Battle of Two Suns

With Regard to Adrian Hurt's commentary on the battle of Two Suns:
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Now for the question.  The final battle of the Fourth Frontier War was the
Battle of Two Suns, so called because it took place somewhere between Yres
and Menorb (see Library Data A-M, and Adventure 1 - Kinunir).  What were two
battlefleets doing in interstellar space?  (Apart from blowing holes in each
other! :-)  I thought the usual procedure was, go to the enemy's system,
clobber any of his ships you find there, and then invade the planet(s) of
interest.  Meeting an enemy fleet halfway between two systems just doesn't
happen, unless they've previously agreed to do so and agreed on co-ordinates
of where to meet.  "Sir, Admiral Zdiebeshatl calls you a good-for-nothing
dead-head, and challenges you and this fleet to a duel at the co-ordinates
in this flight plan datapack."
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      In my opinion this could not have happened, and is really an artifact
of an earlier conception of the game.  The particular entry he cites was
culled from Adventure Module 1 (The Kinunir), which was issued before High Guard
came out (I think), and before Trillion Credit Squadron (certainly).  The mere
fact that that module describes a 1250ton vessel as a "cruiser" compared to
the later 50,000ton+ cruisers, and equips it with a black glode marks it as,
shall we say, a trifle obsolete.  (However--the Traveller Adventure includes
a battle as a deep space refueling rendevous).

                                            Rob Dean