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For the private and commercial models, an option could be built in obsolescence. After all, you can't sustain a vehicle industry, without the market having demand.

Question would be, how the testing was carried out. Sort of hard to get a four hundred metre sprinter, to have his legs amputated, attach prosthetics after recovery, and see if there was a difference in performance.

I don't recall later editions differentiating. Random nature of a meson hit would bypass that protection, though if it's in the engineering section, it doesn't matter, at the macro scale, if the rest of the crew gets radiated.

Since that's a deep concern of mine, it's half a kilogramme, for a decently strengthened lightish backpack. Degree of cloth rigidity tends to add weight. For Traveller, weight concerns for carryon will be mostly in terms of safety concerns, not fuel use, if they're placed in overhead bins.

That's why I mentioned bladerunner. It's quite possible it's a movement enhancer, due to minus lower leg weight, plus steel springs.

The problem is with the tech bros, is, that they lived long enough to become the villains. However, with the Zuck, his motto from the outset was Do Evil. I do think the most admirable thing he did, was, when Musk challenged him to a ring fight, he told him to bring it on.

Air/boat.

Starwarships: Logistics Ships, The Unsung Heroes of Sci-Fi Spacedock dives into the all-important and oft-neglected logistics ships of science fiction. 1. You do have to supply all those star destroyers, and planetary garrisons. 2. Assuming, the setting permits large numbers of space...

Advanced Combat Rifle - Bill of Materials It seems, once you get to technological level ten, twenty two long rifle is obsolescent. Except, maybe as a granny gun, or as a Hush Puppy. Ammunition is certainly cheaper, and you should train with what you intend to use. It could be configured...

1. Bladerunner. 2. Breakdancing.

So, we're waiting for the apple to drop on someone else.

How does that work, internally? Radiation proof compartmentalization? Instead of preventing sinking, it contains the flood of radiation?

I don't recall when, probably parsing through my previous posts archive would give an indication, but when looking at the Traveller technological tree, I came to the realization it's pretty dependent on the understanding and application of gravity. Technological level eight with air/rafts and...

There's Long John, and Captain Hook.