Re: [GZG] Shipping sheep

You mean to tell me that in all the space on B5,nobody thought to import
and
keep a few hens for laying?

-Eli

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From: gzg-l-bounces@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu
[mailto:gzg-l-bounces@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of john
tailby
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:24 PM
To: gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [GZG] Shipping sheep

Jump speed was directly proportional to plot needs.

it only took the White Star ~24 hours to make it to Za Ha Dun yet it
took 
the Icarus months
>> 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.

Agreed, it was noted that you could get Salami and preserved meats but
not 
fresh stuff. 

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