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Peter Hamilton's "Pandora Star" Meldorian Send a noteboard - 16/11/2009 03:36:39 PM
Very interesting argument by the way :) I have not set my mind on this issue, but it made me think of Peter Hamilton's Pandora Star novels.

*very minor spoiler (not WoT-related)*
In those novels (sci-fi), humanity possesses wormhole technology, allowing a ship to open a "hole" through space into another location. An alien species gains that knowledge (plot-device) and use it to attack the human systems with it, opening holes above planets and sending ships through them (note the similarities with gateways ?).
However, the humans discover a way to affect the opening of wormholes by sending lots of energy in their structure, thus overloading the generator at the origin of the wormhole and shutting them down.
In the next tactical evolution, the alien species neuters that strategy by opening multiple wormholes and shutting them down quickly, never opening two in the same space. Humans are unable to target them and things go, well, poo.

While reading your discussion, I found interesting that another novel discussed a similar matter and wanted to bring it to your attention.

Apologies for the grammatical and orthographic errors that may (and surely do) haunt this post :)
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How to disrupt gateways that are made into a battle zone... - 16/11/2009 08:48:36 AM 768 Views
there could be other defensive methods as well - 16/11/2009 09:06:56 AM 483 Views
Excellent suggestions... - 16/11/2009 09:08:59 AM 511 Views
That depends on whether moving gateways are possible. - 19/11/2009 02:01:40 AM 429 Views
I might as well present my argument in full - 16/11/2009 09:52:34 AM 579 Views
Both options can be valid, but here's why you MUST have the ward... - 16/11/2009 10:10:55 AM 746 Views
Re: Both options can be valid, but here's why you MUST have the ward... - 16/11/2009 12:08:30 PM 459 Views
Another idea - 16/11/2009 02:59:39 PM 498 Views
You're talking about manipulating the Pattern? - 17/11/2009 01:54:32 PM 392 Views
The problem with that... - 16/11/2009 05:11:16 PM 412 Views
Peter Hamilton's "Pandora Star" - 16/11/2009 03:36:39 PM 568 Views
I think there's some evidence in favor of the wards idea you are all missing. - 16/11/2009 05:29:22 PM 428 Views
I disagree - 16/11/2009 07:15:53 PM 430 Views
Except - 16/11/2009 07:24:56 PM 386 Views
It's definitely possible that there can be a ward to detect a gateway opening. - 17/11/2009 03:22:33 PM 404 Views
How bout a compromise? - 16/11/2009 06:37:40 PM 486 Views
We know that, for e.g., Sammael could detect the location of a Gateway - 16/11/2009 08:21:57 PM 390 Views
Ahh, I see that Sidious has already suggested this. *NM* - 16/11/2009 08:30:55 PM 175 Views
I believe that you cannot make a ward completely preventing Traveling. - 17/11/2009 01:52:24 PM 388 Views

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