Theoretical Sci-fi Physics.

[freetrav]

Originally Posted by Hilary_155

OK.

Suppose you had a 100 ton scout ship riding inside a BIG ship. The BIG ship goes into jump space. What would happen if the scout ship were to power up its jump drive and try to jump?

This causes the generation and activation of a mysterious mechanism generally called a "plot device". Activation causes completely unpredictable effects, ranging from making a cup of a beverage almost, but not quite entirely, unlike tea, all the way to destroying the universe while leaving the ship intact. The only thing that can be counted on is that activation will cause the effect guaranteed to be most in accordance with the designs of a hypernatural being often called "the GM" or "the Referee".