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Originally Posted by Sindri
It's advice not a description. It doesn't have to follow the "traditional space story."
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No it doesn't. The point is, it doesn't have to NOT follow it. And limiting to one implausibility renders traditional space stories illegitimate.
However the basic point is valid. It should be reasonably if not strictly plausible(even real life is not strictly plausible) and the author should understand that being allowed to use gimmicks does not mean being allowed to have anything happen.