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Re: [B7L] Speed freaks?
by Anna Simpson 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

At 13:06 08/01/02 +0000, you wrote: >Anna wrote: >>Orac places the main computer at 'seven meters due west of the entrance' in >>Moloch, and uses meters again in Headhunter. > >Does Orac ever use yards? ie is he more likely to use metric >measurements than imperial? Orac never uses yards, but he uses miles in Orac. (But while checking, I noticed a slight mistake--the second reference to meters was in Power, not Headhunter.) Looking at other imperial measurements, inchs are alive and well. Tarrant asks for every inch of the ship searched in Powerplay, Orac refers to cubic inches in DotG, and Servalan comments of Tarrant's shooting skills at a distance on one inch in Sand. Centimeters, by contrast, are never mentioned. Examining miles more closely, they are used by Orac, Slave and the Crew, Servalan and Travis, and various other Ferderation minions and neutrals. Slave sets the initial orbit in Traitor at 40 miles above the surface, and 10 miles in Orbit. (The rendevous between the shuttle and Scorpio at the end of Orbit is set at 300 miles, rather more than the initial 10.) How any of this relates to the '1000 spacials' traditional for Liberator is unclear. It's more than possible that Scorpio sits in a much closer orbit, being a very much smaller ship and thus presumably less detectable. Knots (nautical miles per hour) are also in Orbit, by Egrorian, in their traditional role as a measure of airspeed. That is the only speed reference I could find which wasn't Time Distort or Standard By. >Harriet love Anna

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RE: Re: [B7L] space is big ...
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

"Ellynne G." <rilliara(a)juno.com> wrote: >From what little I know of astronomy, I long ago concluded that B7 occurs >in an alternate universe. Earth evolved the same, but the galaxy as we >know it seems to be radically different (ie, smaller). > >Skipping Travis' comment about how many galaxies he'd chased Blake >through (either he knew the ship was bugged and was posing for a good >sound bite, or 'galaxy' has an alternate meaning [either a political >division (like states and counties) or else it's the name of a fast food >restuarant chain]), the area seems pretty small. > >1) Every solar system people enter by chance seems to have a habitable >planet. Even if they only try to enter systems with a sun similiar to >ours, that suggests a high number of habitable worlds within a short >distance of Earth. > <snip> As we have the question 'what planet are you from' perhaps 'they' have 'what galaxy are you from?' and Travis 'borrowed' the idea Jacqui -- __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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Re: [B7L] Starfleet Ball
by Nic Mayer 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

From: Steve Rogerson <steve.rogerson(a)mcr1.poptel.org.uk> > Starfleet Ball is only a month away (8-10 February, Bournemouth, UK) > with Jan and Sally among the guests: > I'm going. Who else on list is planning on being there? I will definitely be there on the Saturday, depending on how I feel after that I may or may not go back on the Sunday. Nic General (USMC) - Danny's Girls www.paranoidangel.freeserve.co.uk Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.

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Re: Speed freaks?
by Betty Ragan 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

Dana wrote: > Cf. Where am I going, and how did I get into this handbasket? I think that'd make a good motto for the series, actually. :) -- Betty Ragan ** bragan(a)nrao.edu ** http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~bragan Not speaking for my employers, officially or otherwise. "Seeing a rotten picture for the special effects is like eating a tough steak for the smothered onions..." -- Isaac Asimov

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Space is Big...
by Dana Shilling 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

Actually, a "space hour" sorta makes sense. I bet that it's a regret* of a light year--i.e., a space hour is the distance you can go in one hour at Standard. -(Y) *A small part. Demonstrably.

