The first faster than light ships carried inorganic cargo. The time dilation field was hazardous for regular organic material. But eventually, we invented a shielding system that worked. Colonizing the planets, and then the stars came soon after. Communication methods were performed by a fleet of Messenger drones. It was weird hearing about catastrophic experiments with fusion on a star. You could clearly see in the night sky, but knowing that some scientists bungled the math and set off a supernova. Well, we won’t see it for another few thousand years, but still, it’s pretty to look at out there.