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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 7513962" data-attributes="member: 63"><p>We'd fly a probe by within months.</p><p></p><p>The military would park a ship in orbit within a year. A satellite in a different orbit would relay the encrypted data back. It performs small burns every day so that it won't be above the horizon at night, which could cause it to reflect light and be spotted by folks on the surface. </p><p></p><p>They'd find a planet with numerous large cities, clear signs of agriculture, but no industry, no radio. I'm not sure how good the resolution is on spy satellites these days, but it'd be enough at least to tell that biological life is pretty similar to ours -- humanoids, livestock, trees. </p><p></p><p>And then they'd spot a monster. Let's say it's a troll; plenty of those, after all. Say they locate a cluster of them in a remote area, far from anything that appears to be civilization. The drone ship parachutes in some probes at night, with 360 degree camera coverage and microphones. They expect to record the local fauna.</p><p></p><p>Instead, Khelben Blackstaff dispatches some adventurers to recover this item. He has previously used magic to divine, "What will be the first opportunity to understand where our planet has traveled to," and he was shown this place at this moment. </p><p></p><p>The adventurers come into frame, and an elf is about to pick up the probe when trolls attack. The cameras record the whole thing. A teleporting bladesinger slices off the arm of a troll, which starts to regenerate. A dwarf gets his face rended, then healed by a cleric. The fighter draws a flaming sword and delivers killing blows to trolls when they're on the ground. </p><p></p><p>Approximately 25 minutes later, the US military is drawing up plans to nuke this place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 7513962, member: 63"] We'd fly a probe by within months. The military would park a ship in orbit within a year. A satellite in a different orbit would relay the encrypted data back. It performs small burns every day so that it won't be above the horizon at night, which could cause it to reflect light and be spotted by folks on the surface. They'd find a planet with numerous large cities, clear signs of agriculture, but no industry, no radio. I'm not sure how good the resolution is on spy satellites these days, but it'd be enough at least to tell that biological life is pretty similar to ours -- humanoids, livestock, trees. And then they'd spot a monster. Let's say it's a troll; plenty of those, after all. Say they locate a cluster of them in a remote area, far from anything that appears to be civilization. The drone ship parachutes in some probes at night, with 360 degree camera coverage and microphones. They expect to record the local fauna. Instead, Khelben Blackstaff dispatches some adventurers to recover this item. He has previously used magic to divine, "What will be the first opportunity to understand where our planet has traveled to," and he was shown this place at this moment. The adventurers come into frame, and an elf is about to pick up the probe when trolls attack. The cameras record the whole thing. A teleporting bladesinger slices off the arm of a troll, which starts to regenerate. A dwarf gets his face rended, then healed by a cleric. The fighter draws a flaming sword and delivers killing blows to trolls when they're on the ground. Approximately 25 minutes later, the US military is drawing up plans to nuke this place. [/QUOTE]
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