Ship's Locker: Out of the Closet

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Synthsaga SciFi: Fogville Car Show & Hoverboards

This time, Brandy Blackstone, representative from Underground Travel Magazine, presents 3 things you should see in FogVille, the urban region where the (polluted) fog never lifts, showing different parts of the city and highlighting the various tribes that inhabit it. Take a couple of minutes to see what this man has to say!

HoverBoards, the best Synthfood and Custom cars!

The post-funky rhythm will remind us of the crazy New York 80s, but in another parallel dimension, in another time.

 

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Synthsaga scifi: Post-Atomic Riders Race inscription

It's spring of the 1950's parallel line, and in the east of the country, an unknown group has called a great custom Cyberbike race, with a not inconsiderable prize: 7 million credits.

Many of the postcyber bikers who gather in the old coffee shops have caught on, and are heading to NucleusVille for the limited in-person registration.

The cyberbikes are custom assemblies with various technologies. A kind of flying frankensteins that sometimes keep some wheels to support them during the movements. They started to become fashionable after the 40s, due to the discoveries in the field of gravitational fields.

Thanks for being there! Although sometimes we can't answer all the comments, we read all of you! Cheers

 

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This Manga Took Me to a Strange Place

1. Liminal spaces are not really accounted for in High Guard.

2. Just hinted at.

3. And suddenly appear in deckplans.

4. Not everyone wants to be reminded of the past, continuously.

 

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The Densest City In The World Had a Strange Secret...

1. Distance increases nostalgia.

2. Imagine this on an asteroid, or planetoid, once you run out of space.

3. Bulkheads would substitute for building walls.

4. Dispersed configuration, and welded on hulls, would qualify.

5. Now that I think about it, could be a concept for The Cube.

6. Though a rather larger version.

7. Also, Space Hulk.

8. Virtual borders.

9. Social norms and expectations.

A. Natural tendency to link to the past, continuity, and stability.

B. Gravitation to a natural centre.

 

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Can A Giant Potato Cannon Throw Things Into Space Cheaper Than Rockets? Longshot Think so!

LongShot space are a SF Bay Area company who have resurrected the hypersonic projectile launcher with an eye to scaling it up to the point it could launch payloads into space at a lower cost that traditional rockets. And while this lofty goal is a long way off, they do have a contract to build a launcher able to throw test payloads at mach 5 for the Department of Defense who want to test hypersonic payloads.

1. Continuous, sustained, acceleration would be a mass driver, or a rail gun.

2. Technological level seven.

Project Babylon was a space gun project commissioned by then Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. It involved building a series of "superguns". The design was based on research from the 1960s Project HARP led by the Canadian artillery expert Gerald Bull. There were most likely four different devices in the program.

The project began in 1988; it was halted in 1990 after Bull was assassinated, and parts of the superguns were seized in transit around Europe. The components that remained in Iraq were destroyed by the United Nations after the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

 

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Anachronistic Technology: Ancient Tech Future Times

In the future we may have technologies sufficiently advanced that they are indistinguishable from magic, but could those civilizations also be indistinguishable from primitive ones?

1. Stone slinging slingshots.

2. Roman refrigeration.

3. Solar panelling.

4. Analogue spacecraft.

5. Overall cost of ownership.

6. Material science.

7. Customization.

8. Sword Worlders.

 

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Life As An Asteroid Miner

We often envision filling space with vast megastructures people might live on in the future, and mining asteroids to provide the materials for their construction, but what would life as an Asteroid Miner be like?

1. For those who find the prospect of the life of an asteroid miner worth digging into.

2. Though, I think a more assured source of income is selling goods and services to miners.

3. Covered wagon spacecraft - why not?

4.

5. Half to a kilogramme per day of oxygen for humans.

6. Slow leaks to remove carbon dioxide.

 

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Life Paths

FORMATIVE YEARS
Arcology Living
Corp Drone
Devout
Early Emergence
Farm Living
Fugitive
Isolated Rural Upbringing
Military Brat
Minor Wheelman
Orphan
Part of the Machine
Pastor's Kid
Poor Kid
Raised by Hooders
Rich Kid
Shop Kid
Street Urchin
Tribal
White Collar

TEEN YEARS
Booster
Corporate Education
Farm Living
Gang Warfare
Hacker Club
High School
Home Tutored
Isolated Rural Upbringing
Magical Education
Military School
Preparatory School
Street Kid
Technomancer Boarding School

FURTHER EDUCATION
Community College (55)
Ivy League University (80)
Military Academy (115)
State University or College (65)
Trade School/Technical College (40)

