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From: steven mckenzie
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Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] the method of propulsion of the alien vehicles...

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>nice theory but I gotta blow holes in it, depending on
>how long ago they came to sol system they could have
>wiped us out long ago, if even in the 40's their tech
>would have made mincemeat out of us,.....
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Not really. You have the biological factor to factor in. They come here with their ship on it's last legs. They settle on the most convenient world they can utilize. Earth is farther in, and indeed enticing, and they DO plan on settling there eventually.

But here's the problem...earth is already inhabited, and the big problem is not necessarily the more primitive humans living there, it's all the other bacteria, germs, & diseases, & possibly the higher levels of solar radiation that close to the sun. They have a long way to go of research and genetic adaptation to immunize their population against all these alien bacterias and other environmental hazards on our earth.

Possibly, that is why they're sending all these small raiding parties here, to get live tissue samples, harvest organs & living organisms for research, and test out methods they've so far developed to immunize a few special landing crews. But the problem is a sticky one to solve for their entire race population. So I see no holes in my story theme, at least none that can't be dealt with thru normal literary license.

So maybe they could have defeated us military at first, but then the earth itself would have killed them, what good would that have done?

I believe when they can here, they didn't have all those little raider ships, just the big lumbering starship, which was already creaking from age & probably just adapted to long range transport & not warfare. They settled on Pluto, or whatever, scavaged the ship for all it's resources & technology, and used it to start building their underground homeworld & start their industrial base. Only then did they start making the smaller raiding party ships with their quite limited laser weaponry. I see them not as a huge unstoppable military force, but as a more advanced, but desperate race of beings working with a limited arsenal of, admitted higher technology, but of limited volume & capacity.

They are following a complete and methodical program of establishing themselves in the solar system, building up they're resources, researching their intended final homeworld, and then working the problem of how to adapt their entire race to it and then move in.

Dave H.


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----- Original Message -----
From: steven mckenzie
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] the method of propulsion of the alien vehicles...


nice theory but I gotta blow holes in it, depending on
how long ago they came to sol system they could have
wiped us out long ago, if even in the 40's their tech
would have made mincemeat out of us,
my theory still is they picked up on us in the 1920's
when hilter did his broadcast or radio started,
discovered some minor means of ftl, throwing small
groups of ships as a vanguard,
they may have a base in sol system, to shoot the ships
back, but retconing it needs a little more
believability, i am sorry, not downing on you
there are small numbers of the invaders, maybe, we
know that though they are sterile they do have
different ages to them
trying to stay in the "theme" of the series is hard
so here is my take
and please point out errors
somehow a group of humans were taken off earth and
settles on centaurii, becuase there are few diseases
they blossom, using up all the natural resources they
can, and wasting probably their solar system
they begin to degenerate, unable to reproduce, they
work on longevity
then in the 1920's, or a little earlier,they pick up
radio or tv and discover this lost branch of man, they
crank up there tech and discover a way of "shooting"
small ships up to and past ftl, if einstein is right
there are still loopholes
as they enter the stronger influence of the sun they
need to bleed off the speed, maybe using a grav drive
they then take their biosamples and after leaving
earth and maybe just past the grav well of earth they
are able to jump up to speed, or have a "shooter
somewhere in the sol system,
the probe, which I dont remember the episode might be
using the same tech able to shoot small materials up
to past light speed

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