As the reality of the grand expedition settled in, a lot of Larkinsons became annoyed at the inconveniences of space travel.
The time it took for the slowest FTL drive in the fleet to complete its cycle time determined how long the Golden Skull Alliance lingered in realspace.
Since none of the ships in the pioneering alliance was slow, that amounted to a wait time of just 6 hours.
Once this break time was over, the fleet transitioned into FTL travel yet again, isolating each and individual starship from each other.
As far as humanity was concerned, there was no way to transfer energy and matter from one starship to another in FTL. Even if they shifted into FTL travel while flying right next to each other, the workings of the higher dimensions was still a mystery to most people in the galaxy.
There were rumors that the CFA and perhaps the MTA had managed to crack the secret to breaking this isolation phenomenon through the use of phasewater.
