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My next thought was that if I had a bearing on that luminous streak, and if at least one other person in my region also had such information, we might be able to triangulate on it and narrow down where any landing zone might be.

It seems like deploying these in pairs at a minimum would make sense. In addition to adding spatial information, it gives you a backup for any observations at all.

The illustrations are great. Reminded me of how the storage disk from the starhinge in Stephenson's Anathem must have looked.




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