Originally Posted by
ildarin
Maybe that's not so unreasonable.
I'm convinced that they ran into Captain Vanderdecken and are now doomed to try to round Cape Horn until they can pass the baton to someone else.
Many (or most) people cannot tolerate disequilibration (not knowing or understanding) so they fill the void with anything so long at is some kind of answer. Zombies aircraft and jet-swallowing black holes gives you a sense of how desparate that need can be.