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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Pioneer Kickstarter Preview.
    I still remember the space combat introduction in Cyberpunk Near orbit - and how it tells you to forget about Star Wars and the like...
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    Sigtrygg reacted to Michael S's post in the thread Pioneer Kickstarter Preview with Like Like.
    completely agree with that, I want to make cerrtain the Mass of the ship, plus the Mass of the cargo, minus the Mass of the fuel i am...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Pioneer Kickstarter Preview.
    It has long been my contention that piloting a spacecraft in Traveller is no more difficult than playing a space flight sim... the...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread The Virus.
    If ion weapons are such a threat then every vessel will have its own ion screen.
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Pioneer Kickstarter Preview.
    No, they still train for manual control, very much so. When things go wrong you need the back up, and with more manned space flight...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Pioneer Kickstarter Preview.
    That was then, this is the near future. Even the crewed missions are automatically docked, usually. Manual control has only been used...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Pioneer Kickstarter Preview.
    When was the last time a spacecraft was flown by a human pilot? With computer assistance they wiggle a joystick for docking sometimes...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread The Virus.
    That's because Mongoose introduced ion weapons from Star Wars to the Third Imperium setting. That may have to change thanks to a certain...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Pioneer Kickstarter Preview.
    I can see the need to send humans, I just don't think the humans will be piloting the spacecraft, the computers will be a major factor.
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    Sigtrygg reacted to MongooseMatt's post in the thread Pioneer Actual Play with Like Like.
    The 2-hour Pioneer Actual Play is live! You can see it right here: In this Actual Play, you will see our friends at 12 Sided Studios...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread FFW doing it my way.
    I agree, the god's eye view that the players have would be absent from the participants. Yup, I have often pondered secret movement and...
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    Sigtrygg reacted to phavoc's post in the thread FFW doing it my way with Like Like.
    Yeah, Battleship-style gaming is only fun at small scale. Best way to do the wargame is to do the semi-random die roll for each...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Pioneer Kickstarter Preview.
    Flying manually under the auspices of orbital mechanics and at such extreme velocities... good luck with that. There is a reason they...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Pioneer Kickstarter Preview.
    Why would there be manual control at all? Spacecraft these days are flown by the onboard computer using a flight plan generated by the...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Pirates of Drinax - GMs thread.
    There are several things the Mongoose portrayal of Aslan changes from previous canon... 1. size 2. ihatei are reavers, raiders...
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