			    TRAVELLER Digest 471

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Queries by aboulton@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andrew Boulton)
  2) RICE Paper on Lewis by lewis@chara.gsu.edu
  3) RE: Regency Sourcebook Errata by "Harold D. Hale" <hdhale@smtpgate.read.tasc.com>
  4) Regency sourcebook by Alvin Plummer <alvin.plummer@sheridanc.on.ca>
  5) Looking for TNE books by Drake Gearhart <gearhart@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu>
  6) Jump flashes, Starship Ops Manl., etc. by Christopher_Griffen@dmcwave.com (Christopher Griffen)
  7) Fang SDB by "Frances A. McLaughlin" <wwnfam@pipeline.com>
  8) RE: Jump flashes, Starship Ops Manl., etc.  by That Computer Guy <darkstar@UDel.Edu>
  9) Re: Sensor Stuff  by "David J. Golden" <goldendj@whip.com>
 10) Re: Imperium 2000 by "David J. Golden" <goldendj@whip.com>
 11) RE: Regency Sourcebook Errata  by "David J. Golden" <goldendj@whip.com>
 12) Re: Jump flashes, Starship Ops Manl., etc. by "David J. Golden" <goldendj@whip.com>
 13) RE: Jump flashes, Starship Ops Manl., etc. by "David J. Golden" <goldendj@whip.com>

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 95 18:30 GMT
From: aboulton@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andrew Boulton)
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Cc: aboulton@cix.compulink.co.uk
Subject: Queries
Message-ID: <memo.102659@cix.compulink.co.uk>

Finally dug out my list of questions, sent to Challenge about a year ago
but never answered. Some have been covered here, most haven't.


1. Do Black Globes emit Hawking Radiation, (i.e. can this be used to detect th
em)?

2. What happened to Fast and Slow drugs? I can't find them in the TNE rulebook
. 

3. Can Nuclear Dampers be used to detonate nuclear warheads stored aboard an 
enemy ship?

4. ...and can they be used to do something unpleasant to a ship's fusion react
or, or Jump Drive?

5. ...and can they be used as an anti-personnel weapon?

6. What's the damage for being "hit" by active sensors or communicators, (e.g.
 can you use them to microwave someone to death)?

7. How big a bang does it make when you overload a ship's fusion reactor, or J
ump Drive?

8. FF&S says you need a seat on the Bridge of a starship for every Command cre
wmember - surely this can't be right? On big ships, (1000+ tonnes), this makes
the Bridge absolutely huge! I can see that they would all need a workstation,
but surely only a handful actually need to be on the Bridge?

9. It's always been implied that it's impossible for an observer to tell where
 a ship has Jumped to. 
However, by measuring the energy released when a ship Jumps, and comparing it 
to known characteristics of that class of ship, shouldn't you beable to 
calculate how far it has Jumped, (and so make a pretty good prediction of 
where it was going)?

10. Does a gun doing only 1D6-1 damage still do blunt trauma?

11. How do you design a beam laser, (e.g. a targeting laser)?

12. Do Psionics work through a Black Globe?

13. ...and does gravity, (artificial or real)? If no, then this would make lif
e..."interesting" for the pilot of the ship, since you couldn't, for example, 
orbit a planet, (and in theory, you could sail right past a black hole 
without any problems). If yes, then wouldn't this allow communication 
through it, (by using pulses of artificial gravity)?

14. Using aperture synthesis, could you combine the data from several ships fl
ying in formation to improve the performance of their sensors?

---===---
Andrew Boulton

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 01 Nov 95 14:02:06 -0500
From: lewis@chara.gsu.edu
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: RICE Paper on Lewis
Message-ID: <9511011902.AA01698@chara.gsu.edu>

Message 14 from yesterday's TML refers to this RICE Paper.  I sent them
out in the wrong order, Sorry about the confusion.



I saw this world in the Regency Sourcebook and thought it would be neat
to write up.  
 
