My rule of thumb was kind of 1 per sector. Unless there was something in the UWP that just screamed ancients.
Derek Stanley
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> On May 16, 2014, at 10:06, "Master Uxi [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
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> One or two oddballs maybe a dozen, but having the Ancients responsible for hundreds or thousands strains that suspension of disbelief.
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>> On May 16, 2014 6:40 AM, "Harold Hale [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
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>> ...Or...given that there are undoubtedly worlds that are denser than Earth, thus would pack more mass in a smaller package, a lower limit of 5 may be plausible for the Solar System, but isn't necessarily the final answer.
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>> We're also forgetting something. The Ancients were known to "tinker" with all manner of things--including moving planets about, pinching off pieces of the Universe from rest, blowing up perfectly good planets, etc. Giving an atmosphere to a planet that may not have developed much of one? Entirely within their abilities (I also recall reading some place that Venus may have been one of their "oops", I think it was in one of the DGP products).
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>> Naturally, the laws of physics are still the laws of physics, and over hundreds of thousands/millions of years if a planet were given an atmosphere and a molten core that perhaps didn't develop one (or had it and lost it as with Mars), there is the likelihood that it would go back to its natural state without periodic intervention. Cue the obvious sci-fi plot "PCs must find a way to re-liquify the core of the planet using an Ancients device" or "PCs help the scientist who is trying to use an Ancients device to re-liquify the planet's core with accompanying melodrama" here....
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Derek Stanley
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> On May 16, 2014, at 10:06, "Master Uxi [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
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> One or two oddballs maybe a dozen, but having the Ancients responsible for hundreds or thousands strains that suspension of disbelief.
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> - Sent from my SM-N900T
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>> On May 16, 2014 6:40 AM, "Harold Hale [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
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>> ...Or...given that there are undoubtedly worlds that are denser than Earth, thus would pack more mass in a smaller package, a lower limit of 5 may be plausible for the Solar System, but isn't necessarily the final answer.
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>> We're also forgetting something. The Ancients were known to "tinker" with all manner of things--including moving planets about, pinching off pieces of the Universe from rest, blowing up perfectly good planets, etc. Giving an atmosphere to a planet that may not have developed much of one? Entirely within their abilities (I also recall reading some place that Venus may have been one of their "oops", I think it was in one of the DGP products).
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>> Naturally, the laws of physics are still the laws of physics, and over hundreds of thousands/millions of years if a planet were given an atmosphere and a molten core that perhaps didn't develop one (or had it and lost it as with Mars), there is the likelihood that it would go back to its natural state without periodic intervention. Cue the obvious sci-fi plot "PCs must find a way to re-liquify the core of the planet using an Ancients device" or "PCs help the scientist who is trying to use an Ancients device to re-liquify the planet's core with accompanying melodrama" here....
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