I'm not sure you'd be able to cross by balloon though. Possibly, with a high tech high altitude enclosed balloon, but certainly not with some primitive hot air open wicker basket without fuel to keep the balloon aloft. Even aircraft would have to be pretty advanced. I'm thinking the separation requ...

Here's a Huge world for you: A rosette joined by a ringworld. Go for it. Not even sure that would be possible! How about the Dyson sphere idea? Probably have a much larger livable surface than a ringworld and rosette combined? Sure it would work! Never said that the ringworld has to touch the plane...

Here's a Huge world for you: A rosette joined by a ringworld. Go for it.

far-trader wrote: Or far too short if it requires the above reinventing and buildup of technology. It would also depend a lot on a large degree of local labour (and education of same to a level where they can help).

Ring of Fire campaign, anybody? Cause you just gave me the perfect setup for it.

AH the age old arguement... Well, age old from what I can tell. IIRC, we have addressed this issue before with the old Civilian and Military Vehicles books. (also, please note that I don't have the new Vehicle Handbook... Something about being too poor...) The issue is this: People are taking a look...

Look between the lines, behind the lines, above and below the lines. There is likely to be a great Traveller centric story hear but it probably isn’t offensive lasers in four years time. :lol: "Our informants for the Imperial Naval Design Liaison at the Unicorn Belt Shipyards R&D Department has inf...

Nah, you just build a small fast boat with enough power for 2 or 3 lasers with a couple of the new rail guns for point defense (Oh, and maybe use them as sandcasters as well!), and send them out in droves.

hdan wrote:The real danger of reflec is being next to someone who is wearing it.

Next thing you know, said person wearing reflec is wanting you to smoke him a kippper.
Best start investing in rubber... He'll be back for breakfast.

Huh. You know, that reminds me... We need tables for rolling up stellar classes for systems...
On a tangent, my first thought on seeing the thread title was "Oh no, it's just like Rimmerworld..."

Here's how I do it: 1) You have your transponder. All civilian ships have those active. It broadcasts your ship name and such. 2) If that's active, then why not have your sensors be active. It can get hard to find little pieces of debris in space on passives, and fixing damage is expensive. So, merc...

A number of the review on DTRPG criticize the book for not including more detail, but I don't see how this could be done without doubling the size of the book. I think the main goal of this book is to introduce the setting to an audience who are unfamiliar with it, rather than to add new detail to ...

Then pick up the PDF version, that's a lot more readable. And I find it to be useful, as it's full of background info on the OTU.

zero wrote:Perhaps the blast radius would include the firing ship?

Explosions propagate poorly in space. Very poorly.
It's more so about giving it time to get the engines up and acquire the target.

The slug weapons should have a modular design system. I should be able to build a 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 7mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 11mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm round in short, intermediate, long, magnum, gauss, for a revolver, auto-pistol, Advanced Combat Pistol, SMG, bolt action rifle, self loading rifle, assault ri...

IIRC, Marc Miller's lawyers have been aiming to bring the wrath of litigation down anybody who makes those. Something about overzealous copyright protection. (My dad once nearly fell afoul of them)

I suggest not running SoTA for a new group, especially one that has players new to the game. Just simply roll up a couple of planets, give them a ship, then run around like a headless chicken. All joking aside, just roll up a few patrons per planet (or just use some example ones), do some trading, m...

Dr. Who meets... The Third Imperium...
Ok, that one would be odd.

Or, we could just skip the entire debate like this. 1) Detecting an incoming warp drive takes a massive sensor installation. Let's say... oh... would 10km diameter work? For say... A 45 degree arc? Let's go with that. Let's give our sensor installation a active range of... hmm... 1AU, that's about 8...

I am just churning stuff out, aren't I? Here's another ship design for you folks to try and deckplan. Also, W-Drive 5 does not get the 30% discount due to the expense of producing it. A 100 dTon Arrow class TL12 (Warp 5) Courier. Quite a common sight, as it gains a courier advantage due to it's Warp...

I got us a look at the various currencies, a few common laws, and a quick look at the government of the Alliance! Currency: All prices can be stated as Cr, but different nations will have different currencies that may be worth more or less than a Cr. They are as follows: -Alliance Credit: (Cr) Equal...