: Yep, looks like your math is right. I think this was mentioned before, but
: it's always fun to bring these up again and shed new light on them...
: So, how come Tau Ceti colony is farther away from Earth than Tau Ceti? Did
: they get lost en route? Did the UESC lie about the actual destination?
: Hm, maybe Leela lied about the distance in the terminal post so the compilers
: wouldn't get the data. After all, if they knew that Earth was 11.5ly away,
: the Pfhor could easily check everything on that circumferance for
: inhabited planets. By saying it was 92ly instead, they get sent on a wild
: goose chase. Leela was messing up dates and distances in the ship's files
: to confuse the compilers.
: "Don't believe everything you read." Right?
several good points in that reply. maybe it's the manipulative work of yet unknown forces? i did understand nathan's statement just as if the ai was wrong and the message arrived earlier, but that's just a personal opinion, puzzling. i'll keep on studying the page then.
