Many thanks to Steve Higginbotham for correcting the mistaken identity
in his post. I could rebut his arguments in a number of areas, including
a post of thermal output vs. neutron flux figures that prove that any
fusion burst small enough not to do overwhelming neutron damage will
carry a negligible thermal impact (i.e. fusion becomes deadly as a
neutron source LONG before it can fry anything), but I'd prefer to
stand on philosophical arguments this time around....
Of COURSE I'm showing my TL8 prejudices. I live in a TL8 society and
Traveller is a TL8 roleplaying game. Any attempts to run it otherwise
catapult us into the black hole foam within a very short time. I find
it simpler to eject a device which is idiotic than to justify it if the
game doesn't rely on it and it offends me. I'd love to see your arguments
for why people should be running around with Light Sabres, too.
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Mike Metlay [email removed]
Atomic City [address removed]