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Hello, I don't seem able to find stats for building Urzaeng Travellers in Aliens of Charted Space Vol. 1. They are mentioned on p.171 and an Urzaeng modification is mentioned on p.214, however it is intended as a modification for standard Vargr. Problem is, a standard Vargr is STR-2, DEX+1...

Agreed. That is in short the explanation given on the Atomic Rockets site. Anyone attempting such an act would be hunted down and be extinguished, be it an individual, group, corporation or government. If you are willing to commit genocide, you send the clear message that you are a ravening...

No. We're talking about a small nickel-iron asteroid, approx. 4-5m across, tossed and aimed from another star system at .99c The object in question would weigh about 400 tons. So one puny thruster plate alone could accelerate it at .1g for 10 years, reaching .99c. This thruster plate would...

Yes, but it's not like Mongoose had a saying in this matter. Traveller canon belongs to Marc Miller and he has to agree on any large changes to the setting.

Sorry, my mind went elsewhere - long day. I meant lightspeed lag. Your passive sensors would tell you a tiny instant before impact that something is going on, your active sensors wouldn't do much better if the projectile is moving nearly as fast as the fastest signal. You could use an X-boat...

Except, that you just can't stop a relativistic kill impactor. Not only is it upon you the moment you detect it, but even if you somehow could manage to detect it using an ultra-tech gizmo, you still would not be able to intercept it, since due to relativistic time dilation effects, the...

Actually, he has a point here. The physics behind that fact are explained at great length on Winchell Chung's "Atomic Rocket" site http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/index.php Just read under the topic "reactionless drives". There also was a large discussion on the Traveller Mailing...

On the table, the word of the GM is law. It's that simple. There is no "war".

Actually, if I didn't like Traveller I wouldn't be playing it since 1986 (with some pauses in between). But yes, I couldn't care less whether it brings new audiences that demand more because in all likelyhood I will never have a chance to play with them anyway. Where I live, I can find enough...

I agree. FF&S was a pain in the ass for design sequences, though.

You made that clear. But: to meet this criteria, it is sufficient that a given piece of technology is consistent. It does not have to be plausible in the real world. If a drive unit consists of a box with faeries that push against the front part and you can boost the performance by kicking the...

That's my go-to description also. 1 cubic meter and 2 tons of drive charged with 1MW of power generate 40 tons of thrust and require a surface are of thrust/200 in square meters. That's all there is to remember (well, the price of MCr1 per unit also). Neat.

No it doesn't. In another thread it was clearly stated that Star Wars owes its success to the iconic name and gigantic franchise behind it - that alone sells. Stars without number caters to a specific target audience that wouldn't even think about playing anything other than D&D/Pathfinder...

On the game table, there is no reasoning in the sense of talking the GM into things that clearly would bend the game system. Resolve by roll or resort to rules. If both fails, apply common sense taking canon setting infos into account. Other than that, out of luck.

"Star Wars" and "Stars without Number" both sell well. Your beef seems to be that you find it of the utmost importance that players can apply real-world knowledge for in-game situations. Tough luck. 30 years of Traveller (and other SF games) have taught me otherwise. And if the application of...