NATIONALITIES
Azanian Confederation
CAS
NAN
Tír Tairngire
UCAS

REAL LIFE
Bounty Hunter
Celebrity
Corporate
Combat Correspondent
Covert Operations
Dead
Drifter
Drone Hobbyist
Escaped Technomancer
Framed
Ganger
Getaway Driver
Government Agent
Hacker Assassin
Hacker Hobbyist
High-Profile Hack
IT Ace
Law Enforcement
Matrix Ghost
Organized Crime
Otaku Time
Postgraduate Studies
Political Activist
Private Investigator / Detective (PI)
Regular Job
Shadow Work (Shadowrunner)
Street Magic
Terrorist
Think Tank
Tour of Duty
Trid Stunt Driver

 

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Crimson Skies - Devastator

Big Guns, Fast Planes, and Gorgeous Dames. The Devastator can provide all of these, thus proving how cool it is despite it's age.

00:00 Intro
00:35 The Loss of the American Dream
01:50 Pirates, Privateers, and Militiamen
02:59 A Devastating Debut
06:15 The Devastator in 1937
08:17 Hunting Fortunes with the Fortune Hunters
11:25 Navajo Wisdom
12:04 Patreon Credits
13:09 Credit Credits

1. More wings.

2. More surface area.

3. More hardpoints.

4. More pylons.

 

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Actual air/raft.

Well, aerospace/raft.

 

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What would I really want, if I lived in Chartered Space.

In terms of convenience gadgets.

1. Communications device

2. Entertainment centre

3. Shower and bath

4. Automated toilet

5. Toothbrush and toothpaste

6. Shaving kit

7. Toiletries

8. Microwave

9. Slow cooker

A. Hot beverage maker

B. Refrigerator and freezer

C. Cold beverage maker

D. Massage chair

E. Adjustable bed

F. Autodoc

G. Cleaning robot

H. Automated closet

I. Washer and dryer

J. Hair dryer

K. Three dimensional mirror

L. Local climate control

M. Automated lighting

N. I don't think you need a dishwasher with a cleaning robot

O. It would also pick up after you

P. Ice cream maker

 

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What would I really want, if I lived in Chartered Space.

In terms of convenience gadgets.

1. Communications device

2. Entertainment centre

3. Shower and bath

4. Automated toilet

5. Toothbrush and toothpaste

6. Shaving kit

7. Toiletries

8. Microwave

9. Slow cooker

A. Hot beverage maker

B. Refrigerator and freezer

C. Cold beverage maker

D. Massage chair

E. Adjustable bed

F. Autodoc

G. Cleaning robot

H. Automated closet

I. Washer and dryer

J. Hair dryer

K. Three dimensional mirror

L. Local climate control

M. Automated lighting

N. I don't think you need a dishwasher with a cleaning robot

O. It would also pick up after you

P. Ice cream maker

Some (most) of those are already in the CSC or exist as a feature of an item, like the Autochef. You could do a more in-depth look at what is a 'normal household item' at various Tech Levels as a future JTAS article.

 

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All in one devices are likely not to be as optimal as a specialized one.

Also, might be overcomplicated at a critical moment, like when I flip the steak.

 

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Mono Power Point Power Plants

PreFusion
. default
.. technological level six
.. hundred twenty five kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. twelve and a half kilogrammes fuel per month
. budget
.. technological level six
.. one hundred fifty six and a quarter kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. fifteen and five eighth kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level seven
.. one hundred twelve and a half kilogrammes
.. forty nine and a half kilostarbux
.. eleven and a quarter kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level eight
.. hundred kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. ten kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level nine
.. eighty seven and a half kilogrammes
.. fifty two and a half kilostarbux
.. eight and three quarter kilogrammes fuel per month

Early Fusion
. default
.. technological level eight
.. hundred kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. ten kilogrammes fuel per month
. budget
.. technological level eight
.. hundred twenty five kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. twelve and a half kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level nine
.. ninety kilogrammes
.. forty nine and a half kilostarbux
.. nine kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level ten
.. eighty kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. eight kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level eleven
.. seventy kilogrammes
.. fifty two and a half kilostarbux
.. seven kilogrammes fuel per month

