On Jul 17, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Richard Aiken <raikenclw@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Grimmund <grimmund@gmail.com> wrote:

Which may lead the invaders to jump in farther out (say, at a gas
giant) and refuel/reconnoiter the system before making a move on the
target planet.

On the gripping hand, an invader could, for example, send some sort of
commercial ship ahead of the invasion fleet by several hours, to scout
the target system and relay that information to the invasion fleet.

On the fourth tentacle . . . near-c rocks are beginning to look attractive . . .