Recent content by tytalan

Another thing to consider is some tech has a limit to how much it can be improved or made smaller. A good example of this is vacuum tubes, you might think that transistors have completely replaced them but that not the case. Vacuum tubes are still used in a lot of modern medical equipment...

Sorry Arkathan I got side tracked with the other argument. Your post was an interesting read and a good find. I wish I could read the full article what little was available looked interesting I’m going to see if I can find it elsewhere

Apparently you can’t read otherwise you would know that I did say there are storms in the Mediterranean especially in the fall and winter months. A storm doesn’t mean it not considered a clam sea. It Hilarious that you think a single storm one that’s actually in the Atlantic though it is...

A- well you apparently don’t consider 20+ years of sailing the Great Lakes as sailing. B- maybe you should actually read some actual history of the Romans other than a Quick Look at the Punic war. But than this is (Almost exactly) like you lecturing a Historian because you read about a single...

Oh by the way have you yourself ever sailed? Me I’ve sailed all over the Great Lakes in an actual sail boat. By the way the Great Lakes are also considered rougher than the Mediterranean Sea. If you actually did some research you would fine out that the Mediterranean is considerably calmer...

Wow you know a lot about modern ship yea. Too bad that has nothing to do with what we are talking about. Modern ships are vastly different from ships of ancient times. I love how you completely disregard my history references and use a modern reference to support your argument it’s a great...

Which is the primary reason Rome won the first Punic war. Between all the ship yards in Greek and Egyptian ports and the Legions.

I would say you’re the one lacking in knowledge of the sea conditions in the Mediterranean when compared to the Atlantic. While cyclones occasionally accrue in the Mediterranean they are fairly uncommon and almost always only accrue durning the late fall. It is the mild weather conditions that...

It’s actually not surprising that the Romans disdained naval power considering it was founded by Greek refugees possibly from Athens. The Roman Road system was its strength and most likely the birth place of the legions. There are indications that the Roman legions had their birth in the road...

There was a point in time while shipping troops across the English Channel that the Romans were losing 1 to 2 ships out of every 3. It wasn’t until they started using local ships and sailors that those numbers decreased. The Romans were bad even for Mediterranean sailors and ships wright and...

Sorry I got side tracked by the other argument. It’s a good find and definitely a suitable argument for TL 1 rail roads

Why do you need 2 modules? The IISS is going to keep it simple and with little extraneous systems they run on a shoestring budget. Your vault/mail/high passage module is a good example of an overly complex module. A module should be simple and mission specific/orientated a single 30dt module...

@MarcusIII in the end what you seem to be making is some short of force field just fancied up to make it sound like it’s not. It just doesn’t feel like it belongs in most Traveller settings.

I think you’re missing my point standardization is very important especially in a bureaucracy like the IISS. I truly understand what you’re going for but using a standard size especially one that is so common as well as already being used only makes logical and economical sense. You can easily...

The problem is just recycling everything doesn’t cover the needs of civilization, there has to be a constant supply of new resources to maintain advancement and growth. I do like the ideal of many worlds using decon chambers to eliminate garbage though I suspect that rather a civilization uses...