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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Harry: [QB] Or do it the Star Trek way, and move the entire planet. Actually the Spaceflight Chronology explains a bit more about Bayards Planet. [i]USS Endurance[/i], Mann class, only supervised the evacuation, while the actual moving of people was done on what the book calls "superconvoys". These convoys could carry "a hundred and more" cargo containers at warp, "powered by linked configurations of warp tugs". They were refitted for life-support. More on the superconvoys, powered by Provider class tugs: [QUOTE] [b]USS Muletrain Provider Class[/b] This was the lead ship for the warp superconvoys, the 100-kilometer cargo carriers that revolutionized interstellar industrial transport. Configured in 8-ship linked octagons at the head of the convoy, with 4-ship squares of booster tugs after each 10-container segment, and all controls subspace-radio synchronized, these superconvoys transported billions of kilograms per superconvoy [/QUOTE]And apparently, these superconvoys can do Warp 2. May have sounded reasonable in the Chronology's context, but it's a bit over-the-top for current Star Trek. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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