Lewis Roberts
- -----------------------------------------------------------


RICE Paper Lewis/Armis

Lewis  (3107 Armis/Spinward Marches) X-427344-8

Physical Appearance-Lewis orbits a F8 dwarf in a highly elliptical
orbit.  The planet also has an extreme axial tilt.  The eccentricity
and the axial tilt causes severe seasonal changes, in winter the
average temperature is  210K and in summer 300K.  The planet is a small
rugged world wracked by near constant violent storms.  Winds usually
average several hundred kilometers per hour.  
Due to the low air pressure this does not have the impact it would on a
earth normal world,  but the wind does kick up huge amounts of metallic
dust which hang in the air for days and weeks.  This dust is very
irritating to humans and other sapiens, requiring the use of filter
masks.  Sapiens who breathe the air without the aid of a filter mask,
come down with chronic lung infections as the dust particles irritate
the inner linings of the lungs and throat.  This wind borne dust
constantly erodes man made structures forcing most dwellings below
ground.  Lewis possess large shallow oceans.  During the winter they
are almost entirely frozen, while during the summer they evaporate only
to fall in torrential rain storms during the autumn. 

History-Lewis has been a declared a Red Zone by the Imperial Navy since
945.  The reason for the red zone were kept classified until now.  Now
under the Regent's new more open government the truth can be revealed. 
Lewis was established as a top secret research base in charge of
finding new military applications for biotechnologies.  These included
anti-bacterial warfare 
agents, creating geneered animals to serve in both combat and
intelligence roles, methods in speeding the growth of clones, (TEXT
DELETED BY ORDER OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICE: ORDER 18734945-A)
,artificial RNA learning techniques and many other projects.  The
reason for the Red Zone was simply to keep away spies and others
without the Imperium's best interest at heart.  
	The results of the scientific experiments were filtered through
other research bases. This way the Zhodani and other enemies would not
even know that a top secret base even existed.  The Civil War did not
disrupt the research, as it was located far behind the Claw.   In the
aftermath of the Civil War, the base did suffer significant budget
cuts, but proceeded much as before.  
	In 1135 there was a major accident which would alter the world
forever.  The base had been doing research into artificial bacterial
symbiotes that would enable humans to exist in a vacuum without a
vacsuit.  The work was still far from finished, but proceding nicely. 
On 114-1135 an explosion of still unexplained origins ripped through
the lab where the symbiote was being designed.  The symbiote was
released into the atmosphere of the planet. The high speed winds
quickly dispersed the symbiote.  Over the next few days it became
apparent the symbiote was far from finished as it infected several
thousand people across the face of the planet.   Instead of allowing
the infected to survive in a vacuum, the symbiote slowly asphyxiated
the victim over a 
span of several hours.  By now the symbiote had been spread across the
entire surface of the planet and was thriving in the environment. It
was designed to survive in the cold vacuum of space, the atmosphere
provided more than enough heat and carbon dioxide to thrive.  An
immediate quarantine was placed around the planet.  All projects were
halted, as everyone tried to find an 
antidote.  unfortunately those scientists who understood the symbiote
best where the first to die. After six months, no progress had been
made towards a cure and over half the population had died.  What made
the task so difficult was the symbiote had been designed to withstand
the extremes of space, high and low temperatures, high levels of
radiation and vacuum.  It could be killed by extreme methods such as
plasma bursts, but this wasn't a practical method of 
decontaminating infected individuals.  The populace holed up small
groups in underground bunkers.  
	The Navy Commander in charge of the planet made the painful
choice to permanently close the planet.   Slowly the underground
bunkers became infected, until the population has dwindled to barely 
8000 out of 70,000 former inhabitants.  Estimates suggest that within
40 years the remaining inhabitants will perish.  A small group of
scientists still tries to find a way of 
defeating the symbiote, but a solution evades their grasp, as the
symbiote continues to mutate and adapt.  The Navy maintains a squadron
in the system to prevent anyone from violating the quarantine.  It also
drops frequent mercy packages to aid the survivors. The only penalty
for violating the quarantine is life long exile to the planet.  When
asked about the severe actions of 
the Navy,  Cmmdr Wafoua Syoisuis replied, "Its better then dealing with
another Virus."

