T5 has a Stasis Drawer at TLJ. There's an interesting safety note that unsafe units may cause loss of limbs... and I thought slicing and dicing in the kitchen was dangerous :rofl:
Amenities and Perks...
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T5 has a Stasis Drawer at TLJ. There's an interesting safety note that unsafe units may cause loss of limbs... and I thought slicing and dicing in the kitchen was dangerous :rofl:
Do you mean TL 18?
(This is a 'straw that broke the camel's back' response; it's not aimed at you specifically. I just find it annoying to see pseudo-hexadecimal notation used in ordinary text where there's no real advantage to it, since using more than one character to indicate a number is perfectly practical. And more lucid.)
Hans
T5 has a Better Business Bureau?
No more than it has a Biotic Baking Brigade, a Bredbandsbolaget, a Bad Blue Boys, a Beta Beta Beta, a Bulgarian Business Bloc or a Bed, Bath, and Beyond.
Hans
Enoki
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How would species effect amenities? I mean there has to be variations in expectation between Humans, Vargr, Hivers, Droyne, or whatever. Maybe in some of these food requires less preparation and variation.
Maybe K'kree are just fine with the equivalent of oats and straw and pretty much any grass-like vegetation will do. But, they want some room being claustrophobic.
Aslan are likely to be more inclined towards fresh meat.
"What? You are serving frozen (name an animal they consume)! This is an insult! You will pay for your arrogance!"
So, this too could be an issue on a ship or elsewhere both in terms of accommodations, and cuisine.
I'd think that technology could only make up partially for actual skill the stewards and crew have in dealing with these differences.
On another note, I also think it's a matter of what you are willing to pay for stuff. Going back to food there is a vast difference between MRE's and the near gourmet level of some more expensive hiking and camping meals that are similar to them on the civilian market.
On large liners and yachts I would also expect the equivalent of a well-stocked wine cellar for the moneyed guests. I know if I were designing a yacht for some rich noble it would have a well equipped galley, the equivalent of a wine cellar, and space to entertain guests in the style they should be.
I'd also make sure that the crew spaces are separate from the owner's and guests (as they also would be on a liner). After all, you don't want the commoners and riff raff mixing in and thinking they can...
Maybe K'kree are just fine with the equivalent of oats and straw and pretty much any grass-like vegetation will do. But, they want some room being claustrophobic.
Aslan are likely to be more inclined towards fresh meat.
"What? You are serving frozen (name an animal they consume)! This is an insult! You will pay for your arrogance!"
So, this too could be an issue on a ship or elsewhere both in terms of accommodations, and cuisine.
I'd think that technology could only make up partially for actual skill the stewards and crew have in dealing with these differences.
On another note, I also think it's a matter of what you are willing to pay for stuff. Going back to food there is a vast difference between MRE's and the near gourmet level of some more expensive hiking and camping meals that are similar to them on the civilian market.
On large liners and yachts I would also expect the equivalent of a well-stocked wine cellar for the moneyed guests. I know if I were designing a yacht for some rich noble it would have a well equipped galley, the equivalent of a wine cellar, and space to entertain guests in the style they should be.
I'd also make sure that the crew spaces are separate from the owner's and guests (as they also would be on a liner). After all, you don't want the commoners and riff raff mixing in and thinking they can...
Patron Zero
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Myself I long for the glory days of rail travel when dining cars could often rival their stationary venues.
Likely the only serious 'investments' in meal preparation will be found on private yachts and corporate executive transports, sometimes it's about the kitchen and staff as much as the haute cuisine served.
Conspicuous consumption almost being an unintentional and unavoidable pun here.
And well you should apologize!
Y'know, as long as I've had my dogs, I've never seen them do that. Cat poo yes, devil of a time keeping them out of the litter box. Never seen mine go after dog poo though.
Wellll...
Well, that takes care of house keeping for the Aslan passenger.And well you should apologize!
Y'know, as long as I've had my dogs, I've never seen them do that. Cat poo yes, devil of a time keeping them out of the litter box. Never seen mine go after dog poo though.
sayatmenace
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I've only read the first and last pages of this, but am I overunderestimating ourselves to guess that no one has said the obvious: RPONOGRAHPY?
(Did I scramble those letters coolly? Oh I hope.)
