> From: [email removed] (Stephen D Smith)
> Subject: (2527) Nanotechnology in MT
>
> Here's a general question for all of the TML. Is there a reason
> why MegaTraveller doesn't touch upon nanotechnology?
Traveller is a game ("He said it!" "Heresy on the TML!" "To the stake!":)
and more or less integral to the enjoyment of an RPG is the ability for the
players to identify with the characters somewhat. Besides from that nanotech
wasn't even theoretically invented when the basic assumptions of traveller were
set down, a nanotech society would probably be too alien to identify with.
> closest I've seen is;
> 2) the even more shadowy references to the advanced technology
> that the Droyne "Grandfather" uses.
I have used a nanotech device in an adventure involving ancients. The players
got mightily confused when they found a pool of what looked like mercury that
radiated neutrinos. The got even more confused when they bottled a part of it
and it continued to radiate neutrinos:)
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