Society- Before the release of the symbiote, humans and other sapiens
lived in underground complexes, to avoid the dust storms, and the
extremes in weather.  It was lucky for the inhabitants, because if the
symbiote had been released on a standard world, no one would have
escaped.  Now the complexes have had 70 years to fortify themselves
against the symbiote, through complex filtering and airtight seals. 
For the most part these keep the symbiote at bay, but every 
so often something breaks down, and the complex is infected, usually
yielding a large death toll.  That is if anyone is left alive to count the bodies.  
	There are somewhere between ten and thirty complexes on Lewis. 
The average population is several hundred people.   Each complex has
grown into one extended family, with most people being related through
marriage.  The families govern the complexes through small town
meetings.   Most people never leave their complex; the possibility of
contamination arises each time someone leaves or enters.  Except for
the retrieval of Naval mercy shipments, it is only in the most dire of
circumstances that anyone leaves a complex.  The shipments are usually
picked up by robots. When someone is forced to leave the compound it is
in airtight ATVs, when they return, the exterior is scoured with a high
temperature plasma  to kill any of the symbiote that might have
attached itself to the vehicle.   
	The complexes keep in contact through a computer and video
network.  So while they might not be able to leave their complex, they
will be able to meet and become friends with people across the globe. 
Entertainment from around the Regency are beamed to the complexes by
the Navy.  Most inhabitants are a fairly dour and grumpy lot.  They
resent being forced to live on such a miserable planet under miserable
circumstances.  Most couples do not plan on having children, they feel
it wouldn't be right to bring children into such a place. The only new
population comes from accidental pregnacies.  

System Details:
Primary F8V
 Orbit 	Name	UPP	Satelite Orbit	          Satelite UPP
    1         	LGG
  			         8		   x-670000-0
			        10		   x-600000-0
			        12		   x-200000-0
            	                35                 x-800000-0          
                                   
                                40                 x-S00000-0          
                                    
                                                                       
                                  
     2  	SGG                                                    
                                        
                        	 1	           x-R00000-0          
                                                        
                                20                 x-S00000-0          
                                   
                      	        45                 x-S00000-0          
                                    
                                50                 x-S00000-0          
                                    
                                                                       
                                  
     3         SGG
                                 1                 x-R00000-0
                                 4                 x-100000-0          
                            
                                 8                 x-320000-0          
                                
                                30                 x-400000-0       
                                      
                                                                       
                                  
     4 Lewis  -427344-8   RED ZONE
			       1		   x-R0000-0
                               7		   x-S00000-0	
                               9                   G-202255-F        
The Navy has built a small 
repair facility, to help maintain the quarantine.



Reference : The Regency Source book:Keepers of the Flame.
 

------- End of Forwarded Message


------------------------------

Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 15:01:29 -0500
From: "Harold D. Hale" <hdhale@smtpgate.read.tasc.com>
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: RE: Regency Sourcebook Errata
Message-ID: <s0978b72.086@smtpgate.read.tasc.com>

That Computer Guy writes:

>Just a few quick questions.  First, where did you get this?

   Davel Nilsen during a phone conversation.

>If from GDW, is there anyway I can find out what other errata is out
>there and how to get that too?

   That's all that he knows about if you're talking about the Regency
Sourcebook.  For other errata, contact GDW, I'm sure they'll be happy
to send it along.