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Speed freaks?
by Sally M 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

I have a feeling there isn't an answer, so am inviting speculation and ideas and pure guesses ... how fast *is* 'standard' speed? Not as set-in-concrete terms, but, say, as a believable general idea one could use to build a story around, were one building it around a journey between planets. I mean, the time it takes them to go from one place to the other (including trips supposedly half-way across the galaxy!) varies all over the place on-screen. Are there any particular episodes you'd give more weight to as evidence than others? Any takers? _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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Re: [B7L] Re: Female Characters - Kasabi it is.
by Ellynne G. 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:56:07 +0000 Harriet Monkhouse <hflysator(a)jarriere.demon.co.uk> writes: > David wrote: > > Servalan was a cadet under Kasabi's tutelage during Veron's > lifetime; > > I think not; it's a lot more difficult to escape with a baby than > alone, > or when slightly pregnant. > -- Not necessarily. Oh, sure, fleeing ahead of armed troops, it's not the way to go. But, if you're trying to look innocent while passing a particular check point or if you need the sympathy of a guard, the mother and child thing has been shown to work in the past. Granted, there've been some pretty ugly incidents where it obviously didn't. However, it seems like most variables would have been in Kasabi's favor IF she took off before an official hunt had heated up (if they'd been sent to arrest her, for example, but official check points hadn't been warned to be on the lookout). She was an officer, probably with authorization to leave the domes. She may have passed guards who knew her. Aside from her rank and identity, she would have looked an acted like an Alpha citizen, a caste many guards would have had an ingrained respect for. Add in a small, helpless child, and (especially if they could do so safely or with minimal personal danger) it's not unlikely that some guards would have been able to put their suspicions aside - and it's probable Kasabi would have had a better than average chance of knowing where she was most likely to find a sympathetic guard stationed. Ellynne ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

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Star Hunter
by Nico Mody-Nikoloff 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

Some people have asked about Star Hunter. I did a search on the web and found it's a Canadian show. I could find details of only one season. If you're interested, here's a description I found. There's a character called Travis! As it's on between Andromeda and Lexx, I'll tape it and see what it's like. I won't hold my breath though... Nico Star Hunter description from the web: Star Hunter is a space-based action/adventure drama series with an attitude. The series takes place in the dangerous frontier of space where there aren't many rules, and few to enforce the ones there are. The year is 2275. Earth has more or less successfully colonized the entire solar system. But our reach has surpassed our grasp. As in the American 'Old West', the "law of the land" is spotty and unreliable. Things are dangerous out there.it has become the Wild West of outer space. As the colonies continuously push further and further out from Earth, lawlessness and crime expand right along. With the vast distances between Earth and its colonies, the abilities of basic policing services are maxed out. The use of private forces like bounty hunters, known as 'starhunters', has become common practice. Their job: to bring to justice, for the monetary reward, the epidemic of criminals terrorizing the colonies. On Star Hunter, Bounty Hunter Dante Montana along with his niece Percy and his mysterious munitions expert Lucrectia, (Luc) and their holographic first mate, Caravaggio take their aging hunter ship, The Tulip, in pursuit of dangerous interplanetary criminals. What the Dante Montana doesn't realize though, is that one of his crew members, Luc, is a Covert operative working for an organization called The Orchard. The Orchard is run by Luc's father, Darius. Darius and Luc are privy to the fact that scientists have discovered a sequence of four specific genes called the Divinity Cluster, which, at some point in the history of human evolution, were purposefully hidden by aliens within the human genome. Various criminals in space, particularly the ones for whom Dante is hunting, are trying to bridle the power of these genes and profit from any scientific exploitation of them. Luc knows that 2 of the genes are beneficial to the evolution of the human species, but the other 2 are detrimental to it. By working with Dante as a bounty hunter, Luc has access to criminals who might be involved in the exploitation of the Divinity Cluster genes. The greatest evil force is a group known as The Raiders, Dante Montana's archenemies. Ten years earlier, they stole Dante's son, Travis and killed his wife, Penny along with his niece Percy's parents. While Percy and Dante have accepted the deaths, Dante roams the galaxy in search of Travis whom he believes is still alive and living amongst the Raiders. The true purpose of the Divinity Cluster is, so far, a mystery. But, behind the scenes on Star Hunter, competing covert forces are waging a desperate war to unlock and control the secrets of this powerful, mind-shattering knowledge.

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Re: [B7L] space is big ...
by Ellynne G. 07 Jan '02

07 Jan '02

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Re: [B7L] Star Hunter
by Ellynne G. 07 Jan '02

07 Jan '02

Did I get that right? _Penny_ is the name of _Travis'_ mother? Am I alone in thinking the Dreadful One has some explaining to do? Ellynne ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

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