Trent Shipley wrote: > > The first questions that come to mind are for the interval in question how > many O-2 habitable planets are there, how many of them are currently leased > for habitation, and how many uplifted main-sequence O-2 species are > competing for those planets. At one point I suggested that there might be > 10,000 to 12,000 uplifted species, but now I think this might be a bit low. > I have done some estimates on this. From data from GURPS Uplift and from Contacting Aliens, I estimate:
* about 2 million populated planets at each time * about 10 planets per race * about 200,000 races Most of those species would be doing "nothing", except about * 10% being uplifted * 10% in the 100,000-year period of indenture * 10% uplifting a pre-sentient race * 10% being served by an indentured client Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