   As to whether it's all available online some place, I don't know that it
is, but I'm sure somebody will tell us otherwise.  :)

Regards,

Harold



------------------------------

Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 15:10:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Alvin Plummer <alvin.plummer@sheridanc.on.ca>
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: Regency sourcebook
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.951101140149.2371A-100000@hubble.sheridanc.on.ca>

On Wed, 1 Nov 1995 traveller@MPGN.COM wrote:

> From: lewis@chara.gsu.edu
> To: traveller@MPGN.COM
> Subject: Memo on Lewis
> Message-ID: <9511011755.AA01645@chara.gsu.edu>
> 
>  
> 
> ULTRA SECRET 
> From:Cmmdr Wafoua Syoisuis : 49th Squadron 214th Fleet Lewis Quarantine 253-1199
> To: Vice Admiral Goron Amdon :  Chief of Naval Intelligence 214th Fleet

"Imperial ethical theory is seen to be deficient in the area of advanced 
genetics and bioengineering" - Regency sourcebook 81.

**************

Just got the Sourcebook on Monday.  Very nicely done: my only 
disatisfaction is on what they did to the Nobility: true, it's just my
political/sentimental gripe, but still...

Frank Chadwick spoke of "Great steaming heaps of material" out there on 
the Spinward Marches/Domain of Deneb, which didn't fit inot our petite 
sourcebook.  If they never put it into book form, and don't publish it in 
Challange articles, how will we ever get our hands on it?

A bit of inconsistencies regarding "parallel government": it seems that 
there is a parallel structure of Regency elected officals and Nobility, 
but some noble seats don't exist (ie. there is no longer a "Duke of 
Regina", as that seat disapeared when Norris died.)

****Immortals****

In Survival Margin, there are a number of drugs that are presented, which 
can help PC's from the MegaT era enter the New Era: These include "Fast" 
and "Slow" drugs, which modify how time affects the body (Fast makes 
time seem to go by very quickly, Slow slows the awareness and effects of 
time on the body, I think.)  There has always been anagathics, and now 
there is Anagathics B, which makes one immortal as long as you never 
enter jump space.  And there are low berths, too.

Anyone have a way to deal with all these immortals and near-immortals?
How does Imperial culture view them? (Note: Nobles are traditionally 
discouraged/forbidden from using anagathics)

****A few errors, UWP codes****

pg 37  

Ziron (1110) is shown to have a Zho naval base, rather then a standard base.

Grant (1607) is shown to have Zho refugees, which is impossible, as it's 
always been Red Zoned.

Other's, anyone?

****Minor Note:Genetic Engineering****

It's odd that the Nobility has never attempted to 'redesign' itself to be 
more effective governours.  Of course, you don't know what the goals of 
such engineering would be.  Had I been present at the Regency creation, 
I'd have explored this possibility, rather than destroy the nobility.  
Still, it may have been necesary for GW to do so: had such a nobility 
been created, we'd either have a master race ruling over everyone or have 
a profoundly noble elite, rendering the Regency as safe as Hometown, U.S.A.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alvin Plummer
"Preserve what we created, Norris, and remember what we stood for."
                               - Strephon, 179-1126

Reply to: alvin.plummer@SHERIDANC.ON.CA
------------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 14:26:54 -0600 (CST)
From: Drake Gearhart <gearhart@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu>
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: Looking for TNE books
Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.951101142249.76928B-100000@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu>

  Well after much searching at Borders, Hastings and Barnes & Knowbles 
I'm going to have to ask for more details because NONE of them have the 
trilogy by Paul Brunette on their listings.  They have other books by GDW 
but nothing under his name or the three titles someone was kind enough to 
provide.  Also _Survival Margin_ and _Hard Times_ are not listed either.  
I was told to get the ISBN numbers.  Could someone be kind enough to 
provide me one for the first book in the trilogy? 

  I'd rather not order the accessories books from GDW since I don't know 
if I'm going to run TNE or not.  I have a lot of reservations so far.  
Thanks guys.