Standard Fusion
. default
.. technological level twelve
.. sixty six and two third kilogrammes
.. sixty six and two third kilostarbux
.. six and two third kilogrammes fuel per month
. budget
.. technological level twelve
.. eighty three and one third kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. eight and one third kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level thirteen
.. sixty kilogrammes
.. seventy three and one third kilostarbux
.. six kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level fourteen
.. fifty three and one third kilogrammes
.. eighty three and one third kilostarbux
.. five and one third kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level fifteen
.. forty six and two thirds kilogrammes
.. one hundred kilostarbux
.. four and two third kilogrammes fuel per month

Advanced Fusion
. default
.. technological level fifteen
.. fifty kilogrammes
.. hundred kilostarbux
.. five kilogrammes fuel per month
. budget
.. technological level fifteen
.. sixty two and a half kilogrammes
.. seventy five kilostarbux
.. six and a quarter kilogrammes fuel per month

 

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Mono Power Point Power Plants

Chemical
. default
.. technological level seven
.. two hundred kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. two tonnes fuel per fortnight
. budget
.. technological level seven
.. two hundred fifty kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. two and a half tonnes fuel per fortnight
. advanced
.. technological level eight
.. one hundred eighty kilogrammes
.. fifty five kilostarbux
.. one and four fifth tonnes fuel per fortnight
. very advanced
.. technological level nine
.. one hundred sixty kilogrammes
.. sixty two and a half kilostarbux
.. one and three fifth tonnes fuel per fortnight
. highly technologized
.. technological level ten
.. one hundred forty kilogrammes
.. seventy five kilostarbux
.. one and two fifth tonnes fuel per fortnight

 

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Mono Power Point Power Plants

PreFusion
. budget
.. technological level six
.. one hundred fifty six and a quarter kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. fifteen and five eighth kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level seven
.. one hundred twelve and a half kilogrammes
.. fifty five kilostarbux
.. eleven and a quarter kilogrammes fuel per month

Early Fusion
. budget
.. technological level eight
.. hundred twenty five kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. twelve and a half kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level nine
.. ninety kilogrammes
.. fifty five kilostarbux
.. nine kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level ten
.. eighty kilogrammes
.. sixty two and a half kilostarbux
.. eight kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level eleven
.. seventy kilogrammes
.. seventy five kilostarbux
.. seven kilogrammes fuel per month

Standard Fusion
. budget
.. technological level twelve
.. eighty three and one third kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. eight and one third kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level thirteen
.. sixty kilogrammes
.. seventy three and one third kilostarbux
.. six kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level fourteen
.. fifty three and one third kilogrammes
.. eighty three and one third kilostarbux
.. five and one third kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level fifteen
.. forty six and two thirds kilogrammes
.. one hundred kilostarbux
.. four and two third kilogrammes fuel per month

Chemical
. budget
.. technological level seven
.. two hundred fifty kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. two and a half tonnes fuel per fortnight

 

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This little exercise was in aid of figuring a plausible, base line technological level you'd want to kickstart off your colonization attempt, since energy production is the foundation of maintaining, at least technically, a continuing civilization.

For the Traveller tech tree, it's going to be technological level six, with prefusion reactors.

You'd still need to crank out nuclear engineers to run them, one would assume maintaining a minimum industrial base of technological level six shouldn't be that hard.

Also, air conditioning.

And, you have transistors.

The important thing is the ability to run and operate the mini reactors, and build more of them, as well as fuelling them, air conditioning being vital to continued civilization.

And, with transistors, graphic cards and smartphones.

 

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PreFusion
. early prototype
.. technological level four
.. two hundred fifty kilogrammes
.. five hundred fifty kilostarbux
.. twenty five kilogrammes fuel per month
. prototype
.. technological level five
.. one hundred fifty six and a quarter kilogrammes
.. three hundred kilostarbux
.. fifteen and five eighth kilogrammes fuel per month
. default
.. technological level six
.. hundred twenty five kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. twelve and a half kilogrammes fuel per month
. budget
.. technological level six
.. one hundred fifty six and a quarter kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. fifteen and five eighth kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level seven
.. one hundred twelve and a half kilogrammes
.. fifty five kilostarbux
.. eleven and a quarter kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level eight
.. hundred kilogrammes
.. sixty two and a half kilostarbux
.. ten kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level nine
.. eighty seven and a half kilogrammes
.. seventy five kilostarbux
.. eight and three quarter kilogrammes fuel per month


Technological level four is possible, but it's going to cost you a fortune, but you'd have electricity and the telephone.

I'd have said dieselpunk, but it's not, and a little early for atomicpunk.

Twenties pulp science fiction.

