Spinward Flow
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One way to know a really good railroad yard worker was for them to hold up both hands and confidently say ... "TEN" ... and sure enough, they still had 10 fingers.
Ageing by Tech Level
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Krikkitone
SOC-12
So “aging” effects that are
Injury (TL and soc and career)
Disease (TL mostly)
Malnutrition (TL and soc)
as well as the possibility of getting treated off world (or imported medicine)
Would suggest a simple Soc v TL to determine if you get a penalty from lack of decent health care.
So say if TL+Soc<10?12 you do aging rolls every term (from 18 on) as if they were the normal aging. (premodern mortality wasn’t all infant mortality, you had an increased chance of dying/injury at every age….but age itself still triggered at the same time)
Injury (TL and soc and career)
Disease (TL mostly)
Malnutrition (TL and soc)
as well as the possibility of getting treated off world (or imported medicine)
Would suggest a simple Soc v TL to determine if you get a penalty from lack of decent health care.
So say if TL+Soc<10?12 you do aging rolls every term (from 18 on) as if they were the normal aging. (premodern mortality wasn’t all infant mortality, you had an increased chance of dying/injury at every age….but age itself still triggered at the same time)
Condottiere
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I think most role playing games tend to make zeroing ability lethal, rather than just predeterminism.
Since science says free radicals is what damages our cells.
Since science says free radicals is what damages our cells.
Pewter wasnn't the common man's plate, tho'... Pewter was only for the wealthy, but not too wealthy.. because the too wealthy had fine china and/or silver (and sometimes silver gilt).
And, in the early 20th, Aluminum became ALL the rage, trumping gold for value for a while. (Then, electric heating of the crucibles and a change in extraction process turned it way cheaper.
Which reminnds me... disposable aluminum party cups appeared at my local costco this month.
At least to TL 3, metal poisoning, Inverse of Soc.
At TL7+, sedentary jobs become the defacto normative ... lower fresh air, lower activity in the workday, lower exposure to sunlight (and thus natural synthesis of Vit. D).... Sedentarianism is part of the aging effects as a vicious cycle.
Condottiere
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A tankard is a form of drinkware consisting of a large, roughly cylindrical, drinking cup with a single handle. Tankards are usually made of silver or pewter, but can be made of other materials, for example wood, ceramic or leather.[1] A tankard may have a hinged lid, and tankards featuring glass bottoms are also fairly common. Tankards are shaped and used similarly to beer steins.
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Metal tankards often come with a glass bottom. The legend is that the glass-bottomed tankard was developed as a way of refusing the King's shilling, i.e., conscription into the British Army or Navy. The drinker could see the coin in the bottom of the glass and refuse the drink, thereby avoiding conscription. However, this is likely a myth since the Navy could press by force, rendering deception unnecessary.[4]
In a bar fight, the first punch was thrown while the recipient had the tankard raised to his mouth; another legend has it that the glass bottom was implemented to see the attack coming.
A further story is that the glass bottom merely allowed the drinker to judge the clarity of their drink while forgoing the expense of a fragile pint glass.[5]
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Metal tankards often come with a glass bottom. The legend is that the glass-bottomed tankard was developed as a way of refusing the King's shilling, i.e., conscription into the British Army or Navy. The drinker could see the coin in the bottom of the glass and refuse the drink, thereby avoiding conscription. However, this is likely a myth since the Navy could press by force, rendering deception unnecessary.[4]
In a bar fight, the first punch was thrown while the recipient had the tankard raised to his mouth; another legend has it that the glass bottom was implemented to see the attack coming.
A further story is that the glass bottom merely allowed the drinker to judge the clarity of their drink while forgoing the expense of a fragile pint glass.[5]
That's interesting. That would seem to be quite a bit of aluminum. Cans only have structural integrity due to them being, essentially, a bound cylinder with a small hole on a reinforced edge.
But it's interesting from a "don't use plastic" point of view, perhaps from a sustainability POV (assuming they're recycled). Not sure if they "better" than, say, a waxed paper cup in terms of net energy to waste, etc.
kilemall
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I believe the idea is recycling.
kilemall
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So, failed your commitment roll, e?
BackworldTraveller
SOC-13
Being committed is easy.
Persuading them to let you out afterwards is a different story.
And if you can just disassociate your personality from your body and upload it - you could easily find yourself in real psychological trouble. Traveller does not deal well with that kind of tech.
Persuading them to let you out afterwards is a different story.
And if you can just disassociate your personality from your body and upload it - you could easily find yourself in real psychological trouble. Traveller does not deal well with that kind of tech.
mike wightman
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Yes it does - see MgT, T5, and of course Agent of the Imperium by a certain MWM.
Personality copying and memory manipulation have been a thing since CT (Expedition to Zhodane and the short adventure Memory Alpha).
Personality copying and memory manipulation have been a thing since CT (Expedition to Zhodane and the short adventure Memory Alpha).
If I fail my initial commitment roll, does that mean I have to submit to the draft?
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BackworldTraveller
SOC-13
That depends on the institution. In many countries such people seem to head towards the Drifter or Prisoner career.
In CT, that's called "Other"
(When I was running CT, I assumed, from the skills and from knowing mafiosi, that Other was essentially the 56th C version of La Casa Nostra... and listed it as such when players asked.)
kilemall
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I always assumed they were just scummy unfocused non-serving civilian scum.
mike wightman
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Why 56th century when CT is set in the 57th?
T20 era Gateway...
mike wightman
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You said CT not T20 though... 
Since when have you become an edition purist?You said CT not T20 though...
I've often set my games a century earlier than CT, and used the JG and T20 versions of the maps.
