Also a lot people would notice if a colonized planet just wasn't there one day.Shadowcat wrote:Tiel....You just, Ended space mining....Evil bird....
And cloaking a whole planet is quite possible, You just need a LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT of energy then all that's needed is a field that bends light around the planet.
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"Haaay Joe, wasn't there a planet there a few months ago?"catsonmeth wrote:Also a lot people would notice if a colonized planet just wasn't there one day.Shadowcat wrote:Tiel....You just, Ended space mining....Evil bird....
And cloaking a whole planet is quite possible, You just need a LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT of energy then all that's needed is a field that bends light around the planet.
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Mines wouldn't send out much of a signature anyway.
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I would hope a floating trap based explosive wouldn't broadcast its position to everyone, but in all seriousness all the features sound like a "this counters this on this level to this level base".catsonmeth wrote:Mines wouldn't send out much of a signature anyway.
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Thats why you attach engines to the cloaked planet, move it out of the way and leave a planet hologram generator there with enough power to last for a week.catsonmeth wrote:Also a lot people would notice if a colonized planet just wasn't there one day.Shadowcat wrote:Tiel....You just, Ended space mining....Evil bird....
And cloaking a whole planet is quite possible, You just need a LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT of energy then all that's needed is a field that bends light around the planet.
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Then it disappears again in a week.Shadowcat wrote:Thats why you attach engines to the cloaked planet, move it out of the way and leave a planet hologram generator there with enough power to last for a week.catsonmeth wrote:Also a lot people would notice if a colonized planet just wasn't there one day.Shadowcat wrote:Tiel....You just, Ended space mining....Evil bird....
And cloaking a whole planet is quite possible, You just need a LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT of energy then all that's needed is a field that bends light around the planet.
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Yes but then no one knows where the planet is then.
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LOL go to land on a planet instead go right through it
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you do know that sensors should be able to find out the difference between a planet and a hologramm?Shadowcat wrote:Thats why you attach engines to the cloaked planet, move it out of the way and leave a planet hologram generator there with enough power to last for a week.catsonmeth wrote:Also a lot people would notice if a colonized planet just wasn't there one day.Shadowcat wrote:Tiel....You just, Ended space mining....Evil bird....
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You can fix this by scattering metal chips around where the world was as to create a false ping. This strategy was used by the Allies to draw German forces away from the landing sites during the D-day operations.Commander Error wrote:Radar detects solid objects. Planets are solid. Holos are not.
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You'd definitely be able to recognize... Why are we even doing this? How would you actually move a planet anyway?
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you know, long range mass spectrometers will propably be able to find out about that pretty soon.Tunnelthunder wrote:You can fix this by scattering metal chips around where the world was as to create a false ping. This strategy was used by the Allies to draw German forces away from the landing sites during the D-day operations.Commander Error wrote:Radar detects solid objects. Planets are solid. Holos are not.
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We were going on radar, which is easy to fool.Ivan2006 wrote:you know, long range mass spectrometers will propably be able to find out about that pretty soon.Tunnelthunder wrote:You can fix this by scattering metal chips around where the world was as to create a false ping. This strategy was used by the Allies to draw German forces away from the landing sites during the D-day operations.Commander Error wrote:Radar detects solid objects. Planets are solid. Holos are not.
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You know that the metal pieces don´t distract radar, but scramble all readings, making the incoming whoever quite suspicious.Tunnelthunder wrote:We were going on radar, which is easy to fool.Ivan2006 wrote:you know, long range mass spectrometers will propably be able to find out about that pretty soon.Tunnelthunder wrote: You can fix this by scattering metal chips around where the world was as to create a false ping. This strategy was used by the Allies to draw German forces away from the landing sites during the D-day operations.
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