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    Condottiere replied to the thread 2300 Rocinante project.
    Chicken and egg. Ship designations form expectations of what they are supposedly capable of. Then, you have mission creep, six hundred...
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Crew Salaries.
    Have a dozen crewmembers calculate out astrogation. One will get it right.
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Ship Design Philosophy.
    Spacecraft: Hulls and Primitivation V. Once you calculate it out, a default planetoid hull costs five kilostarbux per usable tonne. W...
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Solomani Confederation (Military).
    Confederation Navy: Hulls and Primitivation A. A frontline starwarship with acceleration factor/three is going to have tactical issues...
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Starship operations reality vs expectations.
    As I once told a thirties something female teacher, the human body starts decaying from age twenty five onwards. That's why, East Asian...
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Crew Salaries.
    There are three aspects. 1. Figuring out the entrance point to jumpspace. 2. Figuring out the exit point (probably rather...
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Ship's Locker: Out of the Closet.
    That's marketing. I tend towards a rather lean one. The robe was adorned with numerous small patches representing the items held by...
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Starship operations reality vs expectations.
    Wages could be an issue, The onset of physical deterioration. Seniority. Pensions. Accountants will want to pay for the least...
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Crew Salaries.
    Depends on whether the character actually knows he succeeded. Perhaps, have the Dungeon Master roll the dice, secretly. Intuition may...
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Drop Tanks... Back From the Dead?.
    And how did starships slice through jumpspace in prehistoric times?
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Ship Design Philosophy.
    Starwarships: Hulls and Why Do Spaceships "Sink" Like That? Spacedock breaks down the frequent sci-fi phenomena of spacecraft appearing...
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Crew Salaries.
    You know, roleplaying. The employer probably wouldn't know, if you keep rolling successes. Potentially, you could learn on the job.
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Crew Salaries.
    You could ask the ship's janitor to do it. He's got nothing else to do, while waiting for the plumbing to get clogged up.
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Crew Salaries.
    In theory, given enough time, you could get a Doctor of Cultural Studies, to make an astrogation check for a one parsec jump, at four plus.
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    Condottiere replied to the thread Ship Design Philosophy.
    1. Astrogation: The jump needs to be plotted. 2. This is an Easy (4+) Astrogation check (1D x 10 minutes, EDU), ... 3. ... modified by...
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