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Originally Posted by Maksutov
Here's the problem with a "Mars Defense Post" (drawing NTS):
You just always attack from the equivalent of direction "A", each time taking Mars out of the equation.
That's for two dimensions. If the attackers are really advanced, they'll attack from above or below the plane of the Solar System, once again taking Mars out of the equation every time. |
A lot of the stuff in this thread I agree with, but I'm going to nitpick this one since according to memory alpha (no I'm not admitting to knowing of it's existence, I'm not that big a geek, honestly!
) the reference was to a "
Mars defence perimeter" which could be acceptable if they were referring to a series of space stations or ships maintained in a sphere with a radius equivalent to approximately Mars orbit, something like that could quickly acquire the name the "Mars defence perimeter" to distinguish it from any other defence perimeters in the system, and would be as good a way of naming it as any (except maybe a numerical system starting from either the edge of the system or from Earth).
Great
, I never thought I'd see the day I started apologising for Star Trek. I'm normally too much of a Star Wars fan but I like both.