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You could make the same criticism for Education. That is also contextualised by background; an Aslan Pilot will have a very different body of knowledge to draw from than a Zhodani social worker, even if they have the same EDU rating. Yes. It is culturally dependant; SOC is the stat that changes...

Depends on where you position the heat sinks for said power system and how hot you're running it at the moment. A ship that's ACTIVELY trying to look like space junk has options. Actually... probably the easiest way to stealth would be to deploy a suitable shield between the ship and the...

Sure. And that's where the situation assesses if SOC IS the appropriate stat or not. The Referee is well within their rights to rule that a boorish and stupid noble trying to impress a bunch of belters uses their -1 INT DM for that interaction. Titles are just gloss that characters MAY choose...

One thing is probably universal... you do not want a shipyard to be inactive. Whatever government involvement there may be (and stepping aside from the 3I Imperial Navy, this will vary from world to world), it does make sense for most shipyards to spend most of their capacity building things...

"Common"? No. "At all for this particular campaign"? Why not? Hivers are explorers and scientists. And quite curious. There are definitely things of interest in the Spinward Marches for them, and the appearance of a travelling Hiver group is not unreasonable. The SM is an established region...

Yeah, Mongoose seems to have skipped over duration, but there's no real reason not to use the 60 days that CT does. It depends on how rapid the natural tail off is. It might not be wholly predictable and without the antidote side effects might linger for days to weeks; there are possibly...

Sure. But the navy's capital shipbuilding requirements would be relatively small, and largely concentrated on hub worlds that have the TL, as well as the capacity for big ships (like Mora). No one's building dreadnaughts at Regina; even the TL15, Pop 9 hubs like Rhylanor and Glisten are probably...

Huh. I thought it was just Australian. We use "Big Smoke" to generally to refer to a bigger city than where you usually live, if that's regional. Especially the capital city of a state. So, as a native Launcestonian, I might refer to Hobart that way - but also Melbourne or Sydney. But not...

Any compartment (including corridors) with two iris valves or hatches is a de-facto airlock, after all.

All the more reason to leave it to deckplan design, having a sensible scheme of access and compartmentalisation. ...or an awkward scheme, if the ship is a conversion. Or if the designer was a bit rubbish.

If we're accounting every system that the base hull might contain, we're returning to MegaTraveller, and I don't consider that a good thing or expect Mongoose to cater to it. But if that's someone's thing, by all means go for it in their game.

I mean, it's a fair point... but at least in Mongoose 2e the characteristic used is contextual (including the possibility of not using any). And while there is a case to be argued for Social Standing's relationship to wealth and confidence affecting social situations, INT or EDU (or even...

Hmmm. Hivers are curious, meddlesome busybodies and can often be found far afield. And potentially any roaming Hiver might bring along a couple of Ithklur. And the Ithklur themselves can be quite adventurous. They're often fans of Terran culture, so I could see some making pilgrimages to the...

It's worth remembering too that objects in space usually have half of their surface lit up by the star, and the reflected light from the sun side usually outstrips the thermal emissions if it's in view.

I think there's a largely unexplored but viable concept here of a small non-starship hull whose role is to protect and deliver attack drones. The carrier delivers squadrons of 100t, armoured and high thrust craft, which close to engage, then rapidly deploy several 5-10 ton drones. As a short...