At 02:46 PM 12/2/98 -0800, Los wrote:

> At 02:46 PM 12/2/98 -0800, Los wrote:

I feel that you may be comparing apples to, say, iron ore. While it may be
true about secret jump points, etc. you can't argue that if this place were
attacked (which it clearly is), the logistics of resupply would be a
nightmare! We're talking over 20ly from NSL space. Of course, its your story
(and a good one, I might add).

It really depends on whether or not FTL travel time is proportional to the
distance from your starting point to your destination.

To use your example of African "colonization", the powers would land and claim
the whole continent as their own. Then they would typically explore until they
found others who had done the same. Where they met is where their areas of
influence ended. Occasionally wars would be fought to decide the boundaries,
and the side that won usually was at a strategic advantage due to their
configurations of power in the area, and their ability to resupply.

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> I picked LTT1583 becuase it's an actual place.Is there an actual star

Probably not. I just put a '+' where you had a '-'. Sorry, but I don't
have a star survey data set handy. I was just trying to put it somewhere a
little closer to NSL space.

> If we were talking about a Universe where there are jump points ala

You mean kinda like drawing "lines in the sand"? Personally, I would try to
think of them as "volumes of influence". Basically they would be areas in
which a power would be at a strategic advantage over its neighbours due to
shorter supply lines.

In any event, I was just trying to give you a suggestion to think about. I'll
put Rot Hafen wherever you want it. Period.

> Los
Later,