Navigatoria Chapter 24 Discussion

You're 11 days early again lol

Well, it was obvious that the MC would want to become a Navigatoria to create a wholesome 100 chungus keanu reeves nation, and that cheesy line he threw there is just perfect to make me cringe. On top of that, the bad guy already is on a redemption arc, as if this wasn't already overabused in modern storytelling...

This has become so predictable.

@ImNotAnOtaku1

Bro, Alpha Centauri is literally 3 star system.

Pluto is about 5.5 light hours from sun (39.5 AU).
0.5 light years is about 31,620 astronomical unit. Stars of Alpha Centauri are separated by about 23.7 AU from each other. Farthest known object from solar system is "2017 MB7" which is 7,000–9,000 AU(0.11-0.1423ly) at the farthest point. Only (theoretical) Oort cloud could reach it.

0.5 light years is really close but not ridiculously close... So depends on certain factors Navigatoria solar system could have stable distance between "our" solar system, eg. Gliese 710 will pass through solar system with predicted minimum distance of 0.1663 light years.

@Nieznajomy43 we are implying they come from Earth, and not from a different planet. Earth's nearest start is 4ly in distance. Gliese 710 will pass near our solar system in 1.3 million years. A star passing 0.5 ly away the size of the sun would have considerable gravitational impact on outer solar system bodies and planets, and would likely send tons of meteors towards the inner solar system. Make it get closer or double the size of the star and things will become even more catastrophic.

I don't see it realistic to just slap "0.5ly away" for the story because that's just unlikely and convenient. It'd be easier to just outright claim the development of FTL travel (which is literally impossible) or the development of wormholes as things that happened in the manga's universe and then claim that at least this solar system is, say, 5 light years away from the Sun.