[Pegasus V]

Do you think life has been increased or enhanced somewhat in the time of FS? For example, what do you think the average life expectancy of someone would be in the 24th century? I believe around 140yo or so with all the medical breakthroughs. When you are 50, you have the physical abilities/appearance of someone that is 30, when you are 80, you have the physical abilities/appearance of 45, etc, so aging is decreased.

That means, if you were born in 2315, you would have been 20 during the Great War, and 52 (still having the abilities of a 30 yo) during the second Shivan encounter... What I'm saying is that we could still be the same person that we're playing in FS2 as we were in FS1... Just a thought.

Another thing I was thinking about was that wouldn't we have opened communications with Sol during our inability to use the node? Radio waves travel at the speed of light, so if a communications station was situated in the Alpha Centauri system, they could send a message that would be received 4.5 years later, and a reply in 9 years.

Another thing, everyone is making these campaigns were when we reopen the Sol jump node, they are all at war with us... Why would they do this? What could they possibly gain out of it?

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[Sandwich]

 

Originally posted by Pegasus V:
Another thing I was thinking about was that wouldn't we have opened communications with Sol during our inability to use the node? Radio waves travel at the speed of light, so if a communications station was situated in the Alpha Centauri system, they could send a message that would be received 4.5 years later, and a reply in 9 years.

Thought about that one already. Since it isn't mentioned in FS2, we must assume that it was tried and failed. It may have failed for a number of reasons, and I don't see any way that the GTVA would have been able to tell which reason was the real one. There could be heavy radiation interference that would prevent radio waves from either reaching Sol or from returning from there. Or there could simply be nobody at the other end to respond. After all, condisering how much the GTVA knows about how the Big L got into Ross 128 the first time, the Shivans might have reached Earth, destroyed all resistance, and passed on.

However, there is an alternative to radio waves. I explore that alternative in this mission and in the bit of fiction I wrote up and included in the ZIP file. Enjoy!  


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[Nico]

 

Originally posted by sandwich:
After all, condisering how much the GTVA knows about how the Big L got into Ross 128 the first time, the Shivans might have reached Earth, destroyed all resistance, and passed on.

No, it is said in FS2 that the GTVA knows the lucifer is destroyed thanx to trnsmissions recorded just prior to the collapsing of the node.

[DragonClaw]

 

Originally posted by sandwich:
this mission and in the bit of fiction I wrote up and included in the ZIP file. Enjoy!  

You forgot to add [shameless p1mp][/shameless p1mp]  



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[joek]

Well I know I have my own [pimp]reason in my campaign[/pimp] why we haven't heard from Sol... but I did bring up the question about radio waves from Alpha Centari once before (I think over that the VBB... but we know what's become of that place).

But when I thought about it, maybe it could also be the lack of power behind the radio waves. I mean look how much power stars generate, but from Earth it's all the power we receive is just a speck of light. Maybe you can't get a good and clear radio signal across that distance with a power-supply strong enough like a star. Maybe.

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[Eishtmo]

It's probably something as simple as not knowing what station to tune in to.

Of course, the better reason is secrecy.  Command doesn't want to tell the popluation the truth, whatever that might be.  It could result in chaos and revolution.  Its likely more politicaly than technological.  Besides, 4.5 years is a hell of a lag.

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[Sandwich]

 

Originally posted by venom2506:
No, it is said in FS2 that the GTVA knows the lucifer is destroyed thanx to trnsmissions recorded just prior to the collapsing of the node.

No, what I meant was that the manner in which the big L got into Ross 128 was unknown, probably an unstable jump node. Therefore, the Shivans could have reached Sol via an unstable node...



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[Pegasus V]

What about the lifespan though?

[Setekh]

Nanomachines and genotherapy, suckas.  

I wonder how long it'll be till we can control that sort of stuff and distribute it cheaply and efficiently. I know, seems impossible/unfeasibly far away - but that's what we said about modelling for FS2, and look at what Venom and Aldo are doing...  



[This message has been edited by Setekh (edited 09-12-2001).]