It may be worth it to remember that the travelers have an effective velocity that is FTL. If they reach 98% c, they will arrive at their location in about 1/5 the time (their clocks only), just as if they were travleing about 5x the speed of light.

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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.