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    phavoc replied to the thread Lifesupport Costs for Interplanetary accommodations.
    Agreed. For short flights I'd expect zero recycling except maybe for air. Obviously it's capable of doing more, so it's possible...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Lifesupport Costs for Interplanetary accommodations.
    It would be best to have a universal cost associated with life support on a per-person basis. Really doesn't matter if it's a cabin or...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Adventure-Class Ships.
    I've always treated it as you can check your math up to the point of jumping. But, the proof is in the pudding and if somewhere you...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Thoughts on Ship Optimization.
    I think this illustrates just how hard it is to gamify this sort of thing. These are all good and valid points being made. We know...
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    phavoc reacted to tytalan's post in the thread Thoughts on Ship Optimization with Like Like.
    Bad example since retro tech by the rules is for electronics a better example would be trying to replace transistors with vacuum tubes...
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    phavoc reacted to Vormaerin's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    No one is arguing about how it should be played in anyone's particular campaign. The author's intent or even their explicit statements...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Adventure-Class Ships.
    Estimating passenger travel between worlds within a subsector, within a sector, or beyond is gonna be a swag - at best. We cannot...
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    phavoc reacted to WHULorigan's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    But in modern travel a Sea Voyage vs. an Air Voyage is an option. In the analogy the interstellar voyage is analogous to the Sea Voyage...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Adventure-Class Ships.
    Unfortunately for the authors, the statement is a bit of a logical fallacy. Airline travel is not equivalent to starship travel. The...
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    phavoc reacted to Arkathan's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    A cruise ship is more relevant to interstellar travel than airline flights. Airline flights are closer to planet to moons/space stations...
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    phavoc reacted to Vormaerin's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    4+distance for the Astrogator. So a typical far trader jump is 6+ for the Astrogator. So, yeah, you can do various things to get a +4...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Thoughts on Ship Optimization.
    All fair points. I had to go look up the spark plug thing. According to the Model T club there are some issues, but it's possible if...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Thoughts on Ship Optimization.
    Well, in this case the Model T used transmission braking rather than brake pads (the parking brake on the back wheels was similar to the...
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    phavoc reacted to tytalan's post in the thread Thoughts on Ship Optimization with Like Like.
    That doesn’t work because if you build it at a TL 12 yard with TL 12 parts for the cost reduction it’s no longer TL9 it’s now TL 12...
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    phavoc replied to the thread Traveller, TAS, and AI.
    Ha! Had to go look that one up. That's a new level of philosophical libertarian crazy to me. :)
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