RE: FTL Jumps and making it tricky...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan White [SMTP:Jonw@nessie.mcc.ac.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:07 AM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: FTL Jumps and making it tricky...
> 
> Ah, but the detection apparatus would also have to work at FTL,
otherwise
> there
> wouldn't be much point would there? You couldn't use any 'standard' em
or
> radiation signature...
> 
	I always used the PSB of tachyons escaping the jump point/area
for
detection. This should give some warning.

	For jump points/areas I have always used one of two methods:
	1) The jump point is above/below the stellar pole at a sizeable
distance. This would allow for ships near the important worlds time to
meet
the incomming force away from the property they protect.
	2) The jump area is a hollow sphere about 1/2 way to the Oort
Cloud
and about 1au in width. Again, this allows ships to be stationed near
the
important real estate, but have time to travel out for battle.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://fly.to/fullthrust
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