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    rinku replied to the thread UWP Tech Level?.
    The stated purpose of a UWP is to act as a seed for the Referee. A starting point. Every world is an exception, every world is unique...
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    rinku replied to the thread Imperial Navy Question.
    Except for missiles and torpedoes. Small SDBs suffer no such penalties with those shooting at other small ships, which is why they...
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    rinku replied to the thread Imperial Navy Question.
    Yeah, that original text about non-starships being able to beat starships was always not quite correct back in the day because for a...
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    rinku replied to the thread UWP Tech Level?.
    To their credit, GDW tried to get things back to basics with TNE (as well as hardening up the science a bit). But a lot of people got...
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    rinku replied to the thread IISS trans-rift couriers.
    I'd tend to think that finding a need for this, they'd adapt an existing J-4 transport design, replacing cargo area with dedicated fuel...
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    rinku replied to the thread Custom Ships/Deck Plans.
    To be honest, MCr2 for a program that lets a computer shoot things is what seems to be the real problem. Maybe have an included...
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    rinku replied to the thread Drop Tanks... Back From the Dead?.
    Boarding tubes specifically break if either ship uses thrust. They're not among the options to allow one ship to move another one...
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    rinku replied to the thread Imperial Navy Question.
    Mongoose largely does that by the Hull point differences and the effect that has on critical hits between the two. They might have the...
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    rinku replied to the thread Custom Ships/Deck Plans.
    Well... hopefully all those self aware robots won't get TOO self-aware... or bored.
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    rinku replied to the thread Custom Ships/Deck Plans.
    Expert Software in particular went way down in price between Core and Robot.
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    rinku reacted to Terry Mixon's post in the thread Custom Ships/Deck Plans with Like Like.
    It may not feel right, but that is how the robot rules work. I’d imagine computers and software will change significantly when they...
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    rinku replied to the thread Custom Ships/Deck Plans.
    Hmmm. I dunno. It doesn't really feel right that a robot crew would be cheaper than the computer solution. Of course, you could...
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    rinku reacted to Fluffy Bunny Feet's post in the thread UWP Tech Level? with Like Like.
    My personal setting includes an area settled by the SCA and each planet while having jump drive also has a culture based on a different...
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    rinku replied to the thread Custom Ships/Deck Plans.
    Do you really need the robots though? A ship's computer running the right software is definitely smart enough to identify targets it has...
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    Not an earlier edition as such, but T5 has the possibility of time spent in jump from the perspective of the ship not matching time...
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