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oh yeah, bring reason to super science. let me be the devils advocate for a sec here (like i really look for permission):

mirror finish will reflect all kinds of lasers.. but good luck having any kind of stealth with that. i remember some star trek quote from the klingons... "i respect the federation, who else has the balls to paint their war ships WHITE and put RUNNING LIGHTS on them." of course i also recall a quote from a Finnish sniper in WWII "I like fighting the Russians. They fight standing up." Gawd DARN, you have to respect the Fins, winter 1939-1940 saw saw some of the greatest heroism in the history of man.

i digress. as far as FTL information travel, we are doing it today (in the lab anyway) with intertangled pairs of photons and funkey quantum mechanics that I dont even pretend to understand. I am sure I can dredge up some links if anyone is interested. I dont think it invalidates Einstienean (spelling?) realitivity, but I think the way most people view realitivity is generally flawed. granted, matter acquires mass as it accelerates toward the speed of light, but FTL travel in the SEIV case involves neat fiction like space 'folding' or wormholes (covered in current understanding of quantum mechanics.. anyone familiar with the principals used in _CONTACT_?)

shoot, im rambling.. i will cut this short here.