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    Arkathan replied to the thread Merchant ship bridges.
    Just for full disclosure, Knarr Class Leyland Buffalo Designed both of those years ago as cheap traders. So while I like the small...
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    Not odd. Up.
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    Arkathan replied to the thread Merchant ship bridges.
    My players like rolling dice, are frequently chasing bounties, and I allow the effect of the jump roll to slightly affect the amount of...
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    Arkathan replied to the thread Merchant ship bridges.
    And yet we don't roll nearly as much as his hyperbole would indicate. NPC's are subject to the same game mechanics as players, and the...
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    Arkathan replied to the thread Merchant ship bridges.
    Obviously you do not know what an atomic hammer is.
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    Arkathan replied to the thread Merchant ship bridges.
    Again, you have a -1 on comms to hear that warning in time because you cheaped out on your bridge. You cannot count on someone else to...
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    Arkathan replied to the thread Merchant ship bridges.
    Random events are not gotcha moments. Transit is boring. A chance for mishaps ensures the players want skills in ship operations. They...
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    Arkathan reacted to swordtart's post in the thread Merchant ship bridges with Like Like.
    They don't save money directly as the cost of a bridge is based on the tonnage of the ship not the bridge. So you are gaining cargo...
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    Arkathan replied to the thread Merchant ship bridges.
    The difference is that sane people do not take bricks into an atmosphere. The argument above has very little to do with any points I...
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    Arkathan replied to the thread Merchant ship bridges.
    You don't seem to understand that they OCCUR, you are assuming terrestrial weather, and you've gimped your controls. And your gravity...
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    Arkathan replied to the thread Merchant ship bridges.
    That assumes you have a constant force acting upon the craft, or that you can anticipate the soon to be incoming force and change the...
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    Arkathan replied to the thread Merchant ship bridges.
    Give a 747 a Sesna cockpit and see how well it handles. High up, turbulent winds that drop you hundreds of feet in seconds do not tend...
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    I know that I stopped buying Traveller stuff when TNE arrived. That, after significantly reducing spending on Rebellion specific MT...
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    Arkathan replied to the thread The Core Expeditions Errata.
    especially in D minor.
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    Arkathan replied to the thread Merchant ship bridges.
    In some cases, but near the ground those winds get weird. You cannot take minutes to respond to microbursts that throw even big craft...
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