> But if a world was at a higher tech level with those advanced materials, why
> would they need submarines? I suppose one idea would be that a world was
> advanced in tech level with respect to materials but not starship technology
> or jump technology.
Actually, subs can quite useful for all sorts of things. My friend Gerry was
telling me about a high-law level, mid-tech world, that refused to allow
startships to refuel in their oceans. How did they enforce this? Well, a
certain group of PCs suddenly found that their starship had been badly
damaged by a conventional torpedo...
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