30-ton jump boats in 1,248?

[MasterGwydion]

I just saw this. Before I saw this I didn't think sub-100-ton jump ships were still a thing in the 1,248 edition of the game.

 

[Sigtrygg]

1248 was a direct successor to TNE and so attempted to maintain many of the same assumptions of TNE.

 

[MasterGwydion]

1248 was a direct successor to TNE and so attempted to maintain many of the same assumptions of TNE.

Thanks! Before today, I actually thought that this rule went away before 1248. Thanks for the edition history lesson.

 

[collins355]

Thanks! Before today, I actually thought that this rule went away before 1248. Thanks for the edition history lesson.

There was a Jump Boat in TNE/Regency Sourcebook but it was 55dT.

 

[MasterGwydion]

There was a Jump Boat in TNE/Regency Sourcebook but it was 55dT.
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Nice find!

 

[GypsyComet]

Removing the 100-dton jump-capable limit was intended to make travel both more affordable and more terrifying in the New Era. IIRC the hull minimum was previously attributed to jump physics issues. Too small an object simply can't maintain itself in the weird space of Jump. I think TNE took the approach that it was less safe to do so, but not impossible.

 

[WHULorigan]

Removing the 100-dton jump-capable limit was intended to make travel both more affordable and more terrifying in the New Era. IIRC the hull minimum was previously attributed to jump physics issues. Too small an object simply can't maintain itself in the weird space of Jump. I think TNE took the approach that it was less safe to do so, but not impossible.

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 ), and it is touched on with the T5 Jump-readiness & Astrogation Jump mechanic as well.

 

[GypsyComet]

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 ), and it is touched on with the T5 Jump-readiness & Astrogation Jump mechanic as well.

High Guard 79 only, I think.

As a side note, reading between the Book 2 lines implies that even 100 tons is skirting disaster. The letter drives are indexed at 1-to-1 to *200* ton hulls.

 

[MasterGwydion]

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 ), and it is touched on with the T5 Jump-readiness & Astrogation Jump mechanic as well.

I like this interpretation too.