Analog SFF, June 2006
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This could cause a two-tier situation. Conflicts between a rich, old, zero-gee, PU population and a young, poor, normal universe population would be almost inevitable.
Pardon the constant military applications, but a single soldier could have all the power of a current nuclear submarine. Stealth/terrorist applications are rampant. Heat-sinking would be critical.
Please pardon me if this isn't he most elegant, ore even organized email you've received. I dashed it off within 12 hours of reading the story.
Michael Click
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