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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [QB] The trouble with the heliopause/solar wind is that it varies according to conditions of the interstellar medium, the solar wind (size of sun, etc), and the direction of galactic rotation (smaller upstream, bigger downstream). The best estimates of our heliopause seem to be about 90 to 120 AUs, but that's only a guess. As far as the Oort cloud, it's supposed to go out 100,000 (1.5 ly) but I've seen estimates of 3 ly. The Oort cloud would also be perturbed by various galactic forces the same way the heliopause is. If the legal territorial limits are based on physical variables, generally speaking big stars would have large limits while small stars would have smaller limits. Another thing to consider is the technological power of a star system. A civilization just starting interstellar flight (prewarp) might be happy with a territorial limit out to its heliopause. But a civ with a powerful warp fleet might feel that 5 or 10 light years is better. Seems to me that the Federation must have some internal agreements on this, but what about neutral powers? If they have no agreement with the Fed or other powers on territorial limits, they'd be free to proclaim an limit they're able to protect. We've seen several times when Fed ships have been told they have crossed into someone's territory when they thought they were in "free space." This gets us to thinking, like Kmart said, about Galactic law. I wonder if there is something similar to "international law" on earth which is agreed to by the Federation and non-Federation powers? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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