Heh.
So...logistics and info.
Apparently, we have chosen to set up or main colony on Mars. I have been self-appointed Head Biological Officer, and no one has argued. We have considered genetic engineering to deal with various problems; the best suggestion insofar as that goes is to create symbiosis with photosynthetic bacteria, which I guess isn't all genetic engineering. Also, we're planning a war with Terra once we get established. Well, some are, I'm advocating more peaceful solutions, like THREATENING war and death from above and all of that.
Logistics? This is tricky. To survive attack, likely most of our stuff will be deep underground. Also, power will be based on geothermal and solar. Food will be grown either with artificial light or in big greenhouses on the Martian (or Lunar--I've suggested a military base on Luna for better access to Terran orbital space. Not that reliance on surface greenhouses would be a good idea, so close to Terra...) surface. Asteroid mining would probably be a good idea, and along with that some kind of Ceres-based, erm, base would be neat. These widely-flung bases would make communication an issue, so each base or spaceship should have a captain/mayor/whatever with absolute power until he comes back to an area in contact with some other power. Naturally, if they violated the guidelines or goals outlined by Central Command (probably on Mars), this would be treason, but punishment would be light(er?) on those who simply followed the captain's orders. After all, what could a single spaceship do that's worth losing a well-trained crew who was interested in not risking the ship? Speaking of soaceships, they should be covered in photovoltaic cells except for the thingy that expels waste heat; this both increases available power AND makes us harder to detect by Terran ships. Obviously, most of this would be under debate or is already, but most of it is (IMNSHO) reasonable and logical.
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