Meh. For a war waged over millions of light years (and, necessarily, lasting millions of years) what can Earth offer? Some atoms? They are easily found elsewhere.
A new starting point to send probes with the half speed of light in all directions in the backland of the enemy.
Any star system will do for that purpose. All you need is star’s energy.
No, you need a traitor behind enemy lines to receive a message and start an attack. Star system without a civ can’t receive a message.
Ah, I see. You’re thinking, basically, about an information plague which, moving at c, leapfrogs physical probes.
See astronomer Fred Hoyle’s A For Andromeda for a fictional exploration of the idea (and a pretty good novel).
I was thinking more of Vernon Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep, but yeah, this is not a new idea.
Yes!
Meh. For a war waged over millions of light years (and, necessarily, lasting millions of years) what can Earth offer? Some atoms? They are easily found elsewhere.
A new starting point to send probes with the half speed of light in all directions in the backland of the enemy.
Any star system will do for that purpose. All you need is star’s energy.
No, you need a traitor behind enemy lines to receive a message and start an attack. Star system without a civ can’t receive a message.
Ah, I see. You’re thinking, basically, about an information plague which, moving at c, leapfrogs physical probes.
See astronomer Fred Hoyle’s A For Andromeda for a fictional exploration of the idea (and a pretty good novel).
I was thinking more of Vernon Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep, but yeah, this is not a new idea.
Yes!