			    TRAVELLER Digest 162

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: TRAVELLER digest 160	by aboulton@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andrew Boulton)
  2) Error noted in World Tamers Handbook Black Powder Cannon des. seq.	by George Herbert <gherbert@crl.com>

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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 95 13:23 GMT
From: aboulton@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andrew Boulton)
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Cc: aboulton@cix.compulink.co.uk
Subject: Re: TRAVELLER digest 160
Message-ID: <memo.894359@cix.compulink.co.uk>

In-Reply-To: <199501130409.XAA09322@Ambassador.MPGN.COM>


In message <199501130409.XAA09322@Ambassador.MPGN.COM>, traveller@mpgn.com
said:
  > From: gdw.support@genie.geis.com 
  >  
  > Liam McCauley 
  >  
  > > Are there any TNE figures other than starships available? 
  >  
  > RAFM has several sets of 25mm Traveller figs available, 
  > although I don't have a list readily available. Denizen makes 
  > some very sharp 25mm stuff also, including starship crew. 

I'm not sure if the RAFM figures are available yet - they weren't when I
tried to order some before Christmas. The catalogue lists ship's crew,
techs, RC Marines in BD, robots, and a few others.

The Denizen figures have been out for a few years, and are *very* nice.
They're not official Traveller figures, but there are some that appear to
be wearing Zhodani combat armour...

  > From: cs5025@wlv.ac.uk (L.T.Bryant) 
  >  
  > Sorry  to bring this up as it has already been posted  but  could the
  > wanderful person ( fawn fawn grovell) who designed the  meson
  > pistol/rifles please post them ether to the list or me  privatly,
  > as  when i tryed to design one last night i hit several  problems
  > and sfter negotiating them id like to compare notes. BTW how did you
  > get past the max fir rate of 1/4? 

I'd like to see this, too, (even though it's apparently illegal).

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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 12:02:41 -0800
From: George Herbert <gherbert@crl.com>
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Cc: gherbert@crl.com, gdw.support@genie.geis.com
Subject: Error noted in World Tamers Handbook Black Powder Cannon des. seq.
Message-ID: <199501142002.AA04206@mail.crl.com>


(I haven't seen this reported anywhere yet, so here goes...)
Pp. 97, Part I sect. A item 6: Muzzle Energy
	Unlike the sequence listed in FF&S for lower muzzle energy due to
shorter barrels, this section says you lose 2% of ME per bbl caliber less
than 60 down to 15, then 1% from there on out.  FF&S has it 2% down to
20 calibers, then 1% from there.
	The FF&S sequence ends with zero ME being at 0 calibers, about
what you would expect.  The WTH sequence ends with zero ME being at 5
calibers, _not_ a reasonable value, especially given that item 4 of the
same section specifically says mortars have barrels up to 5 calibers.
	Fix: assume WTH meant to say "2% down to 20 calibers" not 15.

-george william herbert
gherbert@crl.com

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