I thought the emphasis in A Deepness in the Sky was that high-tech civilisations always collapse - ubiquitous surveillance often being part of that collapse?
Also, humans could achieve superluminal travel - but its where they are (the Slow Zone) that creates this limit. Of course, its fairly clear that the On/Off system is actually in a bubble of the Transcend...
Also, humans could achieve superluminal travel - but its where they are (the Slow Zone) that creates this limit. Of course, its fairly clear that the On/Off system is actually in a bubble of the Transcend...