Technetium 98
Cosmic Mongoose
Errata thread.
2300AD Invasion, Part 1: Errata
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You should put the page number.
Bryn the 2300AD guy
Cosmic Mongoose
The "2300AD original writers" is still the writers of the 1980 edition of Traveller, and not 2300AD...
Bryn the 2300AD guy
Cosmic Mongoose
The expedition to Station Arcture (Mission Arcturus) occurs in 2300, not 2301. Not a typo but an error of fact as stated in the Mission Arcturus and Invasion modules.
In fact, the entire timeline is altered from established canon...
In fact, the entire timeline is altered from established canon...
Bryn the 2300AD guy
Cosmic Mongoose
The general timeline is rewritten, thus:
Generally similar until Christmas 2301
Battle of Christmas Day etc. moved to March
Attack on Crater moved from February to May 2302
Attack on Joi moved from March 2302 to February 2303
Random attack by Canton on France in March 2303
Battle of Beowulf moved from 12th July 2302 to August 2303
There are random gender swaps, but that's Colin's political beliefs.
Worse, three years ago I told him that "relying on the reaction" drives was foolish. It's the equivalent of a plane landing during combat so the pilot can get out on the wing and shoot at the enemy with his pistol. Or, a submarine instead of firing torpedoes surfacing stationary next to the enemy and the crew firing rifles from the deck. Colin clearly still doesn't understand how 2300AD space combat works.
Generally similar until Christmas 2301
Battle of Christmas Day etc. moved to March
Attack on Crater moved from February to May 2302
Attack on Joi moved from March 2302 to February 2303
Random attack by Canton on France in March 2303
Battle of Beowulf moved from 12th July 2302 to August 2303
There are random gender swaps, but that's Colin's political beliefs.
Worse, three years ago I told him that "relying on the reaction" drives was foolish. It's the equivalent of a plane landing during combat so the pilot can get out on the wing and shoot at the enemy with his pistol. Or, a submarine instead of firing torpedoes surfacing stationary next to the enemy and the crew firing rifles from the deck. Colin clearly still doesn't understand how 2300AD space combat works.
Bryn the 2300AD guy
Cosmic Mongoose
The map of BCV-4 is missing the global airfilm line, the heavy industry at New Middlesex, and the mines near New Carmody. The French industrial centre is Premiere, not Soissons. There are no mines at Nauseville, but rather it is the contact point for the Pentapod enclave, and the Pentapods are confined to their enclave. The city of Rickendorf, and it's mines, is missing.
p.50 WESPE FIGHTER description, third paragraph
"While is it streamlined with an air-breathing thruster,
the Wespe is not intended to act as an atmosphere
fighter, nor is it armed as such. Unlike the Mistral IIbis,
which is classified as an aerospace fighter, the Wespe
is a space fighter. It just happens to be able to take off
and land from planets."
Might be better written thusly:
"While is it streamlined with an air-breathing thruster,
the Wespe is not intended to act as an aerospace
fighter, nor is it armed as such. Unlike the Mistral IIbis,
which is classified as an aerospace fighter, the Wespe
is a space fighter. It just happens to be able to take off
from and land on planets."
"While is it streamlined with an air-breathing thruster,
the Wespe is not intended to act as an atmosphere
fighter, nor is it armed as such. Unlike the Mistral IIbis,
which is classified as an aerospace fighter, the Wespe
is a space fighter. It just happens to be able to take off
and land from planets."
Might be better written thusly:
"While is it streamlined with an air-breathing thruster,
the Wespe is not intended to act as an aerospace
fighter, nor is it armed as such. Unlike the Mistral IIbis,
which is classified as an aerospace fighter, the Wespe
is a space fighter. It just happens to be able to take off
from and land on planets."
Bryn the 2300AD guy
Cosmic Mongoose
The fighting at Aurore in April 2298 should consist of three battles.
1. The Death of DC-2 (French 2nd Light Division) - 4th April 2298
The grande frégates Suffren and De Grasse are surprised by four alien warships (Betas) and cut off from Aurore. They are overwhelmed.
2. Like a Wolf in the Fold - 5th April 2298
The Terran forces attempt to escort the three merchant ships at Aurore out of the system to safety, but are ambushed by one of the Betas that destroyed DC-2 and destroyed.
3. Last Stand at Tithonus - 6th April 2298
The surviving Terran forces are assembled in Tithonian space. Tithonus casts a huge STL zone, 87 ls in radius (larger than detection range). The Kafer forces enter the STL zone (2 Alphas and the 4 Betas) and engage the Terrans. The Ste. Jeanne d'Arc under Paul Armand DuBoise, and the escorts Aconit, Vauquelin and Kiev are destroyed, with only Konstantin and 2 French escorts escaping.
The Kafers then enter orbit to bombard Aurore on 8th April.
The fighting was not in orbit, but under warp. Indeed, had the Terrans entered the dead zone (the canonical name for > 0.1 G space) they would have been destroyed for no losses with no possibility of escape. Borodin would be dead.
