could FTL using one of the magic systems in the Physical Realm, you would probably be okay, getting to Sel.
Questioner
Is physical travel between the worlds possible outside of...?
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah, if you can get to Shadesmar, you can do it, but you can also do it... you could do it just... if you had FTL or if you were willing to just take a long, long time. If you had the means, you could. The cosmere is a dwarf galaxy, it's like a hundred star galaxy. I imagine it being a real place, but our world is not part of it, so.
Questioner
I've studied aerospace medicine, so I wondered, Kaladin, is his Shardplate going to have any special properties that are going to help for very high-altitude travel?
Brandon Sanderson
Let's just say, the fact that his two surges have to do with pressure and with gravity, Let's just say that is on my mind.
Questioner
Has anyone, Shard or otherwise, tried to leave the cosmere and will we see that on screen?
Brandon Sanderson
So far... yes, and I think yes, it's likely.
Questioner
In the Cosmere, as space becomes more developed...*inaudible* outer space.
Brandon Sanderson
It's an interesting question that I've had to ponder. Would the space race happen more slowly because there's an alternative, or would it happen more quickly because you know other planets are inhabited. I'm not going to answer what I came up with, because it's a plot point in the books. So I'll give you a RAFO card, but that's the question to ask yourself.
Questioner
That wasn't my question! My question was, in the Cognitive Realm, with the gap between planets...
Brandon Sanderson
Oh! Will the gap between planets get larger as more people travel in between it. So, barring things like space stations, there's going to be so few minds in between, that I don't expect space to become larger because of that.
I don't expect it to be a factor, except--barring--there will be possibilities of certain regions popping up.
Questioner
So you said, so the only two ways to really worldhop are Cognitive Realm or FTL.
Brandon Sanderson
I did not say that, I said...
Questioner
So there could be another way?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes. I said, if you couldn't use Shadesmar, is there another way. I did not say there are only two ways.
Questioner
Okay, so there could be more than two ways?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes.
Questioner
Okay, thank you. That's the answer I was looking forward to.
Questioner
The third Mistborn series will be the 1980s, and the fourth one will be the space opera one.
Brandon Sanderson
Yep, unless I do a cyberpunk in between.
Questioner
Do we ever see... I know in [The Bands of Mourning] is when we see the Allomantic grenades. Is that a setup to use, like, Allomantic engines for space travel at the end?
Brandon Sanderson
Yep. So, that is a setup for various uses of mechanical Allomancy and Feruchemy, is where we are pushing the technology. We're not there yet, but you should be able to extrapolate from some of those things for the future.
