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    WHULorigan replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    In 2300AD there are the X-Ray Laser Detonation Torpedoes (also in TNE) which are stand-off weapon packages (about ~TL11/12) that pack a...
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    WHULorigan replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    Yes, but that is an entirely different issue. Fighters would do well in the "Coast Guard" / Patrol / Merchant Escort / Commerce...
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    WHULorigan replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    So perhaps the question that should be asked (from the opposite direction): Since "Fighters" (i.e. small combat craft) have been in...
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    WHULorigan replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    But Air-to-Air Combat and Surface-to-Air Combat, versus Space Combat are apples and oranges due to the orders of magnitude in difference...
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    WHULorigan reacted to Sigtrygg's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    Fighters should be no danger to large ships, The end. Changing Traveller Third Imperium fighters to be yet more like Star Wars fighters...
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    WHULorigan replied to the thread Earth-Standard Worlds Only.
    Might make it possible for the tramp trader to turn a credit shipping things off season on a main route when the big lines consider it...
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    WHULorigan replied to the thread Earth-Standard Worlds Only.
    Essentially it is the "X-boat" for physical cargo instead of Comms Traffic (presumably with a Maneuver Drive). Or a Dune Guild...
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    WHULorigan reacted to rinku's post in the thread Earth-Standard Worlds Only with Haha Haha.
    Space dysentery. One of the worst things that can happen in a small, enclosed environment...
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    WHULorigan reacted to Vormaerin's post in the thread Earth-Standard Worlds Only with Like Like.
    I just don't think that you two actually disagree in a meaningful way. Traveller does account for Jump masking in a number of cases, but...
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    WHULorigan reacted to Vormaerin's post in the thread Earth-Standard Worlds Only with Like Like.
    Yeah, the straight line obstruction concept sounds neat but is basically unplayable with any level of consistency. I prefer the simpler...
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    WHULorigan replied to the thread Earth-Standard Worlds Only.
    You need more dedication . . .😉
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    WHULorigan replied to the thread Earth-Standard Worlds Only.
    Yes, but it is not quite as bad as it might seem at first, when you recall that the ecliptic planes of the various star systems are...
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    WHULorigan reacted to Vormaerin's post in the thread Earth-Standard Worlds Only with Like Like.
    I'm not sure what anyone's point here is. Yes, most mainworlds are in the habitable zone because that makes the most sense. And it is...
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    WHULorigan reacted to GabrielGABFonseca's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    I have just made a surprisingly accurate, spontaneous impression of Leonard Nimoy's Spock Eyebrow™ at this statement. I am thoroughly...
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    WHULorigan reacted to Vormaerin's post in the thread The Premises of Traveller: 1. "Jump takes a week/No ansibles" with Like Like.
    For me, it is that and saying a thing is common and then not actually having the setting work as if it was.
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