I called myself lazy to force myself to look for it.
It was here down at the bottom. Fortunately I found it, I was beginning to
think I was (more) crazy.
> 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
>
It was here down at the bottom. Fortunately I found it, I was beginning to
think I was (more) crazy.
> 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
>