On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Greg Nokes <xxxxxx@nokes.name> wrote:

> Adam Quark would be scared!

+1 geezer ref

> Not that a small hunk of junk
> is going to jump in system, and disgorge fiery death and marines on the
> system. So we can safely ignore it for this discussion.

As long as it stays waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out in the boonies,
nobody much cares.

Well, maybe they care, but not enough to send something to check it out.

Unless, of course, there is something close by that can put a passive
sensor on it.

Or unless it starts heading in-system.

> Fleets popping out of hyperspace above my capital
> make for poor storytelling.

Or exciting storytelling.  YMMV.

More exciting if one of the ships ends up embedded *in* your capital
due to jumping REAL CLOSE to the planet.  Unless you're on that
ship...

 Dan

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