we talk a lot about ohhhh what if my calling is to be the greatest mammoth hunter ever and I’m wasting my talents in the modern era but we never think about what if Thog from 30,000 BCE was the only person ever born who could get a sub-7min Donkey Kong Country any%, and he never got the chance. what about thog
When FTL jumping into an underdeveloped planetary system, preferred inserion point is 100… sorry, 144, solar diameters above the clockwise rotational pole. South, I think you call it?
Preferred holding orbit is polar, as it tends to be less used by satellites, but slow enough that one should be able to figure things out before risking observation
Uh, the insertion point need not be extremely precise - nobody expects a ship to put itself through proto quasar conditions. Or, you stop around the gun barrel, not in its path, and your orbit takes you further away. Hints at your departure and destinations, while not giving them away.
Even unclaimed systems may have observation posts, so following normal expectations keeps people from questioning intents too much.
Not humans. People. Sappy-whatevers.
No we decided that word was stupid after you all made up Ents. Entirely independently.
When FTL jumping into an underdeveloped planetary system, preferred inserion point is 100… sorry, 144, solar diameters above the clockwise rotational pole. South, I think you call it?
Preferred holding orbit is polar, as it tends to be less used by satellites, but slow enough that one should be able to figure things out before risking observation
Uh, the insertion point need not be extremely precise - nobody expects a ship to put itself through proto quasar conditions. Or, you stop around the gun barrel, not in its path, and your orbit takes you further away. Hints at your departure and destinations, while not giving them away.
Even unclaimed systems may have observation posts, so following normal expectations keeps people from questioning intents too much.
I finished making the Space 1999 Alpha Moonbase quilt.
When FTL jumping into an underdeveloped planetary system, preferred inserion point is 100… sorry, 144, solar diameters above the clockwise rotational pole. South, I think you call it?
Preferred holding orbit is polar, as it tends to be less used by satellites, but slow enough that one should be able to figure things out before risking observation
