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Traveller: Pull out Book 6!

Started by Settembrini, April 25, 2007, 03:25:59 AM

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dar

#60
April 28, 2007, 04:06:18 PM
Wasn't there a cadre of genetically adept that were chosen? It couldn't just be anyone who could take the spice and be a navigator, right?

Anyway the computers were not there because they were banished by law. At least the really smart ones were.

Sosthenes

#61
April 28, 2007, 04:06:52 PM
What was the name of that Hercules in space thingy? With the ren fair rasta?
 

Halfjack

#62
April 28, 2007, 04:09:16 PM
Quote from: darAnyway the computers were not there because they were banished by law. At least the really smart ones were.

That's a pretty cool setting decision too, and its repercussions would be very deep.  Grabbing these themes away from Dune and all its baggage might be a nifty exercise!
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#63
April 28, 2007, 04:34:52 PM
Quote from: SosthenesWhat was the name of that Hercules in space thingy? With the ren fair rasta?
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Sosthenes

#64
April 28, 2007, 04:38:20 PM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!**SNRRRKK**
No, not the German name, the original one.
 

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#65
April 28, 2007, 04:42:45 PM
Quote from: SosthenesNo, not the German name, the original one.



And now, back to our thread.
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jrients

#66
April 28, 2007, 04:47:51 PM
Quote from: SosthenesWhat was the name of that Hercules in space thingy? With the ren fair rasta?

Andromeda or something like that, I think.
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Sosthenes

#67
April 28, 2007, 04:49:09 PM
Okay, to get back on topic: From a Hard SF point of view, it would be quite hard to find something about the human brain that could not be replicated with a sufficiently able computer -- without entering the supernatural. So if the FTL drive is totally understood, human-only navigation seems a bit far-fedged.

Then again, there is a lot of precedence for settings where the FTL was a chance discovery or taken from a higher civilisation. In this context, "whe don't know why but we have no other solution" seems believable.

This kinda reminds me of the multitude of ways that have been used to find excuses for swords in space...
 

jrients

#68
April 28, 2007, 04:51:51 PM
Quote from: SosthenesThis kinda reminds me of the multitude of ways that have been used to find excuses for swords in space...

My fave is "Space marines are so badass they will kill you with a cutlass or six-gun just 'cause they can."
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Halfjack

#69
April 28, 2007, 04:54:29 PM
Quote from: jrientsMy fave is "Space marines are so badass they will kill you with a cutlass or six-gun just 'cause they can."

Every time you pull the trigger on that fusion gun there's a fucking MOUNTAIN of paperwork, but any given incident with a cutlass can be explained as a kitchen accident.
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#70
April 28, 2007, 08:42:12 PM
Quote from: SosthenesThis kinda reminds me of the multitude of ways that have been used to find excuses for swords in space...
Swords don't run out of ammo (or power, as the case may be).

!i!

Sosthenes

#71
April 28, 2007, 08:47:51 PM
Quote from: Ian AbsentiaSwords don't run out of ammo (or power, as the case may be).

Which is true today, too. I still don't believe that marines are bringing their dress sabres into Falluja...

The Dune explanation with the shields was kinda neat, though easily circumvented.
 

J Arcane

#72
April 28, 2007, 08:49:16 PM
Quote from: Ian AbsentiaSwords don't run out of ammo (or power, as the case may be).

!i!
Swords are also less likely to puncture through ship hulls. This is the same reason why shotguns are in such common use on naval ships, buckshot is lethal in great number to a person, but the individual pellets do nothing to ships walls.


Mind, Star Wars' lightsabers botch that theory all up by going and making them the most powerful weapons in the universe ...
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dar

#73
April 28, 2007, 08:55:40 PM
This is starting to remind me of this thread.

Ian Absentia

#74
April 28, 2007, 08:57:53 PM
Quote from: SosthenesWhich is true today, too. I still don't believe that marines are bringing their dress sabres into Falluja...
Yeah, well if it were my army, they'd be trained to fight with their teeth and fire-hardened fingernails.  Sissies.

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