Re: Communication and Travel

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>If there is no interstellar communications, then the fastest way to get
>word out is a small fast ship. (Lots of work for the scouts).

You could also assume some sort of FTL message missile, similar to those
in
MT. I've wrote something up some time ago for my own fiendish delight.
Anyone else interested ?

>How fast could a scout get to the next system.  Consider a scout going
>from Alpha Centari to Sol (a distance of over 4 light years, I think).
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The skeleton campaing rules in FT (pg34) give speed of 6 LY per week for
standard military vessels.

Schoon