User blog:Krayfish/New form of FTL Travel

So I recently found this new form of FTL travel that's never before done. It's crazy and far fetched, but here it is:

It involves a theoretical organic creature from the planet Sloparilof, a planet which I heard from a very reliable source. The planet's unusual orbital properties could potentially create some truly alien creatures although life has yet to be discovered there.

Basically, this hypothetical creature has four legs, each with a large hardened toe at the end. Its face is fairly elongated, and they have eyes on the sides of their heads. To maintain their energy demands, they will have to graze on asteroids, and thus, they have large incisors capable of crushing rocks and minerals. The creature on average weighs 500 kilograms and is usually around 157.5 centimeters in height. Frequently, it is white in color, and hypothetically, it is analogous to mammals.

At the posterior end is a remarkable mechanism. Along with the twine-like tail is a bioluminiscent organ capable of emitting nearly the entire electromagnetic spectrum. To fly through space at FTL speeds, the chain reaction caused by the minerals the creature constantly ingests creates a massive amount of propulsion, concentrating this light beam in one direction. Humans would see this as a multi-colored light being emitted from the posterior end.

The creature also has a metallic horn-like protrusion on their foreheads capable of generating a field of sorts that bends the space-time continuum. This field protects it from micrometeors that would otherwise kill it, and it even creates a pocket of a gas mixture consisting of nitrogen and oxygen.

What sort of applications will it have? Well, there's lots of possibilities. The most obvious use is transportation, where an individual mounts onto its back and rides them to and from other planets. However, it can also be used as theme park attractions and even death match jousting.

I know, this may sound very hard to believe, but what makes the existence of this creature fairly promising is that a creature of similar proportions as the one described above actually exists on Earth itself. If you don't believe me, it's a fairly obscure species known as the Equus ferus caballus. I can't seem to find a picture at the moment, but I can assure you. It really does exist.

Who knows? What does evolution have in store for us? Could we be riding these creatures for ourselves in the near future? Perhaps we don't need a warp drive or solar sail after all. We can just use these creatures and finally step forward into the final frontier.