Re: Why Jupiter?

On Dec 18, 7:11 am, fake-name <fake-n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
sigidu...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Dec 17, 3:29 pm, Ingo Siekmann <Ingo-Siekm...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Actually, the gameworld is an alternate timeline that seems to split in
the late 80s (no exact POD given).

Arthur C. Clarke used most of the possible reasons in "2010":

Go to the Jupiter system:
- to take a close look at alien technology ;
- to retrieve a previous expedition's ship ;
- to investigate "what happened to the previous expedition ?" ;
- to beat human opponents to a potential prize ;
- to explore in general ;

How about we turn around a classic reason for invading Earth?

Earth needs women! Triple-breasted Europan women.

Isaac Kuo
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