						Tyre Jessix

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 13:01:57 -0800
From: Christopher_Griffen@dmcwave.com (Christopher Griffen)
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: Jump flashes, Starship Ops Manl., etc.
Message-ID: <097e0940@MailXFER.DMCWAVE.COM>

Responding to Charles Collin:

>>Hi there.  Someone said jump flashes are non-canonical.  But aren't they 
mentioned in the Starship Owner's Manual (I'm not sure I got that title 
right)?  I think they mention how the lanthanum grid on the exterior of the 
ship glows bright blue while preparing for jump.  I think they also mention 
that it will be there when the ship exits, at least for a fraction of a 
second.  Could someone with that product check it out?<<

Though an excellent resource, some of the information in the Starship Ops 
Manual is now "non-canonical."  In fact, the existence of the lanthanum 
grid has been revoked.  Jump energy is now accumulated in the lanthanum 
coils in the drive room.  The ship effectively tears a hole in jump space 
with energy generated in the coils (much like a homopolar generator) and 
hurtles itself into the breach, like a stargate or something.  

Because the lanthanum grid is no longer canonical, ships can now attach 
other craft or freight to the outside of their hulls and enter jumpspace.  
The astrogator must recalculate the ship's volume for jump entry.  The 
ship's jump capacity may be affected by the size of any additional mass 
attached to the ship.

Whether or not there's a jump flash, therefore, is still debatable, but I 
would say the increased amount of energy generated by your ship's jump 
drive would create a fair-sized EMP.  I'm not sure the blue flash is 
supposed to be generated with the "new canon" or not.



And, responding to Joni Virolainen:

>>I admit that I have been too busy to read all those RICE papers. But 
fortunately I have more time now (at least for a while). I just found 
that tech and law had more than just one code. What they stand for?<<

Expanded Legal Codes:  A-BCDEF (A=Overall; B=Weapons; C=Trade; D=Criminal 
Law; E=Civil Law; F=Personal Freedom)

Expanded Tech Codes:  AB-CDEFG-HIJK-LM-N (A=High Common; B=Low Common; 
C=Energy; D=Computers/Robotics; E=Communications; F=Medical; G=Environment; 
H=Land Transport; I=Water Transport; J=Air Transport; K=Space Transport; 
L=Personal Military; M=Heavy Military; N=Novelty)



Responding to William Hostman:

>>Starship Operator's Manual was such a product, and was approved by
GDW. The section on Jump drives is cannonical, as are all the subsections.
Sorry to shatter your imperium.<<

Not according to our friend, Dave Nilsen.  He and his co-authors, quite 
rightly I think, have changed the rules as listed above.  The coils are now 
the focus, not the grid (which doesn't exist anymore).  Therefore a slight 
change of "canon" has been enacted.

--Chris

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 17:16:27 -0500
From: "Frances A. McLaughlin" <wwnfam@pipeline.com>
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: Fang SDB
Message-ID: <199511012216.RAA05407@pipe5.nyc.pipeline.com>

Hi all, 
 
My problems with the Fang are multitudinous (in fact, almost everything
except the Disp*15 vs Gs issue. 
 
First is the Configuration problem.  One would suspect from the picture
that the main hull is the box config and the PA pods were the cylinders. 
Also, the notes for the Modular Inspection Launch state that for a total 70
tons displacement, a base 50 ton hull is used plus two 10 ton missile pods
and that the Configuration is Wedge/Box SL.  Since the same missile pods
can be used on the Fang it would make sense to assume that the base Fang
hull is a base 30 ton cylinder and that the PA pods are each 10 ton boxes. 
This seems to be logical.  When I began to plug the details into my TL-15
spreadsheet, however, I began to run into problems, the main one being
reconciling Length to displacement.  A 50 ton hull gives a base length of
11.2 meters.  Cylinder SL config gives a Lmod of 2, meaning final L = 22.4
meters.  The published L for the Fang is 23 meters.  Close enough for me.  
The problem is that for the 30 ton main hull, you get a base L of 9.2
meters, modified to 18.4 meters for a cylinder configuration.  The two 10
ton pods would have a base L of 7 meters, modified to 8.75 meters for a box
configuration.  How do you get 23 meters for the length?  If you design the
vessel as a base hull and two modules/pods, it would seem to me that you
would have to take the L for the base hull and the L for the modules and
determine the final length of the vessel based upon the location of the
modules.  Given the hit locations of the PA pods, it does not seem that one
would add them directly, and looking at the picture (obviously not the
thing to do here), as they are mounted parallel, you're not going to get
any addition to the length of the main hull.  Also, we come back to the
mystery of the PA tunnel length.  As published at 14 meters, this would
follow from a cylinder form for the 10 ton PA  pod.  the 14 meter module
plus the length of the main hull (unmodified at 9.2meters) would equal 23.2
meters, rounded down to 23 meters.  However, a box configuration for the
main hull would modify to 11.50 meters.  What's what here? 
 
