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Originally Posted by tsofian
The final point is a little tougher to explain. The entire upper surface of the base should be under direct observation by as many instruments as possible.
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Agreed.
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Originally Posted by tsofian
The question becomes how to get the data from the sensors to the base. Hard wiring will work but it means that an enemy who finds one sensor can follow the wires back to the base.
Another method would be to use something omni-directional like radio, but that will also leave a big signature footprint.
Finally something tight beamed and unidirectional like microwaves. These could be beamed to a tower at the edge of line of sight and then beamed back to a receiver that is wired into the base
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There currently isn't any way to move significant amounts of data through earth without wires or some other kind of physical passage. Soil and rock scatters EM waves really well, and even the best case (HF radio, as far as I know) will still have limited bandwidth and a poor data rate, especially if you are not using a directional transmitter. And if you ARE using a directional transmitter then it will point right to the base even better than any wire would!
Realistically, a series of wires could be run to the base in a manner that would be practically impossible to trace. Anyone able to follow a zig-zagged cable through hundreds of meters of rock is going to get to you anyway.