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Re: Question about 7101
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:52:49 GMT
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On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:10:12 GMT, "J-Men HQ" <jmen@visi.net> wrote:
> > > It seems every planet in SW has earth-like gravity?
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> The same reason every planet in Star Trek has earth gravity, breathable
> atmosphere and beautiful weather! They're "M" class planets or some such
> thing. You have to accept that there are millions of planets we don't see
> that aren't "M" class. The stories only take place on habitable planets.
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> As for why everything is designed for humans... I would guess it is because
> we breed like rabbits and have spread across the galaxy like a plague,
> therefore everything is designed for us and we get to do whatever we want!
> :-)
And in every multi-species SF setting I've encountered, humans are
medium-sized. So everything will be approximately human-sized, to target
the middle ground.
Steve
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| (...) The same reason every planet in Star Trek has earth gravity, breathable atmosphere and beautiful weather! They're "M" class planets or some such thing. You have to accept that there are millions of planets we don't see that aren't "M" class. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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