Re: [GZG] Shipping sheep [TOBECLASSIFIED] [SEC=PERSONAL]

Wouldn't you also have to factor in - no direct routes - the freighter 
making multiple stops to load and unload cargo.

Gravity
Eggs, well don't they just break like eggs...

Thrusting something like that up out of gravity will require special 
packing, (a lot of effort and weight/bulk), otherwise, well you have
just 
packed one grat big omlette. The same might go for thrusting - though
rapid 
thrust changes shouldn't occur on a civilian freighter.

Next you might have to worry about quarintine issues, like all fresh
produce 
it may need to be held in quarintine for a period of time to make sure
no 
nasties are present (Eggs for example are banned from importation in 
Australia because of quarintine issues, unless you have special permits,
or 
the goods can be treated to make it safe).

This means that the price of a egg would be worth a lot - especially if
it 
was a fresh egg.

Robyn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robertson, Brendan" <Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au>
To: <gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [GZG] Shipping sheep [TOBECLASSIFIED] [SEC=PERSONAL]

> Part of that was the longer civilian routes compared to the military
> routes.  Due to the vagueries & dangers of hyperspace, some routes
were
> military only (and some of those were only known to the Minbari & not
> Earthforce).
>
> The B5P RPG has some very good maps of the routes used; from memory
the
> civilian route was nearly 2 weeks & the military route about 5 days.
>
> Brendan
> 'Neath Southern Skies
> http://home.pacific.net.au/~southernsk/
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: On Behalf
>> Of Mike Stanczyk
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [GZG] Shipping sheep [TO BE CLASSIFIED]
>>
>> On Mon, 19 May 2008, Indy wrote:
>>
>> > Yeah, but on Babylon 5, you can't get eggs shipped out to Epsilon
>> > Eridani very easily (never could figure that one out).
>>
>> I thought that was due to the freshness problem vs mass.  I
>> can ship 1 dozen eggs fresh or prepacked freeze dried egg
>> powder 30 dozen in the same space.
>> Then the eggs are only good for a week or two of shipping
>> while the powder is good for two to three months...
>>
>> B5 didn't define the difference between military and civilian
>> travel very well.  It took the White Star 48 hours to jump
>> from B5 to Earth, but I don't remember if we were told
>> directly how long a civilian cargo transport would take.
>>
>> Mike
>
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