Second problem:  Power. 
The Fang is listed with a 372 MW fusion plant.  Each PA is powered to 109
MW (218 total).  The Fang has an acceleration of 6 Gs at 25 MW/G (a total
of 150 MW to thrust).  Total power so far 368 MW.  Add in the other systems
and you have a shortfall of 37.67 MW.  Of course, you can make this up by
adding a small power plant to each module, but it doesn't say anything in
the specs about that. 
 
Third problem:  EMM 
The EMM values are calculated for a 30 ton displacement, so either the pods
are not masked, or they carry their own EMM, which goes back to readjust
the pod on-board power plant. 
 
Fourth problem:  Passive EMS 
Given as a fixed array of 120,000 km short range.  My FF&S says that this
array has a diameter of 20m and that if the array's diameter is greater
than the unmodified length of the hull that it must be folding.  The
unmodified length of even a 50 ton hull is only 11.2 meters so it would
have to be folding. 
 
Fifth problem:  Pod/Module 
Given that the design rules for pods and modules are somewhat different
(Reformation Coalition Equipment Guide p.154), consistent terminology is
helpful for those of us interested in following the design sequences used. 
 
To GDW:  If you are still following the mailing list, please post the
design sequence so I can figure out where I've gone wrong (if I have.) 
 
Thanks, 
 
Will Nourse

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 17:21:04 -0500
From: That Computer Guy <darkstar@UDel.Edu>
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: RE: Jump flashes, Starship Ops Manl., etc. 
Message-ID: <199511012221.RAA02960@chopin.udel.edu>

In Reply to Your Message of Wed, 01 Nov 1995 15: 56:09 EST
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 17:21:03 -0500
From: That Computer Guy <darkstar@chopin.udel.edu>

: Responding to Charles Collin:
: 
: >>Hi there.  Someone said jump flashes are non-canonical.  But aren't they 
: mentioned in the Starship Owner's Manual (I'm not sure I got that title 
: right)?  I think they mention how the lanthanum grid on the exterior of the 
: ship glows bright blue while preparing for jump.  I think they also mention 
: that it will be there when the ship exits, at least for a fraction of a 
: second.  Could someone with that product check it out?<<
: 
: Though an excellent resource, some of the information in the Starship Ops 
: Manual is now "non-canonical."  In fact, the existence of the lanthanum 
: grid has been revoked.  Jump energy is now accumulated in the lanthanum 
: coils in the drive room.  The ship effectively tears a hole in jump space 
: with energy generated in the coils (much like a homopolar generator) and 
: hurtles itself into the breach, like a stargate or something.  
: 
: Because the lanthanum grid is no longer canonical, ships can now attach 
: other craft or freight to the outside of their hulls and enter jumpspace.  

[rest deleted]

Okay, now I've got a question.  Where does it say that the lanthanum
grid doesn't exist anymore?  Are you sure that you're not remembering
in some sort of RPN fashion?

The only reason I ask is because you mention drive coils.  Now I
remember the zuchai crystals in the drive coils (these were the HPG in
the j-drive) from CT.

Then, the system was updated and the lanthanum grid was added along to
the crystals in MT.

I don't remember reading any differently in TNE.

Even with a ship grappled to yours, you could still jump.  Remember,
the jump grid was just supposed to create the energy signature required
to punch the hole from n-space to j-space.

My .00000002 Mcr.

