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## [HSF]Manifest Destiny, a Rational Horror Story
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* Author: u/Sagebrysh *Rank 7 Pragmatist**
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* URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ROXAO2hIUVKnbu1ucOSevwKFAZAPmeN6McssiSIEB40/edit?usp=sharing
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* Score: 14
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* Created: 2015-07-30T03:03:40
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### Post:
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[Link to content](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ROXAO2hIUVKnbu1ucOSevwKFAZAPmeN6McssiSIEB40/edit?usp=sharing)
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### Comments:
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> **u/Sagebrysh** [+2] *Rank 7 Pragmatist* (a minute later)
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> I didn't win the contest, c'est la vie. I still had fun writing this story, and now that the contest is over I thought I'd give it its own post.
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> **u/Draconomial** [+2] *Sunshine Regiment* (5 hours later)
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> Predatory black holes?
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>> **u/Sagebrysh** [+1] *Rank 7 Pragmatist* (22 hours later)
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>> An unfortunate solution to the Fermi Paradox.
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> **u/FeepingCreature** [+2] *GCV Literally The Entire Culture* (2 days later)
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> No, this is a good thing! It's _localized_ - we can get away from it. Plus, new and exciting physics! If space-time itself can support predators, it can support colonists. We need to play for time - small colony ships, seed populations, spreading FTL hundreds at a time in all directions.
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> We know we can outrun it. The rest is exponentials.
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>> **u/nerdguy1138** [+2] *GNU Terry Pratchett* (4 days later)
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>> I got the feeling it was rapidly enclosing the entire solar system.
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>>> **u/FeepingCreature** [+3] *GCV Literally The Entire Culture* (4 days later)
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>>> Yeah, but FTL ships exist - this is in principle survivable.
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>>> It's like A Colder War - Cthulhu made manageable by cold pragmatism.
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