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   From: Daniel47@teranews.com   
      
   RT wrote:   
   > "Daniel47@teranews.com" wrote:   
   >>   
   >> RT wrote:   
   >>> Clu wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I got the first two of those novels and I have been meaning to get the   
   >>>> rest of them.   I like the fact that he did do those for a while, and I   
   >>>> generally appreciate the efforts of anyone to make stories for the   
   >>>> classic series.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And overtime you come to just take it for what it is.  I mean on the   
   >>>> fuel and food issue, it seems like even in the TV run they would fine   
   >>>> one episode and in crisis the next.  Just figure some time passes   
   >>>> between episodes and you have to admit it is a big fleet so those   
   >>>> resources would go quick.   
   >>>   
   >>> WHAT? CONTINUITY FLUBS? IN CHEAP SCI FI? say it isn't so!   
   >>>   
   >>>> Honestly if I was Adama I think I would have worked to seed the galaxy   
   >>>> with humans dropping them off on the habitable planets we they went   
   >>>> along.  That way, something happens, humanity has multiple footholds.   
   >>>   
   >>> You need a breeding population and sufficient equipment to start.   
   >>>   
   >> And, don't forget, they are being chased by the enemy, the Cylons, .....   
   >> dropping of seed populations might just be giving the enemy target practise.   
   >   
   > Correct, the seed populations would not have the means to defend themselves   
   > against any large, orven small, force. A small attacking force, even if   
   > fought off, would just report "here be humans".   
   >   
   > It would take several generations to build a sizable population with the   
   means   
   > to hold its own.   
   >   
   Yeap!!   
      
   Daniel   
      
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