(urth) STL vs FTL

[thalassocrat at nym.hush.com]

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:01:52 +1100 Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> 
wrote:
>
>Possible - Typhon's "dry" dialogue indicates he is familiar with 
>some 
>form of suspended animation that might allow STL travel between 
>multiple 
>stars by a particular person, but there still needs to be time for 

>the 
>news of Typhon's need to travel to many worlds and the various 
>doctors 
>from each of them to travel back with enough time left to perform 
>the 
>procedure.  Typhon's natural lifetime could have been extended by 
>divers 
>means, but given his face orientation, it seems unlikely he would 
>have 
>hibernated while on Urth, waiting for the physicians to arrive.

And also: how could he have been the ruler of many worlds without 
some kind of FTL travel?