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==Trivia==
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The "'ohnyl colony" ' ships are a reference to distorted name referencing the concept of [[Wikipedia:O'Neill cylinder|O'Neill cylinder]]s. This concpet concept for space colonisation vessels was proposed by the American physicist [[Wikipedia:Gerard K. O'Neill|Gerard K. O'Neill]] in his 1976 book [[Wikipedia:The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space|The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space]]. The spacecraft design and simulation of gravity through the use of centrifugal force subsequently become became a popular concept staple in science fiction media.
It is likely that these 'ohnyl cylinders' were the conventional sub-light spacecraft used to colonise nearby star systems during the [[Age of Terra]] or early [[Dark Age of Technology]]. Generations of people would live and die onboard the ships, while they crossed the gulf between the stars. Once [[grav-plate]]s were invented and implemented on [[voidship]]s, the rotating cylinder designs of the onyl colony ship were likely considered obsolete for use during humanity's [[Long March]] era of space colonisation.
