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Originally posted by docshane:
You all need to go back and read "Ringworld" again. In the book, the Pupeteers moved their homeworlds along with a rosette of 5 or 6 suns at speeds in excess of the speed of light on a course out of the Milky Way. Don't say it can't be done. You just can't imagine it.
Actually, I think
you need to read it again. The "Rosette" was a group of PLANETS not stars. But when they encountered the Ringworld, they were so impressed that they arranged to have Louis Wu sent to investigate, what with their inherent cowardice and all. They seemed to feel this structure was well beyond even their abilities and wanted to know who was responsible for it. Remember its true scale: it had the surface area of THOUSANDS of planets. The SE4 Version is a very inadequate substitute.
Gotta like a race which calls its leader "Hindmost". I think the Puppeteers would be a VERY interesting SE4 race if the AI code were smart enough to handle all the special conditions. They'd be the ultimate "Intelligence Specialists" and their homeworlds would be their ONLY worlds. A group of six mobile planets.
