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Rrinku replied to the thread Drop Tanks... Back From the Dead?.Sounds like special pleading. It still has a bridge of some kind, and while Robot Handbook discusses robots controlling ships at some...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Imperial Navy Question.Small bays are almost useless against ships that size, as you fully well know. But as you also fully well know, SDBs can exist in all...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Drop Tanks... Back From the Dead?.Do you have a page reference for that, Terry? I'm struggling to find one. As well, the cockpit or bridge contains the avionics, and...
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RTo some extent and they have the reduced crew values for very large ships in another table. I think 2300 makes an even bigger...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Alternate Crewing rules.That's an idea for some situations. Basically ground crew, like aircraft use. Definitely something that would apply for an...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Drop Tanks... Back From the Dead?.I think any hull needs at least a cockpit based on size. The bridge is mostly the ship's nervous system, whether it has sit down couches...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Drop Tanks... Back From the Dead?.Actually, it probably makes more sense just to carry drones that have chunky attitude thrusters on them. The attach at the opposite end...
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Rrinku replied to the thread Drop Tanks... Back From the Dead?.Breakaway hulls need a bridge in each ship. That idea would be a ship with a similar sized drone carried craft.
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RProbably just a mechanical or gravity docking clamp on the nose of the ship. Attachs itself to the ship or container that it wants to...
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Rrinku replied to the thread IISS trans-rift couriers.As far as the OP question goes, it may not exist. You can frame the idea and requirement for them without having to sit down and...
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Rrinku 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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Rrinku 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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Rrinku 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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Rrinku 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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Rrinku 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...
