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    J. L. Brown reacted to Terry Mixon's post in the thread Cluster Truck - Here in Time for the Holidays! with Like Like.
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    J. L. Brown reacted to Sigtrygg's post in the thread Ship Combat with Like Like.
    That's why in HG80 you get a higher to hit number with multiple weapons in a battery, the black globe rules show not all of them hit. A...
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    J. L. Brown replied to the thread Ship Combat.
    Alrighty; I will moderate my position somewhat -- using a modifier based on the log of the volume of the target will be acceptable...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to MonsterX's post in the thread Ship Combat with Like Like.
    yes, that is the point I am making. The 1000 to 6000 tons example being presented as my position what I object to. I do in fact think...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to MongooseMatt's post in the thread Cluster Truck - Here in Time for the Holidays! with Like Like.
    The latest release for Traveller is here - Cluster Truck is a complete campaign where your Travellers will take on the role of space...
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    J. L. Brown replied to the thread Ship Combat.
    I responded directly to the idea that I disagree with. Your whole paragraph was 'Modifiers based on the size of a ship are something...
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    J. L. Brown replied to the thread Ship Combat.
    I did not construct a strawman; I disputed the idea that 'ship size' was terribly relevant to starship combat. A ships thrust (and...
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    J. L. Brown replied to the thread Ship Combat.
    Two points; a 6000 dTon ship has a cross section of 34.32 meters -- only about twice (~2.5x) that of a 100 dTon ship. Somehow, a 100...
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    J. L. Brown replied to the thread Ship Combat.
    No it absolutely does not. It seems intuitive, and feeds into 'rule of cool', but it makes no sense in terms of the way MGT 2e space...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to GabrielGABFonseca's post in the thread Ship Combat with Like Like.
    Personally, I don't think the DM for size should be a factor beyond Dogfighting range. The reasons are two-fold: firstly, because at...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to mavikfelna's post in the thread Ship Combat with Like Like.
    Well, I'm working on all the ships in High Guard right now, and while I'm happy with the ACS designs and my reinterpretations, I'm very...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to mavikfelna's post in the thread Ship Combat with Like Like.
    Lots of talk about ship combat lately and since I'm having to do some larger capitol ship designs right now I thought I'd start a thread...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to rinku's post in the thread Travel Calculations with Like Like.
    As a small point... if you do use the non-turnaround formulas, you'll probably also want the one to tell you how fast the ship is going...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to MonsterX's post in the thread Travel Calculations with Like Like.
    The tables in the Mongoose core book are really, really useful in giving a quick reference, particularly when a lot of people break down...
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    J. L. Brown reacted to rinku's post in the thread Travel Calculations with Like Like.
    Sad. The accelerate, flip, decelerate formula is derived from using the simple accelerate formulas twice, for half the overall...
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