I have some months and years of experience, though I'm happy to say mostly intermittent, in the field of isolation experiments. Drug trials, anyway. So take what follows as suspect.
But seriously? Given a few dozen hours out of touch with anyone except a) servants, b) weirdos (= strangers) [and c) study monitors; let's not talk about them in a family-friendly forum], they all end up spending a huge amount of time on ropnorgaffic fantasies. Oh sure, some may involve the Sharper Image catalog instead, or even -- in some very exotic and saucy cases -- the romance novel genre; but let's try and pretend this is setting is about something besides techie boys. People on extravagantly expensive trips generally prefer to imagine themselves somewhere else*.
Kim
(* doing someone better [EDIT: Alone. Without their 'friends' and 'family'.]
PPS: The drug trials were on the volunteer subjects, not me. I'm pretty confident about that.
(Did I scramble those letters coolly? Oh I hope.)
I have some months and years of experience, though I'm happy to say mostly intermittent, in the field of isolation experiments. Drug trials, anyway. So take what follows as suspect.
But seriously? Given a few dozen hours out of touch with anyone except a) servants, b) weirdos (= strangers) [and c) study monitors; let's not talk about them in a family-friendly forum], they all end up spending a huge amount of time on ropnorgaffic fantasies. Oh sure, some may involve the Sharper Image catalog instead, or even -- in some very exotic and saucy cases -- the romance novel genre; but let's try and pretend this is setting is about something besides techie boys. People on extravagantly expensive trips generally prefer to imagine themselves somewhere else*.
Kim
(* doing someone better [EDIT: Alone. Without their 'friends' and 'family'.]
PPS: The drug trials were on the volunteer subjects, not me. I'm pretty confident about that.
Patron Zero
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One might suppose the quality of adult entertainment available would draw on the same technologies that provide jump-drive and other such achievements, so whether distasteful to some, Fanny Hill as a virtual interactive amusement is almost a certainty.
A pity the Imperials hate bots so much ... :devil:
It's just an aspect of life that Marc Miller explicitly does not want covered in official Traveller material.
Hans
They're leery of some kinds of robots, such as AI guided robots and pseudo-biological robots that mimic sentients (and that goes double for AI guided pseudo-biological robots that mimic sentients). T4's Central Supply Catalog had a TL12 companion robot. 'Comfort robots', to coin a euphemism, are certain sure to have been around throughout the history of the Imperium (and long before). But as I said above, Marc Miller does'nt want to cover that aspect of life in Traveller, so you're not going to get any official confirmation of that.
Hans
I'd appreciate it if it goes no further into details than this level on COTI, as well.
And I would not expect him to. I would not let my children play a game that explored such themes, and I would not want the game's reputation colored by such an association.
Agreed; it was a joke, but those kinds of things tend to take on a life of their own if you let them.
Timerover51
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I got off of the Norwegian Cruise Line ship Pride of America, which cruises around Hawaii under the US flag. I noticed an interesting difference in menu items between the complimentary restaurants which were included in the cost of the ticket and the restaurants where there was an additional cover charge. The complimentary restaurants had pretty much the same menu every night. The ones with the cover charges had the lobster, filet mignon, and lamb chops. The complimentary ones had the strip steak, salmon and tilapia, and lamb shank. Note, the lamb shank was quite good, and I had it three nights (only one in family that likes lamb). Not that the complimentary food was bad, but the quality was higher in the cover charge restaurants. A much greater difference than on the RCCL ships. Little things like that did make some passengers a bit unhappy.
The staterooms were a bit smaller than those on the Royal Caribbean ships we have been on, which made things a bit cramped in the mornings. Again, the difference was enough to make it a bit annoying. The stateroom would be quite comparable in size to the standard stateroom for Traveller. We did put 4 people in it, all adults.
The staterooms were a bit smaller than those on the Royal Caribbean ships we have been on, which made things a bit cramped in the mornings. Again, the difference was enough to make it a bit annoying. The stateroom would be quite comparable in size to the standard stateroom for Traveller. We did put 4 people in it, all adults.
Patron Zero
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Not at issue, my reply was to what was perceived as a 'legitimate' inquiry related to the thread, apologies for any offense or unintentional faux pas made.