       --Jerry

8) Jerry Alexandratos                %  "Nothing inhabits my    (8 
8) darkstar@strauss.udel.edu         %   thoughts, and oblivion (8
8) darkstar@canary.pearson.udel.edu  %   drives my desires."    (8

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 18:36:27 -0700
From: "David J. Golden" <goldendj@whip.com>
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: Re: Sensor Stuff 
Message-ID: <199511020136.AA25833@ns-1.csn.net>

At 04:09 PM 10/30/95 -0500, you wrote:
>
> 
>>         I'd argue for exit sigs vary with jump number: since different jump
/*snip*/

>Hmmm.  Maybe the flash is only dependent on the volume (area of jump
>grid or whatever), but the quality of the flash changes with j-number...
>
>I might actually change with the jump number of the drive, not the
>actual distance traveled.  That would be dealt with in the rules by
>allowing an outstanding success to detect the telltail particles formed,
>or the typical spectrum of, a given jump number drive.
>
>Sensor Officer:  "Captain, our high freq. EMS just picked up a jump flash, the
>emission spectrum is consistent with a Zhodani jump 4 drive, and the
>high energy particle detector array confirms this interpretation... a HEPlaR
>exhaust plume was detected 15 seconds later, so we assume this is an
>entry signature."
>
>Captain: "Engineering, prepare to run on minimal power.  Maneuver, how
>long ago was our last course correction?  Will they see our last burn,
>or has it gone by them already?  Weapons---charge the HPGs before we go
>to powered down mode."
>
>Maneuver:  "Captain, our last scheduled course change was completed on
>time 13 minutes ago.  The jump flash was made some 10 light minutes from
>our position at the time of burn."
>
>XO:  "The plume should be warm enough to radiate detectably long enough
>for them to have a chance of detecting it... it'll depend on if they
>look this way at the beginning of their sweep."
>
>Captain:  "Damn!  Power down anyway, and prepare to get the plant up to
>speed if they show any sign that they've seen us."
>
>Sorry, I got carried away...
>-Merrick
>

I like this feel!
 ___________________________________________________________________
  Dave Golden                              PGP Public Key available
  goldendj@whip.com        http://www2.csn.net/~goldendj/index.html

 "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his
  enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes
  a precedent that will reach to himself" -- Thomas Paine


------------------------------

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 18:36:33 -0700
From: "David J. Golden" <goldendj@whip.com>
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: Re: Imperium 2000
Message-ID: <199511020136.AA25849@ns-1.csn.net>

At 12:29 PM 10/31/95 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Great stuff, Harold!  Maybe the TML should pool its resources and submit 
>the foundation for an Imperium 2000 Sourcebook for release when Dave Nilsen 
>and crew are done telling the RCES story.
>
>--Chris

        Or, start a "common story" type campaign or on-line sourcebook that
would be available to everybody right now! (Or as people write things ...)
 ___________________________________________________________________
  Dave Golden                              PGP Public Key available
  goldendj@whip.com        http://www2.csn.net/~goldendj/index.html

 "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his
  enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes
  a precedent that will reach to himself" -- Thomas Paine


------------------------------

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 18:36:42 -0700
From: "David J. Golden" <goldendj@whip.com>
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: RE: Regency Sourcebook Errata 
Message-ID: <199511020136.AA25869@ns-1.csn.net>

At 09:46 PM 10/31/95 -0500, you wrote:
>In Reply to Your Message of Tue, 31 Oct 1995 16: 48:21 EST
>Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 21:46:36 -0500
>From: That Computer Guy <darkstar@chopin.udel.edu>
>
>: Greetings all,
>: 
>: Here's the latest and greatest Regency Sourcebook errata updated as of
>: 4:45 pm Eastern Standard Time in the US (yes, this is Official GDW stuff):
>
>[rest deleted]
>
>Just a few quick questions.  First, where did you get this?  If from
>GDW, is there anyway I can find out what other errata is out there and
>how to get that too?  Finally, is all of this stuff online anywhere? 


