re: JUNGLE PATROL

- --- KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:

> Certainly, if the primitives have fire, that would
> stand out on
> thermal/IR scanners carried by UAVs or satellites.
> Without fire, things
> might be a bit more iffy.

depends if the surveying ship takes the time for such a detailed scan of
the
entire planetary surface or just the area surrounding the points of
interest
at the time.

which is another idea for a scenario....

a survey report leaves out important tidbits, and a small military
listening
outpost lands and sets up not knowing that carnivorous plants feed at
dawn/dusk.  or xenophobic unga-bungas mercilessly kill anyone who sets
foot
on their "holy ground", etc.

Dave