Several Long posts here, but I've been off a long time, and
accumulated a lot of things to answer, and I have to do it
in clumps.
Anthony Neal:
> Hey, why don't we all get together and design a new role
> playing game? Collectively we all have enough knowledge
> of SF to do it...
> By the way, Loren, if you're listening, I'm not proposing a
> conspiracy. More a creative endeavor.
Good Luck! Would that all that is required was a knowledge of
SF... : )
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Andrew Akins:
Jump Projectors: No
Jump Dampners: No
Plasma Guns: Yes, but not for starships.
Fusion Guns: Yes, but not for starships.
Disintegrators No
Tractor Beams Yes?
Repulsors No
White Globes No
Anti-matter warhead missiles No
Proton screens No
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Jeff Zeitlin
> Stern Metals, Incorporated
> Do you really think that one of the former Imperial megacorps
> can really trace its history back about 3500 years? :)
I don't know, but a couple of years ago I got a letter from the
Aslan Investment Group, LTD. Tends to give one pause.
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Steven Gott
> can the nine laser turrets function in concert forming a "Big
> Dish" Laser for long distance target engagement?
I'm afraid not.
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> Any news on when the second printing WILL be coming out?
Tomorrow (18 January), assuming the truck from the printer
doesn't run afoul of the weather. Weather people are predicting
minus 50F to minus 70F wind chill for tonight and early tomorrow
(that's minus 45C to minus 56C), and diesel fuel turns to syrup at
that temperature.
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Allen Shock:
> Does anyone know anything about the status of the following:
> 1. Traveller miniatures
Starships: SIx packages are already out, and another six are in
the works. 25mm: RAFM is still working up prototypes for these.
> 2. Challenge # 72
At the printers
> 3. Traveller novels
In the works, but nothing definite to announce yet.
> 4. Smash & Grab sourcebook and RCES equipment guide
In preparation as we speak. Also,Path of Tears (The star Viking
Sourcebook)
> 5. Traveller Referee Screen
At the printers, due back last week of January.
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Wildstar:
We (GDW) will be interested in the results of your campaign
survey.
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Juergen Kirsch Re: FF&S:
> Wow...they used the metric system...I think I should mention
> that,
Traveller has always used metric units.
> wet navy ships?
We didn't have room for everything. We'll cover wet navy
designs somewhere else.
> Why do I need 1 KW for a range of only 30 km ?
The range listed for a given radio is its short range. Medium
range is twice that, Long is twice that, Extreme range is twice
that, so the actual extreme range is 240 km. Difficulty level in
getting a message through varies with range, getting tougher over
longer ranges.
> I thought MHD is a method of moving a ship.
It can be.
> Why is the Glide ratio for Helicopters treated as nil?
Because even on autorotation they can't get very far compared
to the distance a fixed wing aircraft can glide.
> Do workstations include the weight of the operator ?
No.
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Scott "Don't Call me Britta" Kellogg Re: X-Ray lasers
[email removed]:
When your FF&S arrives (it was shipped friday so it should be
there any day now) check out the Atmospheric Absorbsion Graph on
page 127. It will make a couple of things clear.
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