And what about computers anyway!

	Yeah, it's me again.

		After my last note, I thought about the system and the lack
	of development of computer equipment and the role of computers in the
	Traveller society. I mean, today we're pretty well swamped by these
	little technological pets as it is, what about 5000 years down the
	road? What programs are available and how good are they? What does
	the average Imperial citizen do per day that involves direct inter-
	action with computers.

		And what of the computer hacker?!? Is he alive and well
		in the future, or has he/she (sorry --^) starving with
		only an 8088 at his disposal...

		I would really like to see a little more computer use in the
	Traveller system, since it seems to me that they are too flexible a
	thing to just die out. The rules seem to treat them in the fashion of
	"Yeah, they're there, just don't ask me about them...".

		And what of robots? MT mentions them in the Imperial Encyclo-
		pedia (?) but we don't have any examples or constuction rules
		to go by, except for the fabled "Robots" booklet, which I have
		had on order for over a year, but has never come in.

		Us Technorganisms have to have our computers and robots or else
	we get real cranky. I've tried improvising, even raiding a few things
	from GURPS and 2300. (By the way, GURPS Cyberpunk has the best system
	on computers I've seen so far. I tried adapting it but got a headache
	real quick.)

		So, a desperate plea goes to the masses of the TML... Where's
	my workstation?... Where's my C3PO, or R2-D2?

							Ciao,
							Anthony

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Anthony Neal                 |"Lets bring up the cargo manifest. 2300 laser
[email removed]              | pistols, 1600 laser rifles, 1 ATV, 67 suits of
Memorial University Of       | combat armor and... What the hell are
Newfoundland                 | 'tribbles'?"
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