Probley an easy question to answer.. but

[wr8th]

That would be more reminiscent of Castro's emptying his jails and sanitoriums in the early 80's... but yes, that allusion is apt.

I think it was Steve Martin who claimed that the US was a product of the offal of every other country on earth. It doesn't appear that they did too badly after all.

Whatever expands your hegemony over known space.

[Growltigga]

Well, it is always a touchy subject for us Brits after we got rid of lots of celts to the US and the contents of our jails to Australia - let me think about this, do I weant to freeze my cojones off here in MAnchester or run down Bondai beach with Kylie Minogue?

That is what in technical jargon is called a complete no brainer

[Mephisto]

quote:

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Originally posted by Growltigga:
Ouch, that was a bit harsh if possibly true - it would have been more accurate if I said 'ship out 200 million of your convicts and other unwanted's'

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A friend of mine travelled to Australia a while back and was asked by custom officers if he had any convictions. His answer?
"Is it still necessary to get in?"

Naturally, the custom officers were not amused.

[comisar]

So, do we have to put cargo section on a ship to transfer people?

[Val]

Yup. The good news is you can use it to transport troops and other equipment as well

[Gryphin]

comisar (and others),
A colony ship does not *need* a cargo bay. If you include one on a colony ship it will move more people, (see the thread on "what good is population).
If you are going to settle in hostil territory, you can fill the cargo bay witn troops or other units and they will be deposited on the planet and available for defence. You caould also drop said units off somewhere else along the way if you wanted to.

[Suicide Junkie]

The colony component has a tiny cargo bay built in, and can carry 4M people.