Baranski:
>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.
Don't WE have a C or less starport?
I assumed he transponder range was system, at least.
>X Boat??? We're talking about different animals here. The only xboats
the
>planets I'm talking about see are ones that misjump.
Hmmm... So we are.
>Sure, 'civilized' systems will have systems traffic control, but many
won't.
I play in uncivilized systems so seldom that that aspect had never occurred
to me as relevant. After all, the big bucks are to be had in the civilized
places. ;-)
Metlay:
>The problem with FGMPs is that while the fusion vessel is shielded nicely
>from hurting anyone, it then proceeds to gob fusing plasma on whomever
it's
>pointed at when GI Joe pressed the red button marked "MAKE DEAD". And if
>fusion is still going on at that point, THEN you get a massive release of
>utterly unshielded neutrons causing all sorts of subcellular mayhem.
Hmmm... It NEVER occurred to me that fusion might still be going on after
the plasma stream (DON'T cross the streams. It wuold be bad.) left the
weapon. I always assumed the fusion took place for a nanosecond or so in
the barrel, then stopped when the stream left the containment of the
barrel.
>And no, the proton-proton chain, if 100% efficient, does not release any
>neutrons. But D-T fusion, as used in Traveller, releases TONS of them.
>This drags us back to the TDR discussion-- what do Traveller fusion
>reactors FUSE? The HIWG says one thing, other people say another, and
>I personally favor a third....
Where does it say Traveller does D-T fusion? This would definitely affect
certain ongoing processes in our campaign.
Later...
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