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Rrinku replied to the thread Highport Stats/Specs.High Guard rules, yes. Although in terms of destruction, there are aspects that won't apply in the same way as for a ship. Space...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Imperial Battleships.MJD aside, as Collins355 said above, in Fighting Ships the text uses Dreadnaught as an alternate for Battleship (p.9), and for the three...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Space Combat - Did I miss something?.In the outer system, those "noise" emissions will show up better, since all the other things are much dimmer. I'd... not rely on...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Running Cluster Truck.Not yet. I might be using it later this year. Nearest I have done, years ago, were a few sessions based on the "Convoy" song, but that...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Traveller 5E.My suspicion is that this basically won't make much headway against Starfinder. T20 didn't have any real competitors aside from legacy...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Combat Arm from CSC.And always good to see Our Don mentioned.
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RThe original essay is quoted often. Here is a nice revisiting of that essay: https://rbaanthro.com/blog/gould-400-hitting
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Airships work by having a huge body of less dense gas which rises and a comparatively tiny vessel is tethered to it. They are largely... -
Rrinku replied to the thread Space Combat - Did I miss something?.Keep in mind that passive sensors include observing reflected sunlight. While it's true that passive sensors to require an active...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Combat Arm from CSC.There's a great Stephen Jay Gould essay* on the theme of athlete performances improving over time leading to it being hard for any of...
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RThe study covers that element by taking a holistic view. Having springy legs might improve certain stages in a run, but there will be...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Traveller 5E.I look at it this way. When there are a lot of positive modifiers, either from skill or from circumstance, yes. You can get to automatic...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Combat Arm from CSC.The answer is: it appears to be very unlikey. Potentially you could study para athletes that were competitive runners before they lost...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Armor details clarification.There's nothing that's *vulnerable* to lasers. Regular armour still offers protection. I guess it *might* be possible to have something...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Combat Arm from CSC.Yes. The point being, that yes, there are some exceptional amputee runners who can match exceptional non-amputee runners, and maybe beat...