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    actionman replied to the thread What does TL mean?.
    ??? Which part was that?
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    Agreed. Imposing contemporary rl western liberal democratic values on a far future setting light years away from Earth is a design...
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    actionman replied to the thread What does TL mean?.
    We're probably talking about different things. My point was that the 3rd Imperium as a government has had a habit of war and state...
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    actionman reacted to MasterGwydion's post in the thread What does TL mean? with Like Like.
    Class D Class C Seems like at Class D and below, as long as you land more than 10km away from the Starport, they can't really monitor...
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    actionman replied to the thread What does TL mean?.
    The start of the current polity.
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    actionman replied to the thread What does TL mean?.
    A slight quibble: I wonder if it has more to do with economic privation and the attendant anxiety than the nature of the regime. If...
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    actionman reacted to Talon Greyfeather's post in the thread State of the Mongoose 2025 with Like Like.
    Just about all of the above could apply to Traveller as well - except for the movies of course - especially when reading these forums...
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    actionman replied to the thread What does TL mean?.
    Well that was a bit Dark Imperium of you! But the 3rd Imperium's penchant for violence is well known...
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    The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887...
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    actionman reacted to MarcusIII's post in the thread What does TL mean? with Like Like.
    right. that's my point. Econ wise it doesn't work for the 3I. They create restrictive monopolies while their enemies surrounding the...
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    The Imperium can only control worlds within its authority. They can only enforce patent ownership within their worlds, and use military...
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    This is another of the reasons I harp in internal consistency and quality control in a setting. Many technologies in Charted Space would...
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    I have tried to multiquote some messages and failed, so here come a stream of thoughts based on last night's comments: the hive queen...
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    I was thinking that I'd rather have a cheap, dumb car.
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    TL is more than just knowledge. Without the underlying skills to do it, you still can't do things. Look at nuclear power and weapons...
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