Generation Ships

[Sindri]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

Why only TL 8? That's much lower than the TL required to make and launch a generation ship.
I imagine you might want to look at small island populations.
But small towns survived boredom with the ever popular booze and sex. To avoid overpopulation and drunken space brawls, you could promote the hell out of games.

I don't think there is anything that keeps TL 8 from doing a generation ship but alright suppose whatever TL you desire. The question is, what kind of technological areas would be a priority for a generation ship?

For a population recruited from the modern world it seems like there would be more difficulties in a generation ship where you have more limited ability to travel than a town where you can visit a nearby city periodically or change towns combined with dislocation from their native planet and the stress involved with living in a ship that you depend on to live and that if something goes wrong no one can save you. That said games can probably help a lot.