Passive IR detection ranges TL 7

[Imeanunoharm]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but thermodynamics doesn't work at the subatomic scales, so maybe it's using something other than one specific subset of current Physics.

Remember physics is only a description of a certain subset of what we can detect and explain with mathematics.

 

[Matt Wilson]

That's right. You're forgetting about zlerb particles, named after Quentin Zlerb. They represent the mediocre nuclear force.

 

[Imeanunoharm]

He was a mediocre man, with a mediocre theory, that took the stealth world by *cough* force.

 

[BlindBleu]

???[/quote]
Neandertals+twits my crude attempt at a work using both Neandertwit....my bad a spelling.[/quote]

Not that. I was wondering if you think that the Army will REALLY figure out how to cancel the laws of thermodynamics...[/quote]
Go back a reread my post.
Current day counter sensor operations/devices do not conflict with Physics as we now understand them. and yes that includes Thermodynamics.
I was including all armed services in the militaries, not just the Army.

 

[sideranautae]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but thermodynamics doesn't work at the subatomic scales,

You're partially wrong. Thermodynamics ALWAYS manifests at the macro scale, no matter what happens on the subatomic scale.

 

[sideranautae]

Go back a reread my post.
.

I did. You have a fundamental misunderstanding about the physics involved. I both cases. The aspect I'm referring to is much more deeply understood. IF you could bypass it you can have perpetual motion machines. Address that aspect.

As written, Traveller doesn't slaughter any basic natural laws. If you want to change that by having it take out VERY basic physical laws, you need to account for that in a broad sense. Otherwise you go from a Sci-fi RPG to a FRPG and intelligent players will walk through the gaping holes you just created.

If you are going to keep IR from radiating you have to do one of two things. 1) Destroy energy. 2) Capture & store 100% of waste heat.

Now, if you have taken your basic physical science classes in school you can extrapolate the HUGE implications you must now account for in game.

It's similar but FAR more problematic than introducing free, unrestricted matter replicators into the game. A la late gen Star Trek.

 

[Imeanunoharm]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but thermodynamics doesn't work at the subatomic scales,

You're partially wrong. Thermodynamics ALWAYS manifests at the macro scale, no matter what happens on the subatomic scale.

You're coming at it backwards. The equations of thermodynamics describe and fairly accurately predict what happens at newtonian scales, irrelevant to what happens at the subatomic level. Semantics, yes, but important semantics.