 

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Mono Power Point Power Plants

PreFusion
. default
.. technological level six
.. hundred twenty five kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. twelve and a half kilogrammes fuel per month
. budget
.. technological level six
.. one hundred fifty six and a quarter kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. fifteen and five eighth kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level seven
.. one hundred twelve and a half kilogrammes
.. forty nine and a half kilostarbux
.. eleven and a quarter kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level eight
.. hundred kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. ten kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level nine
.. eighty seven and a half kilogrammes
.. fifty two and a half kilostarbux
.. eight and three quarter kilogrammes fuel per month

Early Fusion
. default
.. technological level eight
.. hundred kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. ten kilogrammes fuel per month
. budget
.. technological level eight
.. hundred twenty five kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. twelve and a half kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level nine
.. ninety kilogrammes
.. forty nine and a half kilostarbux
.. nine kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level ten
.. eighty kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. eight kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level eleven
.. seventy kilogrammes
.. fifty two and a half kilostarbux
.. seven kilogrammes fuel per month

Standard Fusion
. default
.. technological level twelve
.. sixty six and two third kilogrammes
.. sixty six and two third kilostarbux
.. six and two third kilogrammes fuel per month
. budget
.. technological level twelve
.. eighty three and one third kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. eight and one third kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level thirteen
.. sixty kilogrammes
.. sixty six kilostarbux
.. six kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level fourteen
.. fifty three and one third kilogrammes
.. sixty six and two third kilostarbux
.. five and one third kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level fifteen
.. forty six and two thirds kilogrammes
.. seventy kilostarbux
.. four and two third kilogrammes fuel per month

Advanced Fusion
. default
.. technological level fifteen
.. fifty kilogrammes
.. hundred kilostarbux
.. five kilogrammes fuel per month
. budget
.. technological level fifteen
.. sixty two and a half kilogrammes
.. seventy five kilostarbux
.. six and a quarter kilogrammes fuel per month

Chemical
. default
.. technological level seven
.. two hundred kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. two tonnes fuel per fortnight
. budget
.. technological level seven
.. two hundred fifty kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. two and a half tonnes fuel per fortnight
. advanced
.. technological level eight
.. one hundred eighty kilogrammes
.. forty nine and a half kilostarbux
.. one and four fifth tonnes fuel per fortnight
. very advanced
.. technological level nine
.. one hundred sixty kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. one and three fifth tonnes fuel per fortnight
. highly technologized
.. technological level ten
.. one hundred forty kilogrammes
.. fifty two and a half kilostarbux
.. one and two fifth tonnes fuel per fortnight

 

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Mono Power Point Power Plants

PreFusion
. budget
.. technological level six
.. one hundred fifty six and a quarter kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. fifteen and five eighth kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level seven
.. one hundred twelve and a half kilogrammes
.. forty nine and a half kilostarbux
.. eleven and a quarter kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level eight
.. hundred kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. ten kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level nine
.. eighty seven and a half kilogrammes
.. fifty two and a half kilostarbux
.. eight and three quarter kilogrammes fuel per month

Early Fusion
. budget
.. technological level eight
.. hundred twenty five kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. twelve and a half kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level nine
.. ninety kilogrammes
.. forty nine and a half kilostarbux
.. nine kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level ten
.. eighty kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. eight kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level eleven
.. seventy kilogrammes
.. fifty two and a half kilostarbux
.. seven kilogrammes fuel per month

Standard Fusion
. budget
.. technological level twelve
.. eighty three and one third kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. eight and one third kilogrammes fuel per month
. advanced
.. technological level thirteen
.. sixty kilogrammes
.. sixty six kilostarbux
.. six kilogrammes fuel per month
. very advanced
.. technological level fourteen
.. fifty three and one third kilogrammes
.. sixty six and two third kilostarbux
.. five and one third kilogrammes fuel per month
. highly technologized
.. technological level fifteen
.. forty six and two thirds kilogrammes
.. seventy kilostarbux
.. four and two third kilogrammes fuel per month

Chemical
. default
.. technological level seven
.. two hundred kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. two tonnes fuel per fortnight
. budget
.. technological level seven
.. two hundred fifty kilogrammes
.. thirty seven and a half kilostarbux
.. two and a half tonnes fuel per fortnight
. advanced
.. technological level eight
.. one hundred eighty kilogrammes
.. forty nine and a half kilostarbux
.. one and four fifth tonnes fuel per fortnight
. very advanced
.. technological level nine
.. one hundred sixty kilogrammes
.. fifty kilostarbux
.. one and three fifth tonnes fuel per fortnight


From the perspective of technological level fourteen, I'd skip early fusion.