What works? How are ships and vehicles armed?

[McPerth]

Does the Power Plant Number need to be an integer?

HG80, page 34 (about small craft design):

Drives: Small craft do not have jump drives. Maneuver drives and power plants are selected from the drive tables and installed. No maneuver drive or power plant may be less than one ton; when a computation produces a drive of less than one ton, use a value of one ton (fractional drive values above one ton, such as 1.7 tons, may be retained instead of rounding). The power plant number must be at least equal to the maneuver drive number, but may be more.

So, I guess they don't need to be an integer, though, AFAIK, there's not so clear notation about spaceshios/starships...

 

[kilemall]

HG80, page 34 (about small craft design):



So, I guess they don't need to be an integer, though, AFAIK, there's not so clear notation about spaceshios/starships...

The singleminded USP factor focus suggests the RAW intent is simple values, but any house rules in a storm.

 

[Spinward Flow]

There have been efforts and experiments to try out large, commercial sailing vessels. But, they don't seem to have caught on much yet.

3:10 (already cued below) to 10:06 on the topic of The Black Pearl might be of interest to people who enjoy the notion of "old" technology in "new" high tech forms.

@ 7:05 (link to timepoint in the above video)

Portuguese Coastal Station: "Black Pearl. Black Pearl. Can you please confirm that you are you a sailing vessel?"
Black Pearl: "Yes, we are a sailing vessel."
{ ... }
Portuguese Coastal Station: "Black Pearl. Black Pearl. Are you actually sailing?"
Black Pearl: "Yes, we are actually sailing."

At the time, the Black Pearl was making ~22 knots under wind power alone ... and passing all other traffic at sea in the area.



The nautical engineers want to dial in the design spec details in the hopes of being able to reach 28-30 knots (or more) with this ~350ft yacht.

 

[Condottiere]

What was it, better understanding of fluid dynamics, and new materials?

One of the reasons that steam gained primacy was reliable performance.

In the end, it comes down to what has cheaper operating costs.

 

[Grav_Moped]

3:10 (already cued below) to 10:06 on the topic of The Black Pearl might be of interest to people who enjoy the notion of "old" technology in "new" high tech forms.

Vestas Sailrocket 2: 65.45kts (121.1km/h), Nov. 2012. Winds were about 25kts.

 

[whulorigan]

Isn't the other tag line for Traveller, "Shotguns -- In Space!"?

(The first, of course, is "You can even die in character generation.")

"Because in Character Generation, no one can hear you scream . . . "