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    It's interesting to see how much discussion was basically triggered by that one typo/omission in HG. The CRB Lab ship entry has the...
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    rinku replied to the thread Traveller Release Schedule 2025.
    Also, obviously...
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    rinku replied to the thread Species (Races) in MgT 2e.
    Aslan are in Pirates of Drinax as well. Book 2 (Trojan Reach), p.26 (p64 for character generation)
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    rinku replied to the thread Ship's Fabricator.
    I'd be okay with the TL17+ ones doing that. But they're space magic anyway. And as a point there ARE external fabs that don't use a...
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    rinku replied to the thread High Guard: Ramming?.
    I made the same mistake initially when I was working it out, but I caught myself before I posted it. But if we're talking about...
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    rinku replied to the thread Ship's Fabricator.
    Good luck fitting a 5 litre pole into a 5 litre bucket.
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    rinku replied to the thread Ship's Fabricator.
    Well, it's all crosspollination. The 1980 Car Wars vehicle construction sequence is pretty obviously developed from 1977 Traveller's...
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    rinku replied to the thread High Guard: Ramming?.
    Dogfight rounds are 6 seconds, not 6 minutes. 6 seconds of acceleration at 10ms^2 gets you up to 60m^s, 216kph And the vectors are...
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    rinku replied to the thread Ship's Fabricator.
    That's why I largely step back from that. But I get you. In any case, if you're buying a fabricator specifically to print bodies it...
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    rinku replied to the thread High Guard: Ramming?.
    Pretty much, although for VERY large mass differences you would probably see the larger ship mostly remain intact. Consider a...
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    rinku replied to the thread Seeking Advice on Robot size.
    I choose to follow the original CT line that ships are defined in (metric) tons and you work out the deckplans at an average of 2...
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    In Secrets of the Ancients there is a "precursor" weapon called a Fusion Pistol (TL 22) detailed in The Death of Grandfather chapter...
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    rinku replied to the thread Ship's Fabricator.
    You're in a particularly fractious mood today, MG. One the one hand you're angry about the conflation between litres and kilograms... on...
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    rinku replied to the thread High Guard: Ramming?.
    No different at all. That's why I suggested using the Dogfight rules to set it up. But a thrust difference makes more difference here...
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    rinku replied to the thread Seeking Advice on Robot size.
    Well, a kilogram is based on a litre of water, but the point is made.
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