This has no bearing on reality, and the idea is relatively vague, oh and it is dependent on a really crappy understanding of Schrodinger's Cat. Sci-Fi writers feel free to use.
The Starship Gumdrop was on the run, speed had kept the crew alive for the last five days. The Gumdrop had stumbled into an Inguat military convoy. Reactors had been pushed to the limit and could give no more. The captain had no choice but to activate the Cat. No one outside a research lab had ever been able to understand how the hell the Cat did what it did, but it was amazing. Within seconds the interior of the ship would become completely indeterminate with respect to the outside world. Every element of the ships interior was both everywhere and somewhere. Now, when the Inguats finally got within firing distance it would be almost impossible for critical interior systems to be targeted in the first volley. The Cat was far from perfect, once the interior of the ship had been impacted the defense was gone, the quantum uncertainty found inside the ship would collapse and the crew would be vulnerable again. Even if it only meant surviving one volley after shield failure, the Cat was better than nothing.
This idea was partially inspired by this Scientific American article involving the impact of gravity on macro-scopic instances of Schrodingers Cat.
A crazier version could involve multiple vessels somehow sharing the same interior at the same time, as the ships are destroyed only the remaining vessels continue to hold the shared mass until only one vessel remains. This provides the crew safety within a larger swarm. I hope you guys enjoyed the idea.
The Starship Gumdrop was on the run, speed had kept the crew alive for the last five days. The Gumdrop had stumbled into an Inguat military convoy. Reactors had been pushed to the limit and could give no more. The captain had no choice but to activate the Cat. No one outside a research lab had ever been able to understand how the hell the Cat did what it did, but it was amazing. Within seconds the interior of the ship would become completely indeterminate with respect to the outside world. Every element of the ships interior was both everywhere and somewhere. Now, when the Inguats finally got within firing distance it would be almost impossible for critical interior systems to be targeted in the first volley. The Cat was far from perfect, once the interior of the ship had been impacted the defense was gone, the quantum uncertainty found inside the ship would collapse and the crew would be vulnerable again. Even if it only meant surviving one volley after shield failure, the Cat was better than nothing.
This idea was partially inspired by this Scientific American article involving the impact of gravity on macro-scopic instances of Schrodingers Cat.
A crazier version could involve multiple vessels somehow sharing the same interior at the same time, as the ships are destroyed only the remaining vessels continue to hold the shared mass until only one vessel remains. This provides the crew safety within a larger swarm. I hope you guys enjoyed the idea.
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