Absolute Zero

I don't think the space jockey ship will actively move at a rate faster than light, but I do think that its temperature will reduce to absolute zero, or close to. This would explain the stormy weather, and seeming insta-frost in the atmosphere. This would also be an example of a highly evolved cryogenic sleep. The seat the space jockey sits in would act as a cocoon, protecting it from the inhospitable temperature surrounding it. If absolute zero, or a temperature close to, is the approach the space jockeys take to time travel, their position in the universe would become fixed, and everything else would move around them. This jump would be almost instantaneous. The space jockey technology will probably be some sort of teleportation, which would require time travel as a positioning system. If the ship can't go faster than light, it can slow down so dramatically, that the universe travels faster than light compared to it. If this were to happen, time and space would reverse, and the final position of whatever had slowed would be uncertain, and would therefore require time travel to determine the spacial coordinates of its final position. Even if the Space Jockey ship were to dip to absolute zero for a second, its position in the universe change dramatically. The distance traveled would depend upon the speed and direction in which universe travels as a whole. The map room in the space jockey ship displays an immense, moving visualization of the universe. This map might be able to calculate a final position. The issue isn't so much actively time traveling, but laying dormant, allowing everything else time travel instead. One final note, the space jockey ship would need to be in space to reach absolute zero quickly, while not disturbing other materials. ALSO, the outside of the space jockey ship looks like a refrigerator coil. The entire ship could be a giant compressor of some kind. http://www.dedoimedo.com/physics/zero.html ~ Absolute Zero reading material.