Philosophical scenario - A chance meeting

Strategia_In_Ultima · #1 May 26th, 2006, 02:39 PM

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Caduceus said:
If your initial response from such a race is friendly (or at least not overtly hostile), it may be worthwhile to tell them where your home system is with the exchange of said information on their part.

Think of it as disarmament talks.

What surprises me is that nobody has yet brought up the fact that while you only have one solar system, they might have an empire spanning a thousand systems. Then what?

Starhawk · #2 May 26th, 2006, 03:31 PM

Well then you blow up that ship and if it's buddies show up you go "Damn buddies some guy came in to this sector and just WHAM blew your ship to hell.....can we do anything to help you find them?"
And act all innocent and sweet.

Glyn · #3 May 26th, 2006, 03:47 PM

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Strategia_In_Ultima said:

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Caduceus said:
If your initial response from such a race is friendly (or at least not overtly hostile), it may be worthwhile to tell them where your home system is with the exchange of said information on their part.

Think of it as disarmament talks.

What surprises me is that nobody has yet brought up the fact that while you only have one solar system, they might have an empire spanning a thousand systems. Then what?

Hey, I thought of it!

You have no way of knowing how large or small their empire is. Nor do they known how large or small our empire is.

So if you pretend to be bigger than you actual are they would be less inclined to pick a fight. Call it the bullfrog defense! (see my earlier post.)

Of course with a little Intel and time both empires would learn the actual size of each other, but hopefully by then a peacefully coexistence has taken root. If not then the big fish eats the little fish and gets bigger.

Strategia_In_Ultima · #4 May 29th, 2006, 10:38 AM

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Glyn said:
.....Of course with a little Intel and time both empires would learn the actual size of each other.....

Oh, yeah. I can just see it happening in real life: A human in an environmental suit gathering sensitive information in a colony populated by bug aliens.

[/sarcasm]

NullAshton · #5 May 29th, 2006, 12:12 PM

Couldn't they just use a fancy costume to do that instead?

Jack Simth · #6 May 29th, 2006, 02:35 PM

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NullAshton said:
Couldn't they just use a fancy costume to do that instead?

Wouldn't be done via fancy costume. It would be done with ships running silent, using passive sensors, possibly with something to cut down on how they look to various sensors. Ah, ship came from this angle and this angle and this angle....... communication came from this point and this point and this point.....