equipment catalogue?

[SSWarlock]

Electro-contractive rope with gecko-like attachment properties to make climbing (or cargo handling) easier ... or, at least, more interestingly high tech.

Ah HA! So that's how Sam's elvish rope in the Lord of the Rings works!

I knew the elves were really Darrians.

:lol:

 

[RedBeardSean]

You know, I just went through the available-for-purchase equipment lists in each and every one of the LBB adventures, and the vast majority of them had:

Cable— fine flexible plasteel cable, capable of supporting 250 kilograms. Available in 50 meter coils, each weighing 3 kilograms. Up to ten coils are available. Price: Cr100 per coil.

Apparently, rope is good.

 

[aspqrz]

You know, I just went through the available-for-purchase equipment lists in each and every one of the LBB adventures, and the vast majority of them had:

Cable— fine flexible plasteel cable, capable of supporting 250 kilograms. Available in 50 meter coils, each weighing 3 kilograms. Up to ten coils are available. Price: Cr100 per coil.

Apparently, rope is good.

And, by the stats provided, less advanced and/or vastly more costly than rope now available :wink:

Like most "mundane" Traveller tech.

Phil

 

[pasuuli]

Apparently, rope is good.

And, by the stats provided, less advanced and/or vastly more costly than rope now available :wink:

Like most "mundane" Traveller tech.

Sort of why I like to assume the standard stuff is just "there". It doesn't seem to add a lot of color, and when it does it becomes a plot device or a referee-thwarter, and isn't something I'd really want to have to shop for, any more than I'd shop for shoes, shirts, socks... a nice hat... I mean there's a place for rare and unique stuff, but mundane stuff...?

 

[RedBeardSean]

And, by the stats provided, less advanced and/or vastly more costly than rope now available :wink:

Like most "mundane" Traveller tech.

Phil

It's true. The stats on personal communications gear are just laughable compared to todays cells and blackberries.

 

[aspqrz]

And, by the stats provided, less advanced and/or vastly more costly than rope now available :wink:

Like most "mundane" Traveller tech.

It's true. The stats on personal communications gear are just laughable compared to todays cells and blackberries.

This, and all the other issues like it, continually make me shake my head and want to cry to the heavens "What were they smoking?" :roll:

YMMV of course.

Phil

 

[kafka]

There is rope

and then there is ROPE

not the best example of chrome but make it look nice...and even rope can be attractive.

 

[GypsyComet]

And, by the stats provided, less advanced and/or vastly more costly than rope now available :wink:

Like most "mundane" Traveller tech.

Phil

It's true. The stats on personal communications gear are just laughable compared to todays cells and blackberries.

You might want to scan the horizon for cell towers before making that comparison. They still call them "Cell" phones for good reason. Modern cell phones only have a range of a few miles under most circumstances.

 

[drdentista]

There never where any special equipment supplements for previous versions except for the "Central Supply Catalog" for Marc Miller's Traveller (T4). Actually a very good book, trying to collect gear and gadgets from previous versions of Traveller. T4 also has "The Emperors Arsenal", which is a weapons book, sorted by tech level. Both books are quite decent, and the CSC can be used as is, but the EA does of course have the wrong stats for weapons, although you could convert them to MGT.

 

[qstor]

There never where any special equipment supplements for previous versions except for the "Central Supply Catalog" for Marc Miller's Traveller (T4). Actually a very good book, trying to collect gear and gadgets from previous versions of Traveller. T4 also has "The Emperors Arsenal", which is a weapons book, sorted by tech level. Both books are quite decent, and the CSC can be used as is, but the EA does of course have the wrong stats for weapons, although you could convert them to MGT.

I think someone mentioned before.

Avenger's Special Supplement 6: Guns, Gadgets and Gear

I don't have this. I have some of the other Avenger .pdfs. Does it work will with MGT? Does it have rope?

Mike

 

[rust]

Of course it has.

Rope (Cr20, TL5, 3kg) 10m of strong but light rope made from natural or artificial fibers.

And it also has cable ...

As for the weapons, I think you would have to modify the data somewhat,
although this should not be very difficult.

 

[aspqrz]

Rope (Cr20, TL5, 3kg) 10m of strong but light rope made from natural or artificial fibers.

