Recent content by Thunderbolt

I'd assumed that it was like the OT, but it's 'Z' drives fade out at 5000 tons, whereas the Mongoose 'Z' drive arbitrarily stops at rating 4.

Does the percentage system let me work out how a 'Z' drive's rating is attenuated by the increasing size of the ship? I ask because I have tried figuring out a formula from the core rules table, but it doesn't seem to entirely based on a formula. Bottom line, I'm trying to figure out where...

I may have an older edition of the core rules, so I was wondering if the tonnages shown in the drive table ever got extended. Drives higher than 'M' would appear to have more mileage in them on ships greater than 2000 tons, with the 'Z' drive clearly extending well beyond the end of the table...

I've invested in all the main rule books, but I'm now looking to read some of them on an eReader. Do all the erratas that have appeared for the dead tree editions get rolled into the PDF editions, or are they afflicted with the same errors?

The most awesome collection of SF artwork I've seen in a very long time. I like the grand feel that many of them have, and the truly alien.

What about coming up with a MGT version of the Valerian Space Axe as depicted in E.E. 'Doc' Smith's, Galactic Patrol series. Ideal for powered armour troops, provided you can perform the requisite hand waving for the Dureum metal they are made of. Of course, these come from a universe where...

After a quick trip to TravellerMap.com, I don't see any discrepancies between subsectors within the Spinward Marches or those that surround it. My copy was bought last Thursday.

I'm seeing the Rhylanor sector in my copy, and the worlds you mention seem to be there too, a second production run?

Yes indeed, I finished the site cleansing this evening. Hopefully, it's really been a case of changing or removing some names, and ensuring game mechanisms are not included, which is why certain ship plans and character profiles got removed. Story archetypes are common across every genre...

Just to clarify, I have not been 'told' to remove references to the OTU from Cambrian Moons, but I feel the wording and present flux surrounding the OGL and SRD have 'pushed' me to do so. Seeing the various 'what if' scenarios being discussed and degree of uncertainty makes me think a clean...

Some other thoughts about your world. Unless you envisage a relatively stable crust, you could expect to see lots of activity around subduction zones with undersea volcanism building up undersea mountains that may even poke above the waves from time to time. The thermal vents around plate edges...

I've been watching the BBC series, "The Living Planet" and the episode I just finished attributes the presence of polar ice at the poles to the effect of distributed land masses. These disrupt the flow of warmer water from equatorial areas that might otherwise keep the poles ice free. Your...