What is Mega Traveller?and differences from CT.
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RainOfSteel
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In regard to the parsec.
Go to Google and type in "1 parsec in light years".
The answer it returns from its built-in math/measurements calculator is: 3.26163626 light years.
RainOfSteel
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In regard to the parsec.
Go to Google and type in "1 parsec in light years".
The answer it returns from its built-in math/measurements calculator is: 3.26163626 light years.
RainOfSteel
SOC-14 1K
In regard to the parsec.
Go to Google and type in "1 parsec in light years".
The answer it returns from its built-in math/measurements calculator is: 3.26163626 light years.
The distance of an object which develops 1 arc-second of parallax from a 1AU radius orbit. Which happens to work out to that 3.26163626 Light years.
Note that 2 seconds of parallax is 1/2 Parsec; 1/2 second of Parallax is 2 Parsecs...
And parallax is the degrees of difference in sighting location of an object between two points.
It is an extremely Terracentric measure.
Oh,, and an arc second is 1/3600th of a degree of arc, or 1/1296000th of a circle.
Note that 2 seconds of parallax is 1/2 Parsec; 1/2 second of Parallax is 2 Parsecs...
And parallax is the degrees of difference in sighting location of an object between two points.
It is an extremely Terracentric measure.
Oh,, and an arc second is 1/3600th of a degree of arc, or 1/1296000th of a circle.
The distance of an object which develops 1 arc-second of parallax from a 1AU radius orbit. Which happens to work out to that 3.26163626 Light years.
Note that 2 seconds of parallax is 1/2 Parsec; 1/2 second of Parallax is 2 Parsecs...
And parallax is the degrees of difference in sighting location of an object between two points.
It is an extremely Terracentric measure.
Oh,, and an arc second is 1/3600th of a degree of arc, or 1/1296000th of a circle.
Note that 2 seconds of parallax is 1/2 Parsec; 1/2 second of Parallax is 2 Parsecs...
And parallax is the degrees of difference in sighting location of an object between two points.
It is an extremely Terracentric measure.
Oh,, and an arc second is 1/3600th of a degree of arc, or 1/1296000th of a circle.
The distance of an object which develops 1 arc-second of parallax from a 1AU radius orbit. Which happens to work out to that 3.26163626 Light years.
Note that 2 seconds of parallax is 1/2 Parsec; 1/2 second of Parallax is 2 Parsecs...
And parallax is the degrees of difference in sighting location of an object between two points.
It is an extremely Terracentric measure.
Oh,, and an arc second is 1/3600th of a degree of arc, or 1/1296000th of a circle.
Note that 2 seconds of parallax is 1/2 Parsec; 1/2 second of Parallax is 2 Parsecs...
And parallax is the degrees of difference in sighting location of an object between two points.
It is an extremely Terracentric measure.
Oh,, and an arc second is 1/3600th of a degree of arc, or 1/1296000th of a circle.
RainOfSteel
SOC-14 1K
MegaTraveller requires a large dollop of errata to run. You can find a copy of the errata on Don McKinney's web site.
Classic Traveller doesn't have an integrated skill/task system.
[ August 22, 2006, 04:39 AM: Message edited by: Sigg Oddra ]
RainOfSteel
SOC-14 1K
MegaTraveller requires a large dollop of errata to run. You can find a copy of the errata on Don McKinney's web site.
Classic Traveller doesn't have an integrated skill/task system.
[ August 22, 2006, 04:39 AM: Message edited by: Sigg Oddra ]
RainOfSteel
SOC-14 1K
MegaTraveller requires a large dollop of errata to run. You can find a copy of the errata on Don McKinney's web site.
Classic Traveller doesn't have an integrated skill/task system.
[ August 22, 2006, 04:39 AM: Message edited by: Sigg Oddra ]
but doesnt CT have a few task systems that were made later on that ended up becoming the task system in MT?which one woks the best?...also all that math needed to work movement seems dizzying to me...wish there was a simpler way to visualize it...I can appreciate the system...but it seems
but doesnt CT have a few task systems that were made later on that ended up becoming the task system in MT?which one woks the best?...also all that math needed to work movement seems dizzying to me...wish there was a simpler way to visualize it...I can appreciate the system...but it seems
but doesnt CT have a few task systems that were made later on that ended up becoming the task system in MT?which one woks the best?...also all that math needed to work movement seems dizzying to me...wish there was a simpler way to visualize it...I can appreciate the system...but it seems
ok I guess i need to reprase this question about movement...
first of all I'm using just the hardback The traveller Book as that is all i own(oh I also own the starter edition box set)
on page 49 it says all time can be figure out if accleration and distance are known.
Ok i can understand that....it goes on to say..
that if to of the variables are known the third can be reached by using just the 2...ok thats fairly simple.then it says all formulae use the MKS(meters,kilograms,seconds)unit system.my question is where does kilograms come into this?is that a typo.?then on the same page it says blah blah ..jump drives are rated 1-6,the number of parsecs travelled in a week(the week in jump im assuming)now what is the GAME definition of a parsec?it seems strange that a jump drive would be assigned such a strange value when most everything else is metric(meaning 5's and 0's)...then using the formulae on page 54 and his example he jumps right into finding the time to make trip using minuture rules he hasnt even explained yet ?ah im confused!
first of all I'm using just the hardback The traveller Book as that is all i own(oh I also own the starter edition box set)
on page 49 it says all time can be figure out if accleration and distance are known.
