M Fnord Wrote:The Soviets wouldn't classify something this big, simply because a) it's a big dumb object in a star system ~18 light years away that's been there for umpty-thousand years not causing any problems, and b) the Soviets by themselves don't have the manpower or the brainpower (Dee nonwithstanding) to really explore/exploit the gate. The final analysis is, it's better to crowdsource the knowledge and maybe reverse-engineer the thing in 50-100 years, instead of trying to keep it quiet, never figure the damn thing out and then get nailed by a diplomatic incident when somebody else stumbles upon Tannhauser or another similar stargate."Catgirl Industries approves the Soviets attitude over the gate!"
At this distance, the communication delay is over 17 hours via Interwave. That far from home, even for Fen.