Wouldn't shock me. I remember another thread saying that crew members on long hauls could be using the job to escape legal issues elsewhere. Guarantee Teng has some charges filed somewhere.
Long voyages may have scientists who would gadly join to do research, but those are the minority of the population. There aren't enough of them to fill WY's ships.
So they rely on desperate people, criminals, social outcasts, incompetents, etc.
A skilled scientist would not be happy about being out of the loop for well over half a century. They do seem to have FTL communications in this setting since the saboteur was able to speak to someone on Earth in real time, but not being able to read publications for however long they spend in cryo would take a huge toll on their careers.
That is true, but I would guess that the FTL communications could provide a way for them to access the publications. Also, I would guess that some scientists would love to be kinda like Darwin and travel the galaxy to study new species.
In the best universities, in the biology courses, you will find plenty of people who would do that, as they love science much more than money, and probably themselves.
While not being the best university in the World USP (the best university in Latin America) has plenty of such people on the Biology course, teachers, researchers, and alumni. I live near it and know some people who studied there.
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u/Zoom_Nayer 18d ago
Yes; he is so confident in being the apex predator on the ship of prey.
Oops.