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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Aug 8, 2009 14:58:09 GMT -5
She sighs, and presses a couple of buttons on her console.
"Do you know anything about astronavigation?"
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Post by Mad Cat on Aug 9, 2009 19:55:12 GMT -5
"i hardly flew a ship on space , but i did use a hovercraft to get around on my planet..."
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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Aug 10, 2009 12:56:50 GMT -5
"Oh? Air cushion or antigrav?"
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Post by Mad Cat on Aug 20, 2009 0:51:23 GMT -5
"uh...antigravity hover cycle"
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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Aug 22, 2009 1:17:42 GMT -5
"Mm. Probably not relevant to this discussion, but useful to know. Nothing about astronavigation?"
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Post by Mad Cat on Sept 1, 2009 8:01:26 GMT -5
"nope, sorry, i was mostly on the ground searching for old relics and ancient stuff"
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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Sept 1, 2009 14:10:44 GMT -5
"Oh well. I'll ask you the same thing I asked Indiana anyway. I'm certainly not getting anywhere like this. What does most of space consist of?"
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Post by Mad Cat on Sept 2, 2009 7:39:21 GMT -5
Arius starts pondering and scratches his head
"Stars?"
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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Sept 4, 2009 1:28:47 GMT -5
"No. Guess again."
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Post by Mad Cat on Sept 9, 2009 0:43:06 GMT -5
Arius starts scratching his chin
"Planets?"
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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Sept 21, 2009 16:44:20 GMT -5
OOC: Sorry for the delay. Just moved house.
"You're thinking the wrong way. What fills most of the space in a balloon?"
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Post by Mad Cat on Sept 27, 2009 3:47:55 GMT -5
Arius gasps
" Empty space!"
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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Sept 28, 2009 0:44:22 GMT -5
"That is the answer to the original question, yes. The next question is a little bit harder. Given that space is mostly empty, which bits do we actually concern ourselves with in astro navigation?"
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Post by Mad Cat on Sept 28, 2009 12:08:11 GMT -5
"stars and planets?"
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Post by Brian the Flying Penguin on Sept 28, 2009 14:37:00 GMT -5
"Basically right. Stars aren't actually very important. 95% of astronavigation only deals with travel between inhabited worlds. 19 out of 20 systems don't have small rocky worlds, let alone habitable ones. They mostly get ignored."
She presses a button on the display and you see a three dimensional model of the UAC's primary trades routes. Important systems are shown by their government's crest. Small points of light show uninhabited systems. Toad controlled space is highlighted green, cold blood space in purple.
"Last question. Given that we know they aren't operating out of the system of a UAC member world, that the Toads have as much trouble with them as we do and that the cold bloods wouldn't tolerate the competition, where are the damned pirates?"
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