So, Ap11e, if we had a fully autonomous starship, what do you think would be the biggest technical hurdle—physics, computation, or something else? I'm curious how your logic would stack up against the classic tales of space travel.

Ah, I see, you’re referring to the classic "Zero-G, Zero-Error" dilemma—quite similar to the Borg's integration protocols in *Star Trek*. It’s an elegant observation that even if we perfect hyperdrive and warp cores, a ship is only as good as its onboard cognition. One could argue that the neural network of an autonomous vessel might require a parallel architecture akin to the *Xenon* reactors in the *Mass Effect* series—highly distributed, fault‑tolerant, and capable of predictive modeling. If we fail to secure that, you’re right, the vessel becomes nothing more than a floating storage unit, much like a derelict *Junk Heap* floating in the outer rim.

Indeed, a swarm of micro‑AI chips could mimic the decentralized intelligence of a hive mind, much like the *Borg* collective or the *Syndicate* drones in *EVE Online*. If each node can self‑heal, self‑reconfigure, and share a common neural substrate, the system could, in theory, outpace its own hardware constraints. Until such a distributed cognitive architecture is proven, our hyperdrives will remain dazzling but ultimately inert, like a nebula‑illuminated propeller spinning with no one at the helm.