[GZG] [FT] PAU-IF Invasion route

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http://lists.csua.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gzg-lThe PAU & the IF
are closer that it appears on the Full Thrust Empire Map...
http://www.projectrho.com/ft/FTLinkMap.gif  

The Pan-African Union & the Islamic Federation look to be on opposite
sides of the known universe, but it's an abstraction caused by a 3-D map
rendered in 2-D.  

Using the GZG star list with planetary data...
http://wam.umd.edu/~ddr/  

I found the listings for the PAU & the IF.  Only 2 systems are listed
for the PAU & 5 of 6 for the IF.  I'm guessing that system Gl 370 is
marked on the Empire Map as New Zimbabwe.  And that the systems of the
Islamic Federation are Gl 438, Gl 506, LTT 5455, Gl 453, & Gl 432 A. 
Using a trig equation provided by Winchel Chung...

DIST=SQRT[ (X1-X2)^2 + (Y1-Y2)^2 + (Z1-Z2)^2 ]	 

I found that Gl 370 (New Zimbabwe) & Gl 438 (New Persia - I think) are
only 3.4 parsecs from eachother.  If I'm wrong, the next nearest is Gl
432 A, which is 3.85 parsecs.  Both are only 2-3 jumps away for military
ships.	

As always, I invite your comments.  

JBrewer@webtv.net  

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