Recent content by Technetium 98

Seeing as allowing more than one missile bay would more than likely just lead to having as many missile bays as you have missiles, I would assume it's just one.

It's just MCr0.1/ton, the original Element classes were a bit weird. Not modules, separate 'ships' that were welded together over weeks.

I wouldn't say it's that much of a concern - the fighters still have 4 weeks of endurance, if they need more and can't get it from a nearby station or from wilderness refuelling they've got much bigger problems. ... Though a lot of my fighters use R-Drives and I still don't pack extra fuel onto...

At risk of being difficult - does that interact with military/civilian crewing requirements? Military craft need three so their stations are always manned, but robots don't need sleep. Suppose that applies for virtual crew/gunner as well, actually.

Based on my reproduction, doesn't look like it.

I'd say 1 - it's got the fewest question marks for how robots vary with sophonts.

Assuming you mean Gun Combat 2 and Science 2 as the final modifier, with both skill and characteristic DMs, yes.

... I bolded the relevant bit. Surely you realise you're being pedantic, right? This is for the finalisation section - the summary of the robot, which is where the argument started. That's just to make it clear for the reader what the robot is meant to do - that's why it says or list (all)...

so just for the record could you confirm that i am indeed a most handsome and generous lover? And to be fair, I didn't exactly help. A lot of the lark I was on earlier was me assuming it was Science (all) 4, not 3.

Y'know just buying Science 0 and Language 0 makes it pretty cheap? Only needs +25 Bandwidth like that. I'll concede I was confused about that from the outset, but if anything it makes these designs more permissive, not less. Bolted on the other bollocks - it's Cr9,360,430. I'd've rounded up...

Then I refer you to the passage on page 76. It's identical to any sophont with Science 0 - they can tackle all Science related skills with DM+0, plus their INT (or EDU) DM. Same for robots.

Could you explain to me why that matters here? Buy Science 0 and Language 0, you're off to the races.

Omega's got more than enough bandwidth, trust me on that. As for the rest - there's a 10% - 20% discount. Even up to 80%. Even then, it allows you to round off the price. Omega's fine.

Buying Science 0 with INT 15 would still get you Science (all) 3, right? That's what the passage I posted earlier said? If anything, that just reduces bandwidth requirements further, I don't see why this is a sticking point. Again, you can install more level 0 skills, they just start requiring...

It doesn't change the skill. Just the bandwidth it consumes.