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Old 09-05-2022, 08:43 PM   #40
Fred Brackin
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Default Re: Depicting the SF sandbox

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Originally Posted by thrash View Post
Here's a literary "X marks the spot" for one way of approaching this issue:

"Using deep-radar had been more of a habit than anything else. A deep-radar on high setting was an easy way to find Slaver stasis boxes, since only stasis fields and neutron stars would reflect a hyperwave pulse." -- "The Soft Weapon," Larry Niven.

[Makes me wonder, though, what deep-radar is supposed to do if it doesn't usually return a ping.]
The key phrase would be "on a high setting". One assmes that it detects soemthing more common on a low setting.
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