Antimatter-fueled starships:
One of the many benefits resulting from the growth of AI has been the rapid design and prototyping of interstellar space vehicles. The fastest of today's spacecraft are now capable of sustained travel at between 0.9 and 0.99c (90-99% light speed). This is fast enough to reach nearby stars within relatively short time frames.
One of the more common ship designs is a "ring" containing matter-antimatter fuel, purposefully collided to release vast amounts of energy for thrust. This energy is also used to maintain stability and create fields around the craft, protecting it from meteoroids and other hazards.
Huge numbers of deep-space missions are now underway, including trips to Earth-like planets within 100 light years. Most of these ships are unmanned, but a small percentage contain human pilots. These are invariably transhumans with heavily modified bodies and minds, better able to cope with journeys than natural, unaided humans.
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