Rationalizing a Firefly - Serenity type setting

[Hans Rancke-Madsen]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

FTL isn't needed. An open cluster that takes a couple of years to cross wouldn't make the setting less like the frontier in the 19th century.

Interesting concept. How close can you pack stars to get an SLT accessible cluster? And by packing stars I mean worldbuilding while remaining sorta plausible.


Hans