And, of course, in the Traveller Universe they're still using TL5 hemp (or equivalent) fiber rope at TL/15 ... :shock:

Once the Vilani invent something, there's no point in improving it :wink:

Phil

 

[rust]

Once the Vilani invent something, there's no point in improving it :wink:

I am almost sure that the first piece of such rope was discovered at an
Ancients site ... probably even Grandfather used it. :shock:

 

[aspqrz]

Once the Vilani invent something, there's no point in improving it :wink:

I am almost sure that the first piece of such rope was discovered at an
Ancients site ... probably even Grandfather used it. :shock:

I suspect that GF's rope was rather more advanced than TL/5 ... or even TL/15 8)

Phil

 

[rje]

TL-Z "Rope".

Possibly a psionic talent?

 

[Patron Zero]

Why not a 'smart' rope that is a living organism that can increase or reduce it's length-volume when receiving external 'commands ?

Perhaps GF had clever 'pets' rather than simple tools ?

 

[aspqrz]

Why not a 'smart' rope that is a living organism that can increase or reduce it's length-volume when receiving external 'commands ?

Perhaps GF had clever 'pets' rather than simple tools ?

Gecko-patched electro-contractive Smart Rope, in fact, which appears in "Dark Star Catalog" ... which, as I said, currently is at c. 80 pages (US Letter) and for which work is progressing slowly (it's report writing time of year at School) ...

However, a spoiler may be in order ...

ROPEBLOK

This is a nanoforged electro-contracting, high tensile strength, smart polyplastic fiber shipped in a com­pact unit from which variable lengths can be extruded, detached and reattach­ed as needed.

Rope from a RopeBlok is typically 8 mm diameter, and shows a 10% com­pression in diameter (and a 10% inc­rease in length) under 1000+ kg of attached mass.

The rope extruded from a RopeBlok inc­ludes geckotech capabilities to allow it to be firmly attach­ed to any surface to securing the rope and also all­ows for sections oto be stiff­en­ed to enhance any fastening strength when placed around simple and/or com­p­lex shaped objects.

Smart rope from a RopeBlok can also be pro­grammed to electrocontract, exerting con­siderable force in doing so – this can be used to fur­ther tighten the rope’s grip and ability to support its working load, but can also be used, when the rope is firmly attached to a solid object, to draw an unfixed object slow­ly towards the fixed end of the rope, ass­ist­ing lifting and pull­ing, especially rel­atively light objects (such as climbing per­sonnel).

One meter of length flattened into a gecko patch provides 500 kilos worth of attach­ment strength.

If used on a knot tied to secure a stiff­ened or electro­con­tract­ed section, it makes the att­ach­ment unbreakable by any forces of less than 5000 kg (greater than the rated breaking strain of the rope!).
To assist climbing, the smart rope can form hand and foot loops -- and these can be set to move exclusively up­wards or downwards in conjunction with the climb­er’s movements over set dis­t­ances (and, for downward movement, at a set maximum speed) or they can be set to form at set distances throug the length of the rope.

Passive loops make the process of climbing a Routine check, and probably should­n’t even be rolled under non-stress circ­um­stances (such as severe time pressure, com­bat, or inclement weather or environ­men­t­al conditions).

It is possible to set these loops to remain “fixed” while the rope electrocontracts, all­ow­ing the user to be more easily trans­port­ed up (or down) the rope.

Smart RopeBloks are powered, with integral batteries or by con­nect­ion to out­side energy sources and detach­ed lengths can be powered by in­sert­ing batt­eries or connecting to an outside en­er­gy source.

A Smartrope can lift 1 kilo one meter in one second by the expenditure of 100 Watts (16 PP) from internal batteries or when hooked up to an external power supply.

Maximum lift speed is 10 m/sec up to 250 kg, 5 m/sec up to 500 kg, 2 m/sec up to 1000 kg. Masses greater than 1000 kg cannot be lifted by electrocontraction.

Lengths of rope can be detached and re­attached at will and the existence of industrial standards throughout the Terr­an Federation and the Old Empire allow for lengths from different rope blocks to join together for storage/use -- though cross-comp­at­ib­ility bet­ween Old Imperial and Terr­an SmartRopes is problematic, at best.

Mass: ¼ kg per meter (10 m, 2½ kg; 50 m, 12½ kg; 100 m, 25 kg; 200 m, 50 kg). Strength: 4000 kg breaking strain; 1 meter as Geckopatch, 500 kg attachment; 1 kilo/meter in one second, 15 PP. Cost: ½ Cr/m (10 m, 5 Cr; 50 m, 25 Cr; 100 m, 50 Cr; 200 m, 100 Cr). Power: 1 AAA Battery, minimum (or 1 AAA Bat­t­ery/10 meters of length); ext­ernal power.

