Planetary Defenses

[cats]

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.

Also a lot people would notice if a colonized planet just wasn't there one day.

[CaptainSporatic]

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.

Also a lot people would notice if a colonized planet just wasn't there one day.

"Haaay Joe, wasn't there a planet there a few months ago?"
"Well... yeah."
"Where'd it go then?"
"Ya know... kids these days."
"Ok."

Also, I'm all for cloaking minefields

[cats]

Mines wouldn't send out much of a signature anyway.

[Tunnelthunder]

Mines wouldn't send out much of a signature anyway.

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".

[Shadowcatbot]

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.

Also a lot people would notice if a colonized planet just wasn't there one day.

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.

[cats]

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.

Also a lot people would notice if a colonized planet just wasn't there one day.

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.

Then it disappears again in a week.

[Shadowcatbot]

Yes but then no one knows where the planet is then.

[taz93]

LOL go to land on a planet instead go right through it

[Ivan2006]

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.

Also a lot people would notice if a colonized planet just wasn't there one day.

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.

you do know that sensors should be able to find out the difference between a planet and a hologramm?

[Error]

Radar detects solid objects. Planets are solid. Holos are not.

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[Tunnelthunder]

Radar detects solid objects. Planets are solid. Holos are not.

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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.

[cats]

You'd definitely be able to recognize... Why are we even doing this? How would you actually move a planet anyway?

[Ivan2006]

Radar detects solid objects. Planets are solid. Holos are not.

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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.

you know, long range mass spectrometers will propably be able to find out about that pretty soon.

[Tunnelthunder]

Radar detects solid objects. Planets are solid. Holos are not.

.....

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.

you know, long range mass spectrometers will propably be able to find out about that pretty soon.

We were going on radar, which is easy to fool.

[Ivan2006]

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.

you know, long range mass spectrometers will propably be able to find out about that pretty soon.

We were going on radar, which is easy to fool.

You know that the metal pieces don´t distract radar, but scramble all readings, making the incoming whoever quite suspicious.