On the subject of Errata, Page 12, the Crew Positions/Seats has a column
labeled "Wt" -- Short, of course, for "Weight". :/ <Yes, this is a nit>
Re: Imperial and (general) human ship architecture...
What about the whole "holo-dynamic" concept, where the controls are
entirely computerized and, therefore, configurable. The general sense of
MegaTrav (realistic or not :) was that every modern ship had such systems.
Certainly such systems are nearly in our reach now (although whether we'd
trust such a system built with today's technology is another question
entirely...)...Of course, ours wouldn't be holographic :/
Oh, yeah: Although the "position sensing" idea is neat, wouldn't the
Dolphins use their neural jacks?
Re: Source material for Traveller:
_The Mote in God's Eye_, Niven & Pournelle
_Foundation_, et al, Isaac Asimov
Everything H. Beam Piper wrote, specifically _Space Viking_, the Fuzzy
stuff, _Uller Uprising_, and _The Cosmic Computer_, plus short stories.
_Ensign Flandry_ and sequels, Poul Anderson
Those would be my first guesses. Anybody else?
Dane
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