Recent content by daniel_t

Consider yourself lucky. I can do the math, but coming up with pictures and deck plans is hard for me.

I'm getting different numbers... According to www.projectrho.com a 2 G drive needs 12477.65 m/s delta-V or about 3.5 g-turns to enter earth's orbit. (Here is a spreadsheet to do the calculation http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/Planets_Rockets_v1.xls) That's about 11 minutes at 2g. Gurps...

The one question I've always had about 2300AD ships... Why does the shutterwarp seem to always have exhaust ports in back of the ship? It doesn't expel reaction mass...

I like it a lot. A couple of questions though. If I understand your notes, you gave the lander 30 G/Turns worth of fuel. If I've done my math right, it only needs about 3 G/Turns to take off from the earth, probably less to land (maybe another G/Turn.) It's endurance seems rather high. Are you...

I fully agree of course, and I'm not interested in real world debate (at least not here,) only in rules interpretations. The rules specify that a Rich world is "blessed with a stable government and a viable biosphere." but the only real requirement is that it has a breathable atmosphere (even...

Thanks, I would agree except the description explicitily says that a rich world is "blessed with a stable governement..." I guess the assumption is that any form of government will be stable if the atmosphere is nice and there are just the right number of people? But that would mean that Earth...

The trade codes on page 181 describe Rich (Ri) as "... blessed with a stable government and viable biosphere..." They need an atmosphere of 6-8 and a population of 6-8, but no government requirement? Is the mistake in the description or are the government requirements missing? (In...

I love the Escape Velocity games. They could be a good template for making adventures/campaigns as well... Thanks for the idea!

I noticed that my question wasn't answered. Is there somewhere else I should post to get the answer?

The Scout in the core rule book has a powerplant A. However, I just realized that I was off on my initial calculations. 1 G/Turn is good for 9.8 mps times 6 minutes, or 3,528 mps so the fastest the scout can go is 118 kps times 77.2 hours equals 32,794,560 km. To that, we have to add in the...

I'm working on something along the same lines as you. Here is what I have discovered so far... If you include the mass of the power plant with the maneuver drive, and assume the High Guard option of reaction drive engines. A Traveller engine is about as efficient as a Gurps Spaceships high...

The trade codes on page 181 describe Rich (Ri) as "... blessed with a stable government and viable biosphere..." They need an atmosphere of 6-8 and a population of 6-8, but no government requirement? Is the mistake in the description or are the government requirements missing? (In...