Ok i can understand that....it goes on to say..
that if to of the variables are known the third can be reached by using just the 2...ok thats fairly simple.then it says all formulae use the MKS(meters,kilograms,seconds)unit system.my question is where does kilograms come into this?is that a typo.?then on the same page it says blah blah ..jump drives are rated 1-6,the number of parsecs travelled in a week(the week in jump im assuming)now what is the GAME definition of a parsec?it seems strange that a jump drive would be assigned such a strange value when most everything else is metric(meaning 5's and 0's)...then using the formulae on page 54 and his example he jumps right into finding the time to make trip using minuture rules he hasnt even explained yet ?ah im confused!
ok I guess i need to reprase this question about movement...
first of all I'm using just the hardback The traveller Book as that is all i own(oh I also own the starter edition box set)
on page 49 it says all time can be figure out if accleration and distance are known.
Ok i can understand that....it goes on to say..
that if to of the variables are known the third can be reached by using just the 2...ok thats fairly simple.then it says all formulae use the MKS(meters,kilograms,seconds)unit system.my question is where does kilograms come into this?is that a typo.?then on the same page it says blah blah ..jump drives are rated 1-6,the number of parsecs travelled in a week(the week in jump im assuming)now what is the GAME definition of a parsec?it seems strange that a jump drive would be assigned such a strange value when most everything else is metric(meaning 5's and 0's)...then using the formulae on page 54 and his example he jumps right into finding the time to make trip using minuture rules he hasnt even explained yet ?ah im confused!
first of all I'm using just the hardback The traveller Book as that is all i own(oh I also own the starter edition box set)
on page 49 it says all time can be figure out if accleration and distance are known.
Ok i can understand that....it goes on to say..
that if to of the variables are known the third can be reached by using just the 2...ok thats fairly simple.then it says all formulae use the MKS(meters,kilograms,seconds)unit system.my question is where does kilograms come into this?is that a typo.?then on the same page it says blah blah ..jump drives are rated 1-6,the number of parsecs travelled in a week(the week in jump im assuming)now what is the GAME definition of a parsec?it seems strange that a jump drive would be assigned such a strange value when most everything else is metric(meaning 5's and 0's)...then using the formulae on page 54 and his example he jumps right into finding the time to make trip using minuture rules he hasnt even explained yet ?ah im confused!
ok I guess i need to reprase this question about movement...
first of all I'm using just the hardback The traveller Book as that is all i own(oh I also own the starter edition box set)
on page 49 it says all time can be figure out if accleration and distance are known.
Ok i can understand that....it goes on to say..
that if to of the variables are known the third can be reached by using just the 2...ok thats fairly simple.then it says all formulae use the MKS(meters,kilograms,seconds)unit system.my question is where does kilograms come into this?is that a typo.?then on the same page it says blah blah ..jump drives are rated 1-6,the number of parsecs travelled in a week(the week in jump im assuming)now what is the GAME definition of a parsec?it seems strange that a jump drive would be assigned such a strange value when most everything else is metric(meaning 5's and 0's)...then using the formulae on page 54 and his example he jumps right into finding the time to make trip using minuture rules he hasnt even explained yet ?ah im confused!
first of all I'm using just the hardback The traveller Book as that is all i own(oh I also own the starter edition box set)
on page 49 it says all time can be figure out if accleration and distance are known.
Ok i can understand that....it goes on to say..
that if to of the variables are known the third can be reached by using just the 2...ok thats fairly simple.then it says all formulae use the MKS(meters,kilograms,seconds)unit system.my question is where does kilograms come into this?is that a typo.?then on the same page it says blah blah ..jump drives are rated 1-6,the number of parsecs travelled in a week(the week in jump im assuming)now what is the GAME definition of a parsec?it seems strange that a jump drive would be assigned such a strange value when most everything else is metric(meaning 5's and 0's)...then using the formulae on page 54 and his example he jumps right into finding the time to make trip using minuture rules he hasnt even explained yet ?ah im confused!
TheEngineer
SOC-14 1K
Hi venture !
"MKS" is just a typical shortcut for the use of regular metric units.
Regarding the time/distance calculations its just true, that K 8kg) is not used here.
Well, guess there no game definition for parsec, because Parsec is a (well) known astronomical unit definition itself
Anyway you're right, it could have made sense to "metrify" even the astronomical unit system.
So as a parsec is around 31*10^16 m, one could perhaps use Pm (Peta-meters=10^15m) as a unit for stellar distances....
(Sorry I actually cannot see, whats on page 54).
Regards,
TE
"MKS" is just a typical shortcut for the use of regular metric units.
Regarding the time/distance calculations its just true, that K 8kg) is not used here.
Well, guess there no game definition for parsec, because Parsec is a (well) known astronomical unit definition itself
Anyway you're right, it could have made sense to "metrify" even the astronomical unit system.
So as a parsec is around 31*10^16 m, one could perhaps use Pm (Peta-meters=10^15m) as a unit for stellar distances....
(Sorry I actually cannot see, whats on page 54).
Regards,
TE
