Re: Space Lanes? (was Re: [OT] Sea Lanes was: Liberals )

On or about Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 11:18:09AM -0400,
laserlight@quixnet.net typed:

>Something like:
>"All ships departing Sirius, arriving Sol, must arrive within Traffic
>Control Zone 14.

I wasn't thinking of that quite as much as the mid-points of the jump
chains. Say that Nakamura Lines operates a variety of ships between
Alpha Centauri and Sol, and that this takes seven successive jumps. It
makes sense to say that there's a particular section of space designated
as "the first jump out of Alpha-C", which all their ships will aim for -
so when a ship doesn't arrive at Sol, Nakamura's other traffic can look
in those jump zones (where it would be anyway) rather than having no
idea where the missing ship might be.

So, Vito's Wealth Redistribution Service Inc. bribes somebody at
Nakamura to get the locations of those jump zones, puts a ship out there
(running silent), and pounces on the first decent target it sees. Once
that happens, of course, Nakamura will change all its navigational data,
so Vito's had better wait for a worthwhile prize.

Roger