Steve, It's fine for me for if you want to moderate...
I assume the bidding is open bidding so that we can counter bid to make it
expensive to get a juicey planet.
I'll put a bid in for New Colchis...
Why no meson technology?
Pauli: I rule out individual turns as soon as the players are located in
different continents.
That will make life difficult, but I plan on doing checking my mail on off
hours, especially if I'm involved in combat.
Pauli: I'll try to explain my reasoning, please bear in mind that my intention
is to allow combat to be resolved in a single turn
I'm against the goal of resolving combat in a single turn. It makes ship
design and tactics a moot point.
RE: Pirates
Steve: As to going beyond sensor range, I suspect that any world higher than
TL8 will have system range sensors that track everything in the system. In
which case, you'll spend a LOONG time getting beyond sensor range. I also
suspect that when your transponder stops sending a detectable signal (just
after you jump), they'll realize you jumped (or were destroyed), and be waiting
with a fleet of Customs people when you return. I also suspect that
transponders and flight recorders are checked frequently, and anything you do
had better have a faked transponder/recorder record that won't be cracked when
the daily report of traffic in nearby systems is brought in by X-boat. Or by
Courier, in systems off the X-boat routes.
Sure, some systems will do this, but systems which have a C or less starport
will more likely not. What is the range of a transponder, anyway? I'm
assuming the transponder range is less then interplanetary.
X Boat??? We're talking about different animals here. The only xboats the
planets I'm talking about see are ones that misjump.
Sure, 'civilized' systems will have systems traffic control, but many won't.
Jim Baranski