Sigtrygg
Emperor Mongoose
Because they are a very useful tool, but you have to consider how it all works within the setting.Wow why do you bother with tech levels at all if you’re just going to take them out of the game?
The Third Imperium is old, 1100+ years plus the couple of centuries of Sylean Federation that preceded it.
The TL of the 3I was 12 going on 13 in IY0, civilian technology hit TL15 around the year 1000.
Now in the CT rules it states that type A starports can build any ship from the LBB2 construction system - that means TL15 civilian drives must be available (note that civilians are limited to model 7 computers while the military goes up to model 9 in HG). Both A and B starports can perform annual maintainance, so parts must be available for those TL15 drives at any A or B port.
So the insetting explanation is that TL15 Imperial civilian technology is available throughout the Imperium - the Imperium is all about trade remember.
Yup, the free traders were. But look at The Traveller Adventure. The big trading ships operated by the likes of Tukera and Oberlindes are TL15.Yet in the LBBs even before Highguard the freetraders were built at tech level 9-11 why bother. LBB 1-3 have no setting information since they were designed as a tool box the setting came later.
Not necessarily huge to provide shipbuilding and maintenance for civilian shipping 100-5,000tI guess in your Traveller universe Starports are 3 times as big as stated since they also have to have all the infrastructure to support a higher tech level than most worlds have..
The local population may have an affect on the starport size, as does the presence of a navy and scout base.
Have you seen the picture of Regina Highport?
Tigress class BBs look like limpets.
The setting has changed much from edition to edition and how dare I point this out and disagree with you.
I am aware of how much the setting has changed over the past four decades +, and I welcome disagreement and discussion.
Not everyone agrees with everyone else's interpretation of the rules, never mind setting details that contradict said rules or other setting elements.
We can disagree, stay civil, discuss in a polite (though sometimes heated) manner and all enjoy this game we all play.
Misunderstanding of tone and intent is a problem on message boards, I think I have upset many people over the years but a lot of them I would now regard as friends. We argue, but that's all part of the fun
