LOVE how you said "Hopefully"!!
I am utterly totally looking forward to this book!
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I am utterly totally looking forward to this book!
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
And let's not forget life support.
How it works, and how much it costs, exactly.
And how long for suffocation to set in, when it's off.
I suppose, temperature as well - does it get hotter or colder?
How it works, and how much it costs, exactly.
And how long for suffocation to set in, when it's off.
I suppose, temperature as well - does it get hotter or colder?
Bill Sheil
Banded Mongoose
This is where I am worried about the book since there are some things (null-grav, H2 jump bubbles) that they could declare canon but I strongly dislike, could not justify and would not use IMTU.
alex_greene
Guest
This'll be the second time today I mention the Coulomb Barrier problem - this, kids, is the main reason why it takes so much energy to cause fusion, and we get so little in return.
So damper tech starts with strong force manipulation as used to overcome the Coulomb Barrier. Cool.
That means it starts about TL 9, before they understand the principles enough to be able to create dampers as defensive weapons.I'm going to enjoy reading this book.
Sigtrygg
Emperor Mongoose
There is more to workable fusion than overcoming the coulomb barrier...
for example weak force interaction and quantum tunneling.
Our current methods all work by brute force - ie temperatures much higher than found in the cores of stars.
Add strong artificial gravity to the mix and the first break through will be "gravitic catalysis" - TL9ish.
Nuclear damper tech manipulating the "strong force " raises the question of which force you are talking about. Within protons and neutrons virtual gluons are postulated as binding quarks, but the binding between nucleons is due to the exchange of mesons (currently these may be virtual).
What is for certain is that TL12 allows manipulation of these "forces" which give rise to nuclear dampers, meson guns, meson screens and very likely "damper catalysis" of fusion reactions.
What breakthrough allows for the TL15 advance is something that is never mentioned, but reverse engineering of black globe technology suggests there is some new physics there.
Words to avoid
string theory - quantum gravity is a better catch all
dark energy and dark matter - ever hear of caloric theory, phlogiston and the ether?
Better yet take a look at constructor theory...
I really wish I could get involved with the alpha version of this book.
for example weak force interaction and quantum tunneling.
Our current methods all work by brute force - ie temperatures much higher than found in the cores of stars.
Add strong artificial gravity to the mix and the first break through will be "gravitic catalysis" - TL9ish.
Nuclear damper tech manipulating the "strong force " raises the question of which force you are talking about. Within protons and neutrons virtual gluons are postulated as binding quarks, but the binding between nucleons is due to the exchange of mesons (currently these may be virtual).
What is for certain is that TL12 allows manipulation of these "forces" which give rise to nuclear dampers, meson guns, meson screens and very likely "damper catalysis" of fusion reactions.
What breakthrough allows for the TL15 advance is something that is never mentioned, but reverse engineering of black globe technology suggests there is some new physics there.
Words to avoid
string theory - quantum gravity is a better catch all
dark energy and dark matter - ever hear of caloric theory, phlogiston and the ether?
Better yet take a look at constructor theory...
I really wish I could get involved with the alpha version of this book.
OriginalCaruso
Banded Mongoose
Whilst I appreciate ambition to keep the physics as close to our current understanding as possible, not everyone needs to know the underlying principles enabling any given component or tool to operate
Too deep a dive into principles may detract from the high level intent and audience - hard to strike a balance here
We must not forget this is a game, not an extrapolation of real world physics. A believable but technically incomplete explanation is all that is required
Too deep a dive into principles may detract from the high level intent and audience - hard to strike a balance here
We must not forget this is a game, not an extrapolation of real world physics. A believable but technically incomplete explanation is all that is required
Hi folks, slightly off topic but I'm looking for rules on upgrading existing starships. I cannot find these in the old High Guard. Are they in the 2022 High Guard or new Starship Operators' Manual? If not there then where as this must be something that most Travellers want to do...
IanBruntlett
Emperor Mongoose
HG2022 pp70-72, "Customising Ships" chapter attempts to cover this (I've just reached that chapter). What kind of upgrades do you have in mind?
[above edited for correct page numbers]
I've just finished a draft "extended contents" to HG2022 (see attached PDF).
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Thanks. Will take a look. It's the M drive. Players were caught in a space battle with a M1 drive so they're worried. Actually external thrusters is also being suggested.
... you mean I cannot use the book to build a working gravitic drive?
IanBruntlett
Emperor Mongoose
When I was quite small, my Dad took me to see Tom Baker. Tom was unable to give me blueprints to build my own Tardis.... you mean I cannot use the book to build a working gravitic drive?
... you mean I cannot use the book to build a working gravitic drive?
Though I'm sure what he meant is that for most of the audience, vaguely plausible theoretical physics and handwavium are identical. They just wanna be able to play an engineer on TV, not worry about how it would actually work. Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
You could weld on a spare manoeuvre drive, but total acceleration factor is lowest common denominator (which means requisite technological level for all drives), and your hull configuration is now dispersed.
Labour (plus miscellaneous) cost would be fifty percent of the newly attached drive's production cost.
Labour (plus miscellaneous) cost would be fifty percent of the newly attached drive's production cost.
Sigtrygg
Emperor Mongoose
That is not even close to what I would like. What I advise is to avoid using real world physics beyond TL8.
By TL9 gravitics and jump drive require new physics - do not use current physics to try and explain them.
Similarly TL12 damper tech requires new physics way beyond our current understanding of things.
The basic principles need to be understood well enough to assure consistency, but again it is a problem of paradigm shifts.
TL15 Imperial science knows things that can not be discovered at all at TL12 or TL9, and the understanding of gravitics, jumptech, and fundamental forces changes as the paradigm changes - hence my dig at phlogiston, ether, and calorific theory.
It can not be an extrapolation of real world science since real world science can not begin to explain GJDF theory.
Hence my warning about using string theory, dark energy, and dark matter because as yet they are observations not laws or theories - no experimental evidence.
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TrippyHippy
Emperor Mongoose
A mooted Traveller campaign centred around Artificial Intelligence. Limited information beyond that, although its been in the pipeline for a while.
Modest_Proposal
Mongoose
Forgive me if there is a thread dedicated to this topic. Are there any updates on the Traveller Open Game License? I think the State of Mongoose address said it would ideally be released in early 2024.
With regard to the starship operators handbook, I'm very much looking forward to this. What I particularly want, however, is more game mechanics and procedures along the lines of the tasks and activities at the end of the DGP book. I'd love to see an expansion of that. I'm far less interested in tons of waffle and technobabble about how jump drives and anti-gravity systems supposedly work.
