Recent content by WHULorigan

Yes. Smaller than 100-ton hulls were highly susceptible to misjump, increasingly with decreasing tonnage. But I do not recall if there was a formula in TNE FF&S. I actually rather like this interpretation, as it gives a nod to CT/1e (LBB2'77 & LBB5'79 - haul the jump-torpedoes out of mothballs...

Whereas to us, "I am from the government, and I am here to help . . . " is just as terrifying a thought and statement . . . ;)

That would then go toward my comment of Intendants and/or Nobles having a monopoly on certain positions as Staff Officers (i.e. "Political Officers" or "Morale/Medical Officers aboard"), whereas anyone with talent in a given area or field (leadership or otherwise; Prole, Intendant, or Noble)...

But do you think this was a genuine error, or did editions after CT moving forward correct an unintentional oversight in the CT Zhodani CharGen system? In other words, was it really the intention that Proles could achieve any Rank in a Prior Service, or is it more reasonable to suppose that...

Oh come now . . . It is already 1000s of years in the making and you need it tomorrow? Can't you be content that your great grand children will have many hours of enjoyable play? Why are you so discontented? Perhaps you would benefit from some help with perspective. Why don't you leave a note...

Note, that is MAROON, *not * MAGENTA . . . (Dark-Blood-Red to Reddish-Brown, NOT Reddish-Purple, NOT Burgundy . . . )

Of course, that comment has to be taken in context: Is the Free Trader in question on the Giving End or Receiving End of said missile bay . . .

There are some of us who just have that type of personality, I guess . . . ;)

Rank-0 could default to any Technical Sergeant, Chief-Technician, or Warrant Officer Rank (or be a part of a separate technical specialist promotion track along that direction for "rising thru the ranks", especially if Warrant Officers are US Commissioned Warrant Officers/Chief Warrant...

The existing wiki already has an effort begun in that direction. There are articles that begin with the Tag "Library Data: <Title>" that contain only the Canon information for the article title in question. The project is only in the early phases, and the articles are not open for casual editing...

And you would be most correct in that assumption . . . 😉

Humans & Vargr were extracted from Terra, geneered, and transplanted to alien environments, where they subsequently evolved for 300,000 years. The other races were not. Those human & vargr races, respectively, also later interbred; some thoroughly, others less so.

It was only disclosed over the course of the publication run of original Classic Traveller that the Ancients were Droyne. The Ancients were the Ancients - a Mystery, an Enigma, with only conjectures and speculations. And Humans of different independently evolved cultures and even subspecies were...

That's a lot of Relict Clones . . . 😉 Of course, I'm sure if you've heard that once, you've heard it 64 times . . .

Those were my favorites as well, along with some of the Keith artwork.