[TML] New 3d computer simulation design

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 12/3/07 11:08 AM, Douglas Knapp wrote:

> Jerry wrote:
>> And why would the empire ignore all those stars?  That's just asking for
>> somebody to set up their own empire intermingled with yours.  Some sort of
>> patrol to at least pop in and see if anybody has set up shop seems
>> appropriate.  It's not much of an empire if it doesn't know what's going on
>> in 99+% of it's territory!
> If there are aliens then it would be my bet that they don't want the
> same stars (planets) that humans do, So it would seem normal to me
> that there are intermixed empires and that they might trade with each
> other and perhaps share jump points and gas giants.


That idea *has* been explored in SF.

But if the aliens use any sort of water based biology, it seems pretty
likely they'll want the same worlds as us.

Besides, look at the Imperium map.  It uses pretty much *every* star it can
get it's hands on!

Even limiting it to wanting the same jump points and gas giants has a major
effect.  In any sort of war, you'd want to control those.  That doesn't fir
well with sharing them with *anybody* else.