Hi, Rodge here:
I have some comments about the equipment breakdown rules in
T:TNE.
If a check for equipment failure must be made every 8 hours, then
the device can't have been constructed very well. I can see how
the 8-hour rule would apply to equipment that has been sitting
around on a dead world for 80 years (due to general oxidization,
rust, and corrosion, etc.), but not for equipment from worlds
that have rebuilt their industrial base.
Put a good machine shop aboard a starship, and a skilled
technician could have the ship purring like a kitten in no time.
A dedicated mechanic wouldn't rest until the ship was in tip-top
condition.
I have minor repairs done to my truck only about twice per year,
and its over 20 years old!
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Roger, Over and Out
Roger Sanger
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