        It should be online within a day at my page. I've also got the MT
errata, a link to the FF&S errata, and a desperate desire for any other
errata anybody has available!
 ___________________________________________________________________
  Dave Golden                              PGP Public Key available
  goldendj@whip.com        http://www2.csn.net/~goldendj/index.html

 "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his
  enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes
  a precedent that will reach to himself" -- Thomas Paine


------------------------------

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 18:36:57 -0700
From: "David J. Golden" <goldendj@whip.com>
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: Re: Jump flashes, Starship Ops Manl., etc.
Message-ID: <199511020136.AA25891@ns-1.csn.net>

At 03:56 PM 11/1/95 -0500, you wrote:
>Responding to Charles Collin:
>
>>>Hi there.  Someone said jump flashes are non-canonical.  But aren't they 
>mentioned in the Starship Owner's Manual (I'm not sure I got that title 
>right)?  I think they mention how the lanthanum grid on the exterior of the 
>ship glows bright blue while preparing for jump.  I think they also mention 
>that it will be there when the ship exits, at least for a fraction of a 
>second.  Could someone with that product check it out?<<
>
>Though an excellent resource, some of the information in the Starship Ops 
>Manual is now "non-canonical."  In fact, the existence of the lanthanum 
>grid has been revoked.  Jump energy is now accumulated in the lanthanum 
>coils in the drive room.  The ship effectively tears a hole in jump space 
>with energy generated in the coils (much like a homopolar generator) and 
>hurtles itself into the breach, like a stargate or something.  
>

        Huh!?!? From whence did this come? (Not that I'm arguing, as it
solves a question I'd had concerning the Clippers and modules outside the
jump grid!)
 ___________________________________________________________________
  Dave Golden                              PGP Public Key available
  goldendj@whip.com        http://www2.csn.net/~goldendj/index.html

 "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his
  enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes
  a precedent that will reach to himself" -- Thomas Paine


------------------------------

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 18:37:01 -0700
From: "David J. Golden" <goldendj@whip.com>
To: traveller@MPGN.COM
Subject: RE: Jump flashes, Starship Ops Manl., etc. 
Message-ID: <199511020137.AA25899@ns-1.csn.net>

At 05:21 PM 11/1/95 -0500, you wrote:
>In Reply to Your Message of Wed, 01 Nov 1995 15: 56:09 EST
>Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 17:21:03 -0500
>From: That Computer Guy <darkstar@chopin.udel.edu>
>
>: Responding to Charles Collin:
>: 
>: Though an excellent resource, some of the information in the Starship Ops 
>: Manual is now "non-canonical."  In fact, the existence of the lanthanum 
>: grid has been revoked.  Jump energy is now accumulated in the lanthanum 
>: coils in the drive room.  The ship effectively tears a hole in jump space 
>: with energy generated in the coils (much like a homopolar generator) and 
>: hurtles itself into the breach, like a stargate or something.  
>: 
>: Because the lanthanum grid is no longer canonical, ships can now attach 
>: other craft or freight to the outside of their hulls and enter jumpspace.  
>
>[rest deleted]
>
>Okay, now I've got a question.  Where does it say that the lanthanum
>grid doesn't exist anymore?  Are you sure that you're not remembering
>in some sort of RPN fashion?
>
>The only reason I ask is because you mention drive coils.  Now I
>remember the zuchai crystals in the drive coils (these were the HPG in
>the j-drive) from CT.
>
>Then, the system was updated and the lanthanum grid was added along to
>the crystals in MT.
>
>I don't remember reading any differently in TNE.
>
>Even with a ship grappled to yours, you could still jump.  Remember,
>the jump grid was just supposed to create the energy signature required
>to punch the hole from n-space to j-space.
>

        Per the SOpM, the jump field formed about 1m from the grid, which
would cut most attached objects right off ...
 ___________________________________________________________________
  Dave Golden                              PGP Public Key available
  goldendj@whip.com        http://www2.csn.net/~goldendj/index.html

 "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his
  enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes
  a precedent that will reach to himself" -- Thomas Paine


------------------------------

End of TRAVELLER Digest 471
***************************
