Who Builds Imperial Navy Ships and Where Do They Do It?

[MasterGwydion]

How is society different? Which technologies make a real difference between TL9 and 10 because that list is sadly lacking in progress.
Gravitics are common at TL9, artificial gravity has been possible since TL8, how does a tractor beam revolutionise society?

Tractor Beams would revolutionise the material handling industry, the towing industry, car parks, basically anything that requires moving something from one place to another.

What, gravitics couldn't support stuff at TL9?

Apparently not.

How did they build TL9 gravitic jump ships? Small fision plants may have an effect, but are they different enough to be culturally significant?

No more power lines or energy infrastructure. Every house has their own fusion+. Imagine never having to pay another electric bill. Fusion+ is what makes fusion power go from only within reach of governments and corporations to being available and affordable for everyone.

 

[Condottiere]

1. Tractor beams are somewhat underpowered.

2. Floating cities viable with manoeuvre drive factor/one.

3. You can have gas guzzlers powering manoeuvre drive factor/one - I wouldn't use that as the primary power source for jumping, though.

 

[Terry Mixon]

Wrong thread for it, but a new 'official' universe with the core mechanics but varying developments (high TL for FTL being one that could change a lot, but just not that) and culture would be a good thing. The 3I is literally stuck in a forty year time loop with predestination (Wave, Virus) locked into future canon.

Hopefully Wave, Virus, and Rebellion are not in Mongoose's future. Don't break what works.

 

[Arkathan]

(Presently in the middle of what should be the last Critical Infrastructure audit of my career (the 'friendly' auditors only come by every three years, unless you've been very bad). Every day brings another point towards my Admin skills and away from my Sanity characteristic... one more week...

Congratulations on the last one and condolences on it's impending drain on your sanity.
So glad I was able to retire from the constant inspections. Operational Reactor Safeguard Exams in the Navy and endless accreditation inspections in the sheriff's office. In both, I got tagged, after getting my own area in order, to get everyone else's documentation ready and up to speed. Nightmare fuel. No really. Every January I have nightmares about it, and I've been away for two weeks short of five years.

 

[AndrewW]

At least Asimov made an attempt, but that was mostly fallback to older tropes. (which is part of why I liked the Apple TV Foundation series - at least it updates it a bit, though I think it went off the track (over the shark?) at the end of the second season, plus Salvor Hardin was my favorite character ).

But why did they feel the need to change things so much from the books? I enjoyed the books and the series, though prefer the books. Would have been nice to see an alternate where events follow the entirely of the predictions rather then getting disrupted by other stuff. But ah well.

 

[MasterGwydion]

Hopefully Wave, Virus, and Rebellion are not in Mongoose's future. Don't break what works.

I strangely have no viewpoint on this. I have a few ATUs that I play in. So far, The Wave has happened in all of them, in another the Rebellion and therefore the Virus didn't happen, in another history changed from the OTU after the Deneb Bad War but still has the Rebellion and the Virus, in another the history diverged from the OTU around the time of the Old Earth Union and has the Rebellion and the Virus.

So, I am not tied to any particular one. I enjoyed the Rebellion and the Virus. I enjoyed playing in the GURPS ATU where those things never happened also.

 

[Sigtrygg]

Tractor Beams would revolutionise the material handling industry, the towing industry, car parks, basically anything that requires moving something from one place to another.

Gravitic lifting platforms can already do that cheaply and efficiently.

Apparently not.

Better get rid of all ship built at TL9 then...

No more power lines or energy infrastructure. Every house has their own fusion+. Imagine never having to pay another electric bill. Fusion+ is what makes fusion power go from only within reach of governments and corporations to being available and affordable for everyone.

Yes, fusion+ is a great breakthough - where is that apart form T4 and T5? = but is it really paradigm changing?

Homes fitted with solar panels and batteries are self sufficient now.

 

[Sigtrygg]

Hopefully Wave, Virus, and Rebellion are not in Mongoose's future. Don't break what works.

The FFW broke CT. The fall of the Imperium was already built in to CT adventures and supplements.

 

[Condottiere]

Energy budget has two aspects, production and consumption.

You can make energy production cheaper, and at the same time, make gadgets more efficient.