In my universe - the X-Ship System
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ottarrus
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It's not a bad system, but it's 2 to 3 times more expensive than the OTU X-Boat service. That's not altogether bad, after all nobody has ever explicitly said how much the Imperium takes in every year in taxes.
This obviously works for your TU and you think it's an improvement, so run with it.
This obviously works for your TU and you think it's an improvement, so run with it.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
At this point, it's probably a heavily subsidized Imperium wide postal system.
Side benefit would be, an easy way to accumulate big data by the Imperium intelligence services.
Side benefit would be, an easy way to accumulate big data by the Imperium intelligence services.
This is the X-Boat Design I use in IMTU. I also don't use X-Boat Tenders except on short term stops or for other special reasons
Instead I use a X-Boat station for systems with 1-3 routes or a Large X-Boat Hub station for 4+ systems
I actually save by not having so many mobile Tenders which costs so much more than the stations
As you can see it has everything that the Mongoose one does plus a High Stateroom but no common room.
My X-Boats all use a Nar Jump so the station can transmit to anywhere in the system
Instead I use a X-Boat station for systems with 1-3 routes or a Large X-Boat Hub station for 4+ systems
I actually save by not having so many mobile Tenders which costs so much more than the stations
As you can see it has everything that the Mongoose one does plus a High Stateroom but no common room.
My X-Boats all use a Nar Jump so the station can transmit to anywhere in the system
I think the station is a little over the top. I’m pretty sure neither the weapons ,nuke dam or the ECM are needed I would expect something much more austere.
IMTU nobody would think of attacking a X-Boat station that’s the fast way to get an imperial battle raider squadron on you and no pirates are going to risk that for minimum reward. Any other threat would easily overpower such a station.
That's real, but the analogy kind of falls apart because if you get caught intentionally messing with the mail the government will absolutely come after you in force. Accidents happen, but sabotage leads to repercussions(if you get caught)
Actually they are not in many ways they are the most vital guys in the imperium. There’s a big difference from the UPS guy and the Guy who lets you give orders and receive reports. No X-Boats no spy reports, no X-Boats no imperial orders to nobles, yes the military has its own communications system but even they rely on the X-Boat system for most of their communications. Taking out the X-Boats is the same as eliminating all satellites and communications systems not the same as a retail package delivery service
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Also messenger systems have an ancient affiliation with Empire, the USPS and whatever gb calls theirs are not the first iterations of this thing. Also older ones tend to be *more* affiliated with power, not less
Are you paying attention to whom you are replying to? This is Geir's first post in this thread, so he couldn't have "counter dictated" on this post, because he hasn't posted anything on this topic yet, unless you are referring to some previous discussion of the topic?
Here's the thing.. the original poster clearly stated that this was something they do in their campaign. So arguments to "canon" are invalid by default. Because canon only matters for official publications. No appeal to Marc Miller is going to find him stating that how someone does it *in their personal game* is wrong. Because he doesn't believe that and has stated as such many times.
You can dislike how the OP is doing things and discuss why you don't think it would work that way. But "because the books say so" isn't a reason why it wouldn't work that way.
Geir
Emperor Mongoose
(okay, off topic, and I won't directly reply to the issue other than to acknowledge that in another post my caricature of my step-father-in-law and his attitudes could be construed as anti-American. But for the record, I'm an American by choice, not birth, so it was a conscious decision as an adult to take the oath (after passing a test) and renounce my Norwegian citizenship (because the country of my birth required it at the time). As for primary sources, around that same time in my life received a fancy piece of paper that said I knew enough about history to get a degree in it, so I'm very aware of what a primary source is. Finally, as for x-boats, the poni on the hull has eight legs, and that's from a primary source.)
Sigtrygg
Emperor Mongoose
I said "The Traveller wiki is not all official canon, some of it is fanon. Check the sources at the bottom of the articles to see which official material is included." This is just a reminder that you can not always take the wiki at face value the footnotes at the bottom citing sources decide the canonicity.
Second, if you are going to post in an aggressive manner and take insult when none is intended I would suggest you take a deep breath and read your own posts then change them to be less offensive as I have just done.
Here are the two bits that are not canon
- Jon F. Zeigler. First In (Steve Jackson Games, 1999), .
- Jeff Zeitlin. "Options for the X-Boat Network." Freelance Traveller 023 (2011): 4-8.
GURPS Traveller is an ATU, some of it describes the OTU but there are differences (a different take on the Zhodani for example).
And it is canon not cannon.
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Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Pournelle doesn't appear to be actually wrong, yet, despite events.
