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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] The solar systems in Trek could also have clear-cut physical borders, unlike those in the real world -but much like the Trek galaxy has one. Perhaps each system is encased in a bubble of weird ionization that prevents other systems from listening in on its RF EM emissions, which is why the people in the early 21st century haven't yet discovered any space aliens even in the Trek universe. This might or might not coincide with the real-world "bow shock" at the motionward heliopause. Such a limit would be nice in that it would be the limit of Prime Directive protection, too. Starships outside the bubble wouldn't attract much attention amidst the natives. "Pirate radios" broadcasting there, or other EM pollution, wouldn't bother the system. In practice, if the diagram in "Sons of Mogh" was to scale, it looks as if the outermost planetary orbit pretty much defines the territorial space. Weren't the Klingons supposed to lay their mines outside Bajoran space? They were right outside the outermost orbit shown. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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