I misspoke. The Battletech heat sink system also allowed FASA to establish
that the female Mech pilots wore thong bikinis in combat, which I recall
was a significant aspect of the game's appeal.
> Todd--
>
> From a design standpoint, Battletech's heat shedding is just a disguised
> power system, focused on output rather than input. Going into overheat
> would just be "over-running" your powerplant for limited periods of time
> at the risk of breaking it. And if you could stand in a pond to mitigate
> over-revving your power plant it would work the same.
>
> Nonetheless, your analogy is correct in the way that could work in
> Traveller, if you wanted to build your ship that way.
>
> Good luck selling the B5 main gun power-outage to Traveller designers,
> though. But it is a little like battleship main gun overpressure lighting
> off the float planes and starting fires on the fantail.
>
> Like you, I think it could be fun, for people who enjoy playing that way.
>
> Dave
that the female Mech pilots wore thong bikinis in combat, which I recall
was a significant aspect of the game's appeal.
> Todd--
>
> From a design standpoint, Battletech's heat shedding is just a disguised
> power system, focused on output rather than input. Going into overheat
> would just be "over-running" your powerplant for limited periods of time
> at the risk of breaking it. And if you could stand in a pond to mitigate
> over-revving your power plant it would work the same.
>
> Nonetheless, your analogy is correct in the way that could work in
> Traveller, if you wanted to build your ship that way.
>
> Good luck selling the B5 main gun power-outage to Traveller designers,
> though. But it is a little like battleship main gun overpressure lighting
> off the float planes and starting fires on the fantail.
>
> Like you, I think it could be fun, for people who enjoy playing that way.
>
> Dave