jump template

[MasterGwydion]

What is a "jump template" and where are they detailed at?

 

[Whitehart]

I believe that they are pre-made astrogation calculations that are purchased (if a ship does not have an astrogator) that will allow a ship to jump along a commonly used trade route. They are generally available at any civilized star port but are only good for about a week before the information becomes out of date.

Or I may be thinking of something else.

 

[ottarrus]

I believe that they are pre-made astrogation calculations that are purchased if a ship does not have an astrogator that will allow a ship to jump along a trade route. They are generally available at any civilized star port but are only good for about a week before the information becomes out of date.

Or I may be thinking of something else.

They're also called 'jump tapes'.
They're a relic of the old LBB days when folks were a lot more hard core about character generation [yes, 'dying in character generation' really was a thing] and you couldn't count on having an astrogator on your crew. There is discussion on the board here back and forth about them ranging from 'astrogation MUST have a sophont calculating it to get it right' to 'automate celestial navigation NOW!'.
What I do IMTU is that the tapes are purchasable at any Class C or better starport, but are self-erasing after one use. Trying to use one twice is a near sure way to encounter a mishap on reemergence. What's more, they're expensive [Cr. 500 per parsec] and they're guaranteed to not be the most efficient navigation plot. Crews using them almost always spend extra days in transit to the main world because a certain safety factor is built in to the calculations.

 

[MasterGwydion]

They're also called 'jump tapes'.
They're a relic of the old LBB days when folks were a lot more hard core about character generation [yes, 'dying in character generation' really was a thing] and you couldn't count on having an astrogator on your crew. There is discussion on the board here back and forth about them ranging from 'astrogation MUST have a sophont calculating it to get it right' to 'automate celestial navigation NOW!'.
What I do IMTU is that the tapes are purchasable at any Class C or better starport, but are self-erasing after one use. Trying to use one twice is a near sure way to encounter a mishap on reemergence. What's more, they're expensive [Cr. 500 per parsec] and they're guaranteed to not be the most efficient navigation plot. Crews using them almost always spend extra days in transit to the main world because a certain safety factor is built in to the calculations.

Okay cool. I just found that little bit about them in the MgT2 WBH and was hoping to find more info. They apparently give you a +4DM to your astrogator's jump roll when jumping to empty hexes.

 

[Whitehart]

What I do IMTU is that the tapes are purchasable at any Class C or better starport, but are self-erasing after one use. Trying to use one twice is a near sure way to encounter a mishap on reemergence. What's more, they're expensive [Cr. 500 per parsec] and they're guaranteed to not be the most efficient navigation plot. Crews using them almost always spend extra days in transit to the main world because a certain safety factor is built in to the calculations.

I like the self-erasure as a safety feature to ensure no one destroys themselves because an old tape accidentally got mixed into the system.

 

[MasterGwydion]

I like the self-erasure as a safety feature to ensure no one destroys themselves because an old tape accidentally got mixed into the system.

This wouldn't help though if an old jump tape were made but never used and was accidentally mixed into circulation. (for evil Referees only)

 

[Whitehart]

This wouldn't help though if an old jump tape were made but never used and was accidentally mixed into circulation. (for evil Referees only)

*Wipes the dust off the chip* “Look, I’m sure it’s still good!”

 

[Condottiere]

Quick analogue astrogation calculation.

 

[Sigtrygg]

They were not called jump tapes, that is fanon, fanon that became so pervasive that even the authors started using the term but not in the rules.

In the rules they were always called jump cassettes.

 

[Whitehart]

They were not called jump tapes, that is fanon, fanon that became so pervasive that even the authors started using the term but not in the rules.

In the rules they were always called jump cassettes.

I generally don’t find fanon nicknames an issue.

 

[WHULorigan]

They were not called jump tapes, that is fanon, fanon that became so pervasive that even the authors started using the term but not in the rules.

In the rules they were always called jump cassettes.

One can let Jump Cassette be the proper term, and let "Jump Tape" be a slang spacer term for it that is a nod to the terminology of Golden Age Sci-Fi.

 

[MasterGwydion]

Jump Tape is easier to say than Jump Cassette. In today's lingo, it would be a "jump drive" jajajajaja

 

[Sigtrygg]

jump wafer...

 

[WHULorigan]

Jump Tape is easier to say than Jump Cassette. In today's lingo, it would be a "jump drive" jajajajaja

What was that?
Was that flash the Jump-flash from the Jump drive?
- No, it was the flash from the Flash drive.
You mean the Jump Drive in the Jump Cassette? It flashed?
- What? You mean the Jump-tape? Yeah, it flashed when I threw it in the flash tray after the Jump flash from Jump transition. We don't need it anymore.

 

[MasterGwydion]

What was that?
Was that flash the Jump-flash from the Jump drive?
- No, it was the flash from the Flash drive.
You mean the Jump Drive in the Jump Cassette? It flashed?
- What? You mean the Jump-tape? Yeah, it flashed when I threw it in the flash tray after the Jump flash from Jump transition. We don't need it anymore.

This is kind of how the conversation goes listening to My kids try and have that discussion in Spanish.

 

[Terry Mixon]

They were not called jump tapes, that is fanon, fanon that became so pervasive that even the authors started using the term but not in the rules.

In the rules they were always called jump cassettes.

Are you sure? When I hear jump cassettes, my brain automatically changes that to jump 8 tracks.

 

[Sigtrygg]

There will now be a brief interlude while I dig up every reference in the rules to jump cassettes and jump tapes by rule edition...

<kidding there is no point, the CT rules all say cassette, every iteration>

please install the mix-tape of your choice while you wait... you do have a cassette mix tape don't you? Or do you use spotify et al to make "mix tapes"

 

[Condottiere]

 

[Whitehart]

There will now be a brief interlude while I dig up every reference in the rules to jump cassettes and jump tapes by rule edition...

<kidding there is no point, the CT rules all say cassette, every iteration>

please install the mix-tape of your choice while you wait... you do have a cassette mix tape don't you? Or do you use spotify et al to make "mix tapes"

So I got the jump mix-tape. Astrogate me to a random destination!

 

[WHULorigan]

Hey! My X-mail just arrived!