On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:30 AM, [Traveller_TNE] <
> wrote:
>
>
> Evyn--
>
> You're correct, "rules" for that, or even general guidelines were never
> clearly laid out by us. But between artificial grav, 6G inertial
> compensators, etc., it would have been possible. But like I said in
> another post, how easy is it to do it in one compartment but not the one
> next to it, etc. We didn't get the detail pushed out that far.
>
Pretty much My take on the subject, mostly I was pointing out is generally
came up with other more heated topics.
>
> In your second para, when you refer to "conformal docking slips," are you
> referring to the way that in early books you could store small craft at
> straight tonnage? I always thought of those as an embarrassing "error" (or
> revised ruling) that was shoved into a shallow grave, written out in
> subsequent revisions (Books 1-3 had a lot more un-documented rewrites and
> revisions than most people realized), and talked about as little as
> possible.
>
Yes, the whole straight tonnage thing, and the external clamp ones too to
some extent. Believe my I understand those Re-writes and revisions there is
a Document kicking around (I think it is on Marc CT Compilation cd) Called
Lost Rules that covers a lot of the changes. I have been playing and
running since the 70's and have gone through a number of rules books, as
such I would go through looking to clarify a rule I was using only to find
it absent. Jumps Tapes was the biggest one, as early on I had written a
number of scenarios that used custom un labeled Tapes as a lever to move
the players.
>
> Re: tractors, they exist at TL 12, but the force they can exert and the
> range at which they can use it is so low that no one spent much time on
> them. Actually wait, that's not true, the issue is that only manipulators
> can pull it to you AND slow it down so it doesn't whang into you. The only
> time I recall spending a lot of time of T/R/M tech was for the TL 16
> Darrian cruiser, but it's late and I need to get to bed. Maybe tomorrow
> I'll realize there's more to the story.
>
Low powered and short ranged has all the hallmarks of a boring tool, which
is kinda where I could use them....
Yep Understand it is time for me to take my anagathics and pretend to sleep
as well, hope the Dog doesn't Snore tonight....
--
Evyn
> wrote:
>
>
> Evyn--
>
> You're correct, "rules" for that, or even general guidelines were never
> clearly laid out by us. But between artificial grav, 6G inertial
> compensators, etc., it would have been possible. But like I said in
> another post, how easy is it to do it in one compartment but not the one
> next to it, etc. We didn't get the detail pushed out that far.
>
Pretty much My take on the subject, mostly I was pointing out is generally
came up with other more heated topics.
>
> In your second para, when you refer to "conformal docking slips," are you
> referring to the way that in early books you could store small craft at
> straight tonnage? I always thought of those as an embarrassing "error" (or
> revised ruling) that was shoved into a shallow grave, written out in
> subsequent revisions (Books 1-3 had a lot more un-documented rewrites and
> revisions than most people realized), and talked about as little as
> possible.
>
Yes, the whole straight tonnage thing, and the external clamp ones too to
some extent. Believe my I understand those Re-writes and revisions there is
a Document kicking around (I think it is on Marc CT Compilation cd) Called
Lost Rules that covers a lot of the changes. I have been playing and
running since the 70's and have gone through a number of rules books, as
such I would go through looking to clarify a rule I was using only to find
it absent. Jumps Tapes was the biggest one, as early on I had written a
number of scenarios that used custom un labeled Tapes as a lever to move
the players.
>
> Re: tractors, they exist at TL 12, but the force they can exert and the
> range at which they can use it is so low that no one spent much time on
> them. Actually wait, that's not true, the issue is that only manipulators
> can pull it to you AND slow it down so it doesn't whang into you. The only
> time I recall spending a lot of time of T/R/M tech was for the TL 16
> Darrian cruiser, but it's late and I need to get to bed. Maybe tomorrow
> I'll realize there's more to the story.
>
Low powered and short ranged has all the hallmarks of a boring tool, which
is kinda where I could use them....
Yep Understand it is time for me to take my anagathics and pretend to sleep
as well, hope the Dog doesn't Snore tonight....
--
Evyn