Re: Strength of the Covenant of Sufren (was Re: [Traveller_TNE]

Right besides Sufren, it was, IIRC, a member of the Rebellion Era Union of Suffren.

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Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012, 16:23
Subject: Re: Strength of the Covenant of Sufren (was Re: [Traveller_TNE] Re: Armor XXI--> Planetary Environments part 2)


 
Eamon--

How far outside of the Covenant is Gamov? I know that I very specifically
named where that Covenanter was patrolling for a reason.

As for the Belladonna, it was based somewhat on the spaceship run by my
PCs in my own Traveller campaign, but larger, and translated into TNE
terms. I'll have to look at what's in Path of Tears to refresh my memory.
I believe that's where the reference comes from.

Dave

> Cheers,
>
> I guess I'm an RPG conjurer...
>
> The reference to Gamov was indeed from the Ref's Screen cover - Lady Elise
> was the enclosed adventure.
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> I'll have to post data on my modified designs someday when I get time,
> sadly including the Scout Surveyor which I recently discovered had over
> 200 dT of extras (largely due to the hangar) in its 600 dT hull.
>
> Talking of data: do you recall any pertinent facts about the Belladonna?
> That certainly was an intriguing concept.
>
> Eamon
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Sent: Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 22:58
Subject: Re: Strength of the Covenant of Sufren (was Re: [Traveller_TNE]
> Re: Armor XXI--> Planetary Environments part 2)
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> Eamon--
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>>>"excellent CofS," thank you twice more. After I had published it I
>>>realized I probably hadn't made them strong enough, but a certain amount
>>>of legerdemain can address that. 
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> And people like you provide exactly the sort of legerdemain I was talking
> about.
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> I like your modified Scout that carries the Cutter modules.
>
> Certainly the Covenant was averse to people getting close to their
> borders, which is the only way they've lasted so far.
>
> As far as mention of that in Lady Elise, that question is too detailed for
> my memory. What I remember of that is Stockholm Syndrome, Kirk's daughter,
> Steve and me and the ice storm, and I think a really hasty deck plan. Is
> the reference to Gamov from the caption on the cover of the Ref screen?
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>> I always reckoned they had enough to cope with things
>> at present (1201):
>> Naval Base, hi-pop TL-12 world, substantial SDB forces, good but small
>> navy. The problem I thought was that they had a defensive stance that
>> whilst being up to the task at hand, could not be sustained - with ship
>> losses and the need for economic expansion being the major factors. I
>> guess the scout service formation would address the latter, if they were
>> cautious with their re-contact work - but a lot of time and money would
>> be
>> needed to develop a ship-building industry. I guess the RC would help a
>> lot with the knowledge needed for that. 
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>> While the size of the jump-capable navy looked too small for what the
>> Covenant was doing, I figured that outposts in systems that could not
>> reasonably be covered by the Navy (lots of fuel sources about!) had
>> control of drones and missile batteries that could, if not destroy,
>> seriously inconvenience any intruders - delaying them enough that
>> regular
>> couriers could go get something more powerful to eliminate any threat
>> that
>> remained insystem. The outposts themselves I saw as being supported by
>> the
>> score of scout couriers in the navy - I designed a variant that could
>> pack
>> a Modular Cutter Module and so build outposts as well as support them,
>> with grapple-equipped Surveyors lifting anything bigger that was needed
>> (200 dT external cargo at J-2).
>>
>>
>> By the way, I got the feeling from the Covenant material that they were
>> adverse to anyone getting too close to their borders - including Free
>> Traders. Perhaps a reference to Ships interdicting the Gamov System gas
>> giant in the adventure "Lady Elise" was the seed of that idea.  Close
>> or
>> way off the mark?
>>
>> Eamon
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