Re: Communication and Travel

You wrote: 

>Interstellar distances in FT.	Which brings up the question, how long 
would >it take for a major power to react to an invasion. Or for that 

As long as it takes a courier to slip past the enemy fleet and bring 
sensor scans. . . 

>sector and then it would seem to be an invasion.  How do planetary 
colonies >indicate that they are under attack if there are no ships 
around to relay >the message?  Perhaps evry system has at least a 
courier boat insystem?	

Again my Traveller-playing background comes into play.	I usually 
assume a regular network of small couriers (mail packet ships?).

John