Re: Radio Waves (was: RE: FTL: ON TOPIC ADDED)

Deeply in Love with Dot wrote:
> 
> At 13:42 18/09/97 +1000, you wrote:
> >>The *only* problem with the radio waves idea is....space is fraught
> >>with radio waves already. Stars, nebulae, whole galaxies give off
> >>a lot of radio waves.
> >>It would kinda suck to be susceptible to radio waves when your
parent
> >>star tends to emit those sort of things...
> >Well, how about a race that evolved on a planet whose atmoshpere was
> >particularly good at screening out radio waves?  When they leave
their
> >planet, they need shielded ships or be subject to the detrimental
effects of
> >the background radio-wave bombardment..  In a universe as big as
ours, this
> >may not be too far fetched.
> This is another one that's getting FAR away from Ground Zero games if
you
> don't mind folks..
> 
> Say a race *is* susceptible to radio waves which casue them some harm
or
> injury (say the way Microwaves would hurt humans). What way would it
be
> implemented? Beam weapons? Satellite systems (imagine a satellite with
a
> footprint like Sky's european coverage, but it kills.. ouch.) And if
so,
> are there any possible countermeasures?
> 

a counter waves emmited from the target, designed to disrupt the
incoming radio waves...

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