1. The Death of DC-2 (French 2nd Light Division) - 4th April 2298
The grande frégates Suffren and De Grasse are surprised by four alien warships (Betas) and cut off from Aurore. They are overwhelmed.
2. Like a Wolf in the Fold - 5th April 2298
The Terran forces attempt to escort the three merchant ships at Aurore out of the system to safety, but are ambushed by one of the Betas that destroyed DC-2 and destroyed.
3. Last Stand at Tithonus - 6th April 2298
The surviving Terran forces are assembled in Tithonian space. Tithonus casts a huge STL zone, 87 ls in radius (larger than detection range). The Kafer forces enter the STL zone (2 Alphas and the 4 Betas) and engage the Terrans. The Ste. Jeanne d'Arc under Paul Armand DuBoise, and the escorts Aconit, Vauquelin and Kiev are destroyed, with only Konstantin and 2 French escorts escaping.
The Kafers then enter orbit to bombard Aurore on 8th April.
The fighting was not in orbit, but under warp. Indeed, had the Terrans entered the dead zone (the canonical name for > 0.1 G space) they would have been destroyed for no losses with no possibility of escape. Borodin would be dead.
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P. 184, Kimanjano. Under the Colonies section, it states that both colonies are "on the lone small continent." The map shows two continents and what could be continents on the poles.
P. 200, Beta Canum. The British Continent is referred to as Doggerland. But the map still refers to it as New Africa. Also, if you follow this parenthetical naming convention, it would make sense to provide the name for the German Continent on the map.
P. 207, Dunkelheim. The last sentence of the During the War section currently reads "While only marginally successful, converted some of the attention of the Kaefer hunting parties from the local population to the guerillas." Recommend changing "converted" to "these diverted."
P. 200, Beta Canum. The British Continent is referred to as Doggerland. But the map still refers to it as New Africa. Also, if you follow this parenthetical naming convention, it would make sense to provide the name for the German Continent on the map.
P. 207, Dunkelheim. The last sentence of the During the War section currently reads "While only marginally successful, converted some of the attention of the Kaefer hunting parties from the local population to the guerillas." Recommend changing "converted" to "these diverted."
Bryn the 2300AD guy
Cosmic Mongoose
The continents were called the French, British and German continents. The British colony is called New Africa, due to the resemblence to Africa:
"In many ways, the first colonists viewed it as a combination of aspects of their English homeland and of Africa, which their ancestors had worked to tame. The rocky northern coastline and frequent rains mimicked those of Great Britain, while the deep jungle which spreads over the majority of the British Continent reflects the depths of darkest Africa. Indeed, the British Continent is often affectionately called "New Africa" by her citizens." - Beanstalk (1987)
I hadn't noticed Colin has tried renaming it.
Page 200, he uses the term Doggerland for the colony, hence my note. The map still shows New Africa as the name, which is clearly an artifact from the original material. I don't really care if he changes the name or not, I just care that the name isn't consistent in the same document.
(But New Africa makes more sense than Doggerland, IMO.)
Bryn the 2300AD guy
Cosmic Mongoose
On page 24, the star appears to be confused, and the length of day is wrong. An Auroran day is ca. 61 standard hours (Aurore SB, pg 66 and elsewhere).
Aurore orbits the Brown Dwarf Tithonus, which orbits the barycentre of Muphrid (luminosity 6.5 Sols) and Rubris (luminosity 0.04) at 5.85 AU*. The majority of sunlight (> 99%) comes from Muphrid. Rubris doesn't matter.
* Of course, this means Aurore only gets 19% of the sunlight of Earth from their stars. Tithonus has a given luminosity of 0.00003 of Sol, but is so close it illuminates Aurore at 78% of Earth, giving 97% of Earth. However, Aurore is tidally locked to Tithonus. Due to the Barycentre, Murphid is +/- 0.22 AU in distance and so the actual variation is 17.6 to 20.5% of Sol, and so the insolation varies from 96 to 100% of Sol.
Tithonus glows roughly "light cherry red" and in the colonial areas at night there is a dim red illumination, and in day (when Muphrid, a yellow star, is overhead) it gets slightly lighter and oranger. Living on Aurore means living under dim red light except when artificial illumination is used.
Aurore orbits the Brown Dwarf Tithonus, which orbits the barycentre of Muphrid (luminosity 6.5 Sols) and Rubris (luminosity 0.04) at 5.85 AU*. The majority of sunlight (> 99%) comes from Muphrid. Rubris doesn't matter.
* Of course, this means Aurore only gets 19% of the sunlight of Earth from their stars. Tithonus has a given luminosity of 0.00003 of Sol, but is so close it illuminates Aurore at 78% of Earth, giving 97% of Earth. However, Aurore is tidally locked to Tithonus. Due to the Barycentre, Murphid is +/- 0.22 AU in distance and so the actual variation is 17.6 to 20.5% of Sol, and so the insolation varies from 96 to 100% of Sol.
Tithonus glows roughly "light cherry red" and in the colonial areas at night there is a dim red illumination, and in day (when Muphrid, a yellow star, is overhead) it gets slightly lighter and oranger. Living on Aurore means living under dim red light except when artificial illumination is used.
