Re: Letters of marque

I don't think we've spotted a belt - that'd almost have to be an optical

observation since it wouldn't perturb the star by enough to be
detectable.

Sure. We *could* use one rock on the table, but that's boring. Boring. I

have no problem with the occasional dense debris field of some sort for 
story purposes or just plain dramatic effect. I note that while lots of 
people complain about the asteroid scenes from ESB, nobody seems to have

a problem with the mynocs or - god help us - the giant space slug Our 
Heroes flew into. And landed on. In. Whatever.

I also note that Larry Holland's X-Wing games did feature the occasional

asteroid field, they weren't quite so close as to be major collision 
hazards in a dogfight. make of that what you may.

Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:

>G'day,
>
>>If you're in the Star Wars universe, yes.  If you're in the 
>>real world, you can simulate a dense asteroid field as follows:
>>Flip a coin.	If it lands on heads, place one rock on the 
>>table--something about the size of the head of a pin is about 
>>right.  If it lands on tails, no rock.  If it lands on edge, 
>>two rocks.
>>
>
>Assuming all asteroid fields are like the one in this solar system.
Mind you
>with the advances in planet finding they may have spotted one from
another
>solar system by now - Indy?
>
>OK I'm playing devils advocate, but its worth a thought ;)
>
>Beth
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