Re: Spaceships and Solar Systems

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Absolutely true about space habitats, but if you have a large enough
population base, the entire society is unlikely to crash, although there
may be technological breakdowns that cause individual habitats or even
archepelagos to die.  I have a feeling that once certain technologies
are available, and humanity has spread to a broad enough population base,
and a large enough number of locations, we will have passed some critical
point where the only thing that can wipe us out is several supernovas.
In addition, I assume in my gameworld an intergalactic community of
intelligent races; mankind has enough powerful allies at this point that
even if every one of the several thousand solar systems we inhabit were
attacked (an enterprise that would cripple the economy of almost any
civilization), we would still not be totally wiped out.  Those habitats
that survived would have to go into debt, in a big way, but there would
be parts and skilled labor available for those who needed it.



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