Re: [OFFICIAL] Some FT background stuff (guidelines for writers) - LONG POST!

At 11:55 2/11/98, Brian Burger wrote:
>One idea I kind of like is the idea of FTL comms being possible, but
>hugely power-intensive, to the extent that only large, dedicated
stations
>can mount FTL comms, therefore only larger or vital colonies have the

Rather like ComStar in the BattleTech universe... a good compromise,
methinks. :)

>things - the rest of the colonies and all fleets make do with couriers,
>probably following some sort of semi-regular scheduale - interstellar
>postman, anyone?

Provided it's not Kevin Costner. :P

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