> From: Adrian Hurt [email removed]
> Subject: (3438) Re: Earth in the Long Night
>
> I never did take Maths to really advanced levels, so I might be wrong, but
> isn't C supposed to represent decimal 12? And if so, from C (12) to 9 is
> a fall of 3 units.
Ehum, yes, as you and others have pointed out:)
> Next, I've seen several references here to present day Earth being TL 8.
> Has anyone succeeded in building a grav vehicle, even a simple air/raft?
> Has anyone yet got a working fusion power plant? If the answers to those
> questions are both "no", then on what grounds can present day Earth be
> awarded a TL rating of 8?
I got the UPP for Earth Now straight from the Traveller Book. I don't have
anything else but Hard Times and S&A with me now, but the conversion charts
in 3G^3 talks about 'caseless ammo' and simple laser weapons as the top of
the tech at TravellerTL 8.
As for the lack of anti-grav, it is well known that the Solomani is lacking
in that area:) Both old 'Robots' and S&A mentions that Solomani gravitics fall
one or more TLs behind.
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