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Originally Posted by JohnGay
Actually, that was Disaster Area's stunt ship that was so black you couldn't even feel it.
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yeah...I couldn't remember if the ship had a name.
I was going to dig out my old BBC tapes, to see, but couldn't be bothered.
So I did a quick search and Heart of Gold came up.
Didn't even think before I started typing.
LOL
I should know better.
You got the point.
"It's so ... black!" said Ford Prefect, "you can hardly make out its shape ... light just seems to fall into it!"
Zaphod said nothing. He had simply fallen in love.
The blackness of it was so extreme that it was almost impossible to tell how close you were standing to it.
"Your eyes just slide off it ..." said Ford in wonder. It was an emotional moment. He bit his lip.
Zaphod moved forward to it, slowly, like a man possessed - or more accurately like a man who wanted to possess.
His hand reached out to stroke it. His hand stopped. His hand reached out to stroke it again. His hand stopped again.
"Come and feel the surface," he said in a hushed voice.
Ford put his hand out to feel it. His hand stopped.
"You ... you can't ..." he said.
"See?" said Zaphod, "it's just totally frictionless. This must be one mother of a mover ..."
Visual stealth would not be an issue in a traffic situation.
As you say, sensors are used for tracking, not visual identification.
Sensors are sensors...no matter what colour your spaceship is.
A space station, with sensors, tracking and remote control wouldn't care what colour your ship is.
So, again, I say, if you are stupid enough to go to the trouble of painting your ship all one colour, then paint it black!
or better yet...Disaster Area Black.
What kind of camouflage is good in space?
Black with white polka dots?