mike wightman
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Economic base of Traveller?
You are joking now right?
People have been arguing about the economics of Traveller for longer than they have been discussing the changing ship paradigm.
We still don't know what the Imperial tax levy is, or how much the Imperial naval budget is.
As for the statement in the Kinunir, it is a reflection of the type of naval paradigm at work at the time. Even if it was one hundred Kinunirs (there are only fifteen left in Imperial service), they pale before the hundred kiloton monsters that were to come.
Funny how the civilian in that first adventure was unaware of all the AHL class cruisers and larger battleships that were really out there
The reason is they weren't there in the early Traveller universe.
It wasn't until High Guard and AHL that the "true" OTU was revealed to us.
Second edition CT was quite a major rewrite, and second edition High Guard is almost a new book. Try comparing editions side by side.
My guess is that the Gazelle, the Kinunir, and the AHL were produced from a work in progress copy of High Guard first edition.
Why it was replaced by High Guard second edition quite so quickly is a mystery, hopefully someone will one day enlighten us all as to what was considered so wrong with first edition.
Do I own Battle Rider?
Yes, I do.
Cheers.
Mike.
You are joking now right?

People have been arguing about the economics of Traveller for longer than they have been discussing the changing ship paradigm.
We still don't know what the Imperial tax levy is, or how much the Imperial naval budget is.
As for the statement in the Kinunir, it is a reflection of the type of naval paradigm at work at the time. Even if it was one hundred Kinunirs (there are only fifteen left in Imperial service), they pale before the hundred kiloton monsters that were to come.
Funny how the civilian in that first adventure was unaware of all the AHL class cruisers and larger battleships that were really out there


The reason is they weren't there in the early Traveller universe.
It wasn't until High Guard and AHL that the "true" OTU was revealed to us.
Second edition CT was quite a major rewrite, and second edition High Guard is almost a new book. Try comparing editions side by side.
My guess is that the Gazelle, the Kinunir, and the AHL were produced from a work in progress copy of High Guard first edition.
Why it was replaced by High Guard second edition quite so quickly is a mystery, hopefully someone will one day enlighten us all as to what was considered so wrong with first edition.
Do I own Battle Rider?

Yes, I do.
Cheers.
Mike.