Recent content by MasterGwydion

They don't, but We can only work with the rules we have as far as Charted Space goes.

If you had two products that were the same and one was half of the price, which would you buy? If you are privileged, you can choose. If you are poor, you buy what you can afford. In this case, the one you can afford is the same one that you cannot get repaired on your homeworld. What was Terry...

Cheapest way in Traveller is higher TL worlds producing lower TL items. Basically TL-10 world being the most economical to produce TL-7 goods. Like that. Not that specific example as I did not look at the rules when I wrote that, but it is something close to that. In Traveller, these would...

If the definition is manufactured locally, then switching out parts doesn't count. Nothing is being manufactured locally.

Kind of. They can replace parts, but not repair the parts.

Basically what this means is that a Referee is going to need to look at the surrounding planets that have higher TLs and starports. You could come up with a system for it if you wanted to. Something like... Percentage cost increase for higher TL items will depend on availability as represented...

Same thing it means living in Honduras. You can buy stuff from the higher TL world, so they will be common there. You just have to wait for anything you buy to be shipped to you. In Honduras, that is everything manufactured; cars, electronics, phones, commercial boats, airplanes, most...

I think you are confusing Corruption with Immorality. You can be Immoral, but not Corrupt. Corruption is a violation of your society's moral and ethical codes. What is "considered" moral or immoral is not relevent. All that is needed for something to be Corrupt is to violate societal agreements...

Just to clarify... Isn't that the same as saying that TL is defined as "what goods can be produced locally"?

More of a Grey Imperium. You want to make sure you don't end up as dark as 40K. :P

Definitely! We have access to all of the same things as when I lived in the US. What is different is how long it takes me to get it. In the US I could get a computer repaired in a day or two. Here it took a few weeks as I had to wait for parts to be shipped in. Edit - I also have to pay...

Awesome! Thanks! I couldn't find it either.

I live in Honduras. No one makes cellphones in Honduras, yet everyone has the latest technology smartphones even though they are the same price as in the US. No one makes copper wire in Honduras. It is imported, but most of the country has electricity. Honduras would be considered a lower TL...

Agreed. It has flaws. What I want to know is, "Why shouldn't we work to help fix those flaws and help build a consistent setting?" Why is there such insistence to keep it inconsistent? It seems to me that people are arguing against their best interests. A setting with little to no inconsistency...

I have been respectful and on point throughout this conversation. You have been snide, dismissive, and disrespectful. So fuck you and your point of view. I no longer feel you have any intelligent opinions on anything. Fuck off and have a nice day.