Re: [FT universe] was [URL] ...

Tom Anderson wrote:

> secondly, why do caches, observation posts etc have to be in systems?
the > example given was of concealing a cache inside an 'iceball' (like
a
lump of comet > stuff, i assume; i've never heard this term before,
shame
on me). why not just build > the cache in deep space? an object a few
hundred metres on each side (allowing > for a big cache, all wrapped up
in mylar film or something), located half a lightyear > from any system,
is, if anything, better hidden than one in a comet fragment!  

It is. Unfortunately, unless your FTL equipments are *very* accurate
(which the GZG ones aren't) or your "hidden" cache has a powerful
omnidirectional beacon to allow your own ships to locate it (in which
case it won't stay hidden and secret for more than at most half a year -
better use it up fast), it'll be bloody difficult for your own ships to
find it as well. Star systems are harder to miss, like.

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@nacka.mail.telia.com

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