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

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?

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					Jon
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