Wouldn't shooting bits of ships produce debris every bit as dangerous? The
TNE and for that matter the earlier versions of Traveller are full of
descriptions of space battle fields (Battle of Two Suns anyone) which are
posted as dangerous due to debris, partly wrecked ships etc.
As a plot hook (very Firefly) I am sure the imperium would not be happy with
people salvaging wrecks and restoring them without their permission. Does
the imperium/solomani etc have such a concept as a wargrave?
Antony
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Kes
Sent: Friday, 29 June 2012 4:53 AM
Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Re: Space projectiles vs regulations
How about Imperial Regulations concerning littering/environmental impact?
Since the shots can travel a very long distance, it affects the Imperium as
a whole, rather than just one solar system. Similar to if a planetary
government affects Imperial Trade, then the Imperial Navy asks them to stop.
Todd Kes
--- On Thu, 6/28/12, wrote:
> 2. That said, I absolutely believe that people armed with ideas and
> FF&S can find a way to make them work, at least in finite scenarios.
> For example, ships moving through space have to get someplace: a
> planet to land, a gas giant to refuel, etc., and they have only a
> finite number of G-turns with which to do so, match vectors to enter
> orbit, etc. So you could fire sheafs of projectiles to interdict the
> paths they need to use, forcing them to do something else or risk
> damage. Whether that's cost effective I don't know, but it's not
> cheap. But if people are able to make these things lethal in these
> scenarios, they will remain lethal to anyone else who blunders across
> them again. Long before we put FF&S out, the TML and Xboat lists were
> advocating projectiles, and where there's a will, there's a way.
>
> I find the idea very interesting to work out, "what would happen?"
> given some assumptions, and that was the idea behind the "Top Laser"
> thing we never got to do: let people simulate thousands of years of
> operational evolution and see what they get.
TNE and for that matter the earlier versions of Traveller are full of
descriptions of space battle fields (Battle of Two Suns anyone) which are
posted as dangerous due to debris, partly wrecked ships etc.
As a plot hook (very Firefly) I am sure the imperium would not be happy with
people salvaging wrecks and restoring them without their permission. Does
the imperium/solomani etc have such a concept as a wargrave?
Antony
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Kes
Sent: Friday, 29 June 2012 4:53 AM
Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Re: Space projectiles vs regulations
How about Imperial Regulations concerning littering/environmental impact?
Since the shots can travel a very long distance, it affects the Imperium as
a whole, rather than just one solar system. Similar to if a planetary
government affects Imperial Trade, then the Imperial Navy asks them to stop.
Todd Kes
--- On Thu, 6/28/12, wrote:
> 2. That said, I absolutely believe that people armed with ideas and
> FF&S can find a way to make them work, at least in finite scenarios.
> For example, ships moving through space have to get someplace: a
> planet to land, a gas giant to refuel, etc., and they have only a
> finite number of G-turns with which to do so, match vectors to enter
> orbit, etc. So you could fire sheafs of projectiles to interdict the
> paths they need to use, forcing them to do something else or risk
> damage. Whether that's cost effective I don't know, but it's not
> cheap. But if people are able to make these things lethal in these
> scenarios, they will remain lethal to anyone else who blunders across
> them again. Long before we put FF&S out, the TML and Xboat lists were
> advocating projectiles, and where there's a will, there's a way.
>
> I find the idea very interesting to work out, "what would happen?"
> given some assumptions, and that was the idea behind the "Top Laser"
> thing we never got to do: let people simulate thousands of years of
> operational evolution and see what they get.