And since everyone forgot this tidbit from High Guard: "Starting at TL9, all hulls are self-sealing. A self-sealing hull automatically repairs minor breaches such as micrometeoroid impacts, and prevents hull hits causing explosive decompression." And also found in CSC: "The softsuit includes a small...

This sounds familiar to what the Star Trek franchise did with both FTL flight and communications. In the original series, it took days and weeks to get to a location and even subspace communication meant ships and worlds were out of contact for long periods and they had to rely on their own decision...

Emergency softsuits and rescue balls/bubbles have been a thing in Traveller for awhile. To quote Central Supply Catalogue: "Starships are required to carry enough emergency suits or rescue balls to allow the crew and all passengers to survive depressurization. Well-equipped ships include a softsuit ...

"There are thousands of different worlds with potentially many space stations each: Why would everyone be the same?" In the Imperium which build and controls the vast majority of starports, standardization is the key with variation due to local conditions. Sky's (space?) the limit when locals build ...

"There are thousands of different worlds with potentially many space stations each: Why would everyone be the same?" In the Imperium which build and controls the vast majority of starports, standardization is the key with variation due to local conditions. Sky's (space?) the limit when locals build ...

Umm, what's the situation that the captain can't access the bride? Someone seal her in? Hope she has extra life support.

I've always imagined your larger Highports are a system of orbital facilities in their own region around the main world. Smaller ports that are below the minimum of what is designated a starport (See Highguard pg. 62), Starports) could combine all elements into one complete base but greater ports wo...

I was under the impression when MgT (and T5) made higher g engines, compensators followed. This is especially true since maneuver went from 5 to 17 Gs (11 Gs for T5) while high burn thrusters on Ancient ships add another 16 Gs. That does make a case that ICs and grav plates are separate systems if t...

The other issue with reaction only is high acceleration. Maneuver inherently includes inertial compensation as part of its gravitic technology. Long term high Gs and tight maneuvering would be a serious concern.

I have designed ships with reaction drives and they barely get off the ground let alone get to a far gas giant. Next to useless. This goes for just about any edition featuring reaction. In real life, our space craft spend the vast majority of their flights drifting for very long periods with just ab...

Sounds like my first present for the holiday!

Got the message, downloaded and now need to look over the material.

My hardcopy core book is getting well worn. When might new prints of the book be published?

"Parallel evolution, and/or selected breeding, Vargr can still end up as dogs."

Yeah. So that means humans are just Ancient domesticated monkeys. Hmmm....

Vargrs are a highly modified wolf so many things don't compare. BTW 'Dogs' won't begin until 260,000 - 280,000 years after the Ancient wars. I'm looking at Central Supply Catalogue and vision enhancement devices list distances. Vehicle Handbook sensor packages have distance properties too. I'd say, ...

Is this vehicle actually a converted military surplus APC? Maybe a Rakatma or Liberator?

So, what we have is a large G-RV.

Do you have design specs for it?

And has 1/4 ton luggage space. Great for a day trip to the ISS.

And the start of flying cars as well as maneuver station keeping systems. So we're actually TL 7.

I calculated the F-9 is a little larger than a modular cutter. I wish they would give volume rather than weight for payload and fuel loads. That command capsule is definitely compact bridge. About 410 km trip each way plus lingering time so very little fuel. Tl 7 or 8?

"Han chartered the Falcon to both Jabba and Obiwan." Han took chances with both for big scores. He was known to take chances. Didn't always work considering his usual situations but he took chances. I think he spent far more time in seedy space bars than the docks keeping an ear for something lucrat...