Recent content by OldGuy59

See Post #2 above?

But, what are they? The position, or job, is obvious. Are they robots, androids, cyborgs, or something else? Are they left-overs from the Sindalian Empire?

What, exactly, are the Widows of Blacksand?

There are things in some other sci-fi universes like tracking bullets. Actually, some of the current tech sighting systems are pretty cool, and they are not in Traveller. Link-> Ballistic Optical Targeting System For other TLs, there are Gauss weapons (which could be better? 4mm tungsten core...

TL7-8 today, TL12+ for Traveller?

Briefcase that folds out into a shield? We have them, now. Link-> Ballistic Briefcase

Used files and NPCs for one of my campaigns. Had Travellers jumping all over the top of the Spinward Marches rooting out arms dealers and finding Ancient sites.

IMTU: I had an NPC that went to Delta Research, the manufacturers of LHeP(Or) computers and had them make one with his brain cells as the core. The Scout Pilot was Psionic, but died in close proximity to the 100dT Scout Ship. The Imperial Scout Service reclaimed the ship, and issued it to a...

Just throwing a spitball into the mix. Why is there a rule for 'Only one computer on the ship'? In High Guard, it allows for a second computer, but 'the second must have a lower Processing score than the primary.' What is this? Just for comparison, a TL8 multi-mode fly-by-wire fighter jet...

Way late for the current pub, but article, finally, sent.

So, where did the power requirements come from, and is there any desire to fix the illogical amount of energy this system uses?

Once a piece of gear is mounted on a plane, and pictures are taken, the secret is out about 'new' gear. How it works is the real secret. And the article uses terms and expressions that are very general. Printing 'TWT techniques' doesn't tell you what is happening, or how it is working. So...

There are a few things I didn't want to put into an unclassified discussion on a gaming forum. However, lots of things have obviously been de-classified, or generalized since I was an active service person. Here is a link to waay too much ECM info...

For civilian ships, this all works well. For ships with the Countermeasures Suite, there does need to be a bit more. I'm thinking along the lines of MasterGwydion's post above. However, it will depend on how the game mechanics work. Any distance to target allows for deception measures. Some...

Waaay too deep! I don't think we need that level of ganularity. One thing I'm not clear on is how vaccum will affect propagation of energy. In the atmosphere there are a lot of factors to consider, but I would think most would not apply in space. But, as mentioned above, many players won't...