... much much better than Vilani rope :twisted:

Phil

 

[d.b.gamedesign]

Gecko-patched electro-contractive Smart Rope, in fact, which appears in "Dark Star Catalog" ... which, as I said, currently is at c. 80 pages (US Letter) and for which work is progressing slowly (it's report writing time of year at School) ...

However, a spoiler may be in order ...

ROPEBLOK

This is a nanoforged electro-contracting, high tensile strength, smart polyplastic fiber shipped in a com­pact unit from which variable lengths can be extruded, detached and reattach­ed as needed.

Rope from a RopeBlok is typically 8 mm diameter, and shows a 10% com­pression in diameter (and a 10% inc­rease in length) under 1000+ kg of attached mass.

The rope extruded from a RopeBlok inc­ludes geckotech capabilities to allow it to be firmly attach­ed to any surface to securing the rope and also all­ows for sections oto be stiff­en­ed to enhance any fastening strength when placed around simple and/or com­p­lex shaped objects.

Smart rope from a RopeBlok can also be pro­grammed to electrocontract, exerting con­siderable force in doing so – this can be used to fur­ther tighten the rope’s grip and ability to support its working load, but can also be used, when the rope is firmly attached to a solid object, to draw an unfixed object slow­ly towards the fixed end of the rope, ass­ist­ing lifting and pull­ing, especially rel­atively light objects (such as climbing per­sonnel).

One meter of length flattened into a gecko patch provides 500 kilos worth of attach­ment strength.

If used on a knot tied to secure a stiff­ened or electro­con­tract­ed section, it makes the att­ach­ment unbreakable by any forces of less than 5000 kg (greater than the rated breaking strain of the rope!).
To assist climbing, the smart rope can form hand and foot loops -- and these can be set to move exclusively up­wards or downwards in conjunction with the climb­er’s movements over set dis­t­ances (and, for downward movement, at a set maximum speed) or they can be set to form at set distances throug the length of the rope.

Passive loops make the process of climbing a Routine check, and probably should­n’t even be rolled under non-stress circ­um­stances (such as severe time pressure, com­bat, or inclement weather or environ­men­t­al conditions).

It is possible to set these loops to remain “fixed” while the rope electrocontracts, all­ow­ing the user to be more easily trans­port­ed up (or down) the rope.

Smart RopeBloks are powered, with integral batteries or by con­nect­ion to out­side energy sources and detach­ed lengths can be powered by in­sert­ing batt­eries or connecting to an outside en­er­gy source.

A Smartrope can lift 1 kilo one meter in one second by the expenditure of 100 Watts (16 PP) from internal batteries or when hooked up to an external power supply.

Maximum lift speed is 10 m/sec up to 250 kg, 5 m/sec up to 500 kg, 2 m/sec up to 1000 kg. Masses greater than 1000 kg cannot be lifted by electrocontraction.

Lengths of rope can be detached and re­attached at will and the existence of industrial standards throughout the Terr­an Federation and the Old Empire allow for lengths from different rope blocks to join together for storage/use -- though cross-comp­at­ib­ility bet­ween Old Imperial and Terr­an SmartRopes is problematic, at best.

Mass: ¼ kg per meter (10 m, 2½ kg; 50 m, 12½ kg; 100 m, 25 kg; 200 m, 50 kg). Strength: 4000 kg breaking strain; 1 meter as Geckopatch, 500 kg attachment; 1 kilo/meter in one second, 15 PP. Cost: ½ Cr/m (10 m, 5 Cr; 50 m, 25 Cr; 100 m, 50 Cr; 200 m, 100 Cr). Power: 1 AAA Battery, minimum (or 1 AAA Bat­t­ery/10 meters of length); ext­ernal power.

... much much better than Vilani rope :twisted:

Phil

Now i have seen everything. Rope more complicated than my I-phone!

 

[aspqrz]

Now i have seen everything. Rope more complicated than my I-phone!

And you think that such quaint ancient technology will still be in use except in the most quaintly backward parts of the Imperium?

I mean, it doesn't even directly implant the audio and video into your brain's sensory centers! :shock:

And ... no semi-AI personal agent! And it can only handle one call at a time! :mrgreen:

Phil

 

[Patron Zero]

I wonder what Will Rogers might have thought of smart rope ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Rogers