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    J. L. Brown reacted to Fluffy Bunny Feet's post in the thread Ship's Fabricator with Like Like.
    Average air content of a pair of human lungs ~6 litres according to the American Lung Association. so assume double for structure and...
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    J. L. Brown replied to the thread Ship's Fabricator.
    The human body is roughly the same density as water; and varies (for adults) between ~45 and ~120 kilograms; so a 150 liter tank is...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to LangyMD's post in the thread Utilitarian Star System Generator with Like Like.
    I've added the culture/tech/military/economy/starport profiles for the mainworld (ignoring special rules for balkenized worlds and...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to ishldgetoutmore's post in the thread Robot Crew Oversight with Like Like.
    In the MegaTraveller writeups of Battle Dress, they definitely mention that the suits can "walk" the wearer in the event they become...
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    J. L. Brown replied to the thread PoD - Oleb.
    'Taking their ships' is an Infamous Incident; it is against the 'unwritten code of the stars' and heavily penalized -- in addition to...
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    J. L. Brown replied to the thread PoD - Oleb.
    Well yes -- but piracy pays so incredibly poorly, especially the way it is set up in this campaign. Regular speculative trade is far...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to Vormaerin's post in the thread Too many moving parts with Like Like.
    The core mechanic for Traveller is an 8+ on 2d6 is the default difficulty. That is 45% for a +0 roll. Traveller is designed around the...
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    J. L. Brown replied to the thread Robot Crew Oversight.
    I just noticed this: So a advanced computer/1-equivalent brain would have room for 1 Skill/0 package. But a Computer/2 equivalent...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to Condottiere's post in the thread Antique Weapons with Like Like.
    It would be how much energy is expended at the point of contact, and how that point holds up. Which is why we have discarding sabots...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to Condottiere's post in the thread Antique Weapons with Like Like.
    It really depends on how many resources you want to invest in protection. Or for that matter, weapon systems, as a whole. The Romans...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to MonsterX's post in the thread Antique Weapons with Like Like.
    We run into the problem that armour value in Traveller is just a single number - except for laser protection. But IRL, low-tech armours...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to swordtart's post in the thread Antique Weapons with Like Like.
    Playing FALDOR recently I hit a bit of a speedbump. The poor low tech peeps are all using rubbish yestertech and so I was expecting a...
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    J. L. Brown replied to the thread Early M-Drive?.
    First: my (very over-simplified and probably incorrect) understanding: Vacuum is not empty; there is energy present. That energy...
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    J. L. Brown replied to the thread Singularity - musings.
    Could be a red giant star, or the swollen pre-kablooie 'helium burning' stage of a dwarf star -- much, much larger than what we usually...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to paltrysum's post in the thread Singularity - musings with Like Like.
    I'm not on FB, so I must have missed it. Anyway, here's one of my favorite pieces:
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