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Traveller-digest     Sunday, November 28 1999     Volume 1999 : Number 1408<BR>
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The following topics are covered in this digest:<BR>
<BR>
Re: Skipping<BR>
Re: Re Nukes<BR>
Re: Re:Rule of Man Coin<BR>
Re: Volcanoes<BR>
Police ranks<BR>
[www] 28 Nov 1999 - Freelance Traveller Updated<BR>
Re: Rule of Man Coin<BR>
[none]<BR>
EMP "Hardening"<BR>
Re: Youth Generation for CT<BR>
Re: Skip Tracing<BR>
Re: Traveller-digest V1999 #1406<BR>
Re: Traveller-digest V1999 #1407<BR>
Re: Superpowers<BR>
Re: Rule of Man Coin<BR>
YKYBPTMTW...<BR>
Re: adventure just waiting for the writing...<BR>
Re: EMP "Hardening"<BR>
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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 21:45:23 PST<BR>
From: shadow@krypton.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)<BR>
Subject: Re: Skipping<BR>
<BR>
In mail you write:<BR>
<BR>
>>Remember, there's *no* way to determine *in<BR>
>>advance* which branch a ship will be at several months from now.<BR>
>>So they *all* have to be able to deal with it. <BR>
><BR>
> I would think it would be very easy for a bank to determine which branch<BR>
> a ship will be making its' payment at.  When the loan is first applied<BR>
> for the bank would want an exact business plan & itinerary on how the<BR>
> ship will be used to make a profit.  They would determine that the ship<BR>
> would have to stop off at a specific branch to make payments every so<BR>
> many months.  If the ship didn't show, it would automatically be<BR>
> reported to the authorities and a repo list.  A bank wouldn't approve a<BR>
> loan on a wide, far reaching, or risky route.<BR>
<BR>
Sorry, but that's equivalent to requiring an *independent* long haul<BR>
trucker to file an itinerary months in advance. Just like Free Traders,<BR>
they go where the cargoes are. <BR>
<BR>
If you want them to pay at a specificplace, then you'd better give them<BR>
a several month window. <BR>
<BR>
> That way the key system of encryption would be very useful without<BR>
> giving all branches all of the keys.<BR>
<BR>
> That is the way it works IMTU anyway.<BR>
<BR>
There's still another problem with anything that uses one-time pad<BR>
technology. Say the ship is going to be someplace 4 or 5 jumps away for<BR>
his next payment. Ok, that's 5 weeks to h\get the proper key there. But<BR>
if something goes wrong (ship carrying the key disappears, branch<BR>
manager suspects it was compromised, etc) 5 more weeks to get word back<BR>
to HQ. It'll take *another* 5 weeks to get the new key there. And 5<BR>
more on top of that to be sure it was ok. That's *20* weeks. For a<BR>
*quarterly* payment. <BR>
<BR>
Also, the key for the contract/payments has to be "fixed" because you<BR>
can't contact the ship to arrange changes. So that means that every<BR>
single branch the ship has used has a copy of the key. Which makes it<BR>
vulnerable, especially since it is "old" and "unimportant".<BR>
<BR>
For that matter, I just realized that we *have* to use "public key"<BR>
type method. Conventional encryption can't protect a message (or data)<BR>
from someone who already knows the un-encrypted version. And since the<BR>
owner of the ship *does* know, you're screwed already. <BR>
<BR>
- -- <BR>
Leonard Erickson (aka Shadow)<BR>
 shadow@krypton.rain.com        <--preferred<BR>
leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com     <--last resort<BR>
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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 20:58:50 PST<BR>
From: shadow@krypton.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)<BR>
Subject: Re: Re Nukes<BR>
<BR>
In mail you write:<BR>
<BR>
>>I suspect that's one of those silly archaisms, as most military tech _now_<BR>
>>can be proofed against EMP, assuming they want to pay for it, and how is<BR>
> EMP<BR>
>>going to effect laser or maser comms anyway? (unless the burst is in direct<BR>
>>line of sight for lasers<BR>
><BR>
> The problem is that EMP proofing is very expensive compared to building a<BR>
> bigger nuke. What it boils down to is that you can harden your material all<BR>
> you want, and all I have to do is build a little bit bigger nuke, then all<BR>
> your hard work is for naught.<BR>
<BR>
Not really. The EMP output of a nuke goes up a lot slower than the<BR>
yeild does. Also, since EMP is "merely" a magnetic field "spike", there<BR>
are limits to what it can do. There are also *inherently* EMP resistant<BR>
(or even immune) technologies. <BR>
<BR>
A faraday cage will ground out any practical amount of EMP. Of course,<BR>
it'll also shield against radio, and make it rather hard to use wired<BR>
links. But a fiber optic link between the indide and the outside is<BR>
perfectly safe.<BR>
<BR>
This is because EMP works by inducing current in any conductors aligned<BR>
at an angle to its direction of propogation. Since optical fibers are<BR>
non-conductive, they aren't affected. <BR>
<BR>
The *voltage* induced in a conductor depends on the length of the<BR>
conductor, measured at right angles to the pulse propogation. So a 10<BR>
mile power line aligned with the path of the pulse might get less of an<BR>
induced "spike" that a metal yardstick at right angles to the pulse. <BR>
<BR>
Thermionic devices ("tubes" or "valves") are *highly* resistant to EMP.<BR>
This is simply because they are already designed to handle high<BR>
voltages, and the sort of high voltage, low to medium current spike<BR>
that EMP induces will merely cause a momentary arc between elements in<BR>
the tube after which the tube continues operating as before.<BR>
*Lightning*, being high voltage, high *current* tend to melt wires. EMP<BR>
doesn't.<BR>
<BR>
Semiconductor devices are so terribly vulnerable to EMP because the<BR>
various sorts of "junctions" that they use for switching and amplifying<BR>
are effectively *solid* dielectric capacitors. And it takes very little<BR>
excess voltage to do permanent damage by "burning thru" the junction<BR>
(that's why anti-static precautions are so important). <BR>
<BR>
If we develop small, fast "optical switches" then we can merely place<BR>
the (laser?) light source inside a small faraday cage along with its<BR>
power supply. An optical fiber can carry the light to the "photonic"<BR>
devices. And EMP won't do a damned thing to it. <BR>
<BR>
Also, back in the late 50s/early 60s, the military developed some quite<BR>
interesting thermionic devices. Basicly, they miniaturized the tubes to<BR>
the size of a *dime*, and built the whole device as a "solid" block of<BR>
metal and ceramics (the only hollows were the insides of those dime<BR>
sized tubes, and maybe some capacitors). I'd say the size of the<BR>
devices compared favorably with transistorized printed circuit devices,<BR>
or even early IC based devices. Rather than have to deal with tubes<BR>
failing because of filaments burning out, the whole block was run<BR>
inside what amounted to a small oven! By using the proper metals and<BR>
ceramics this worked just fine. <BR>
<BR>
These were known as TIMMs (Thermally Integrated Micro Modules, or<BR>
something like that). Besides being immune to EMP, they also tended to<BR>
be very resistant to high radiation environments. And, given their<BR>
design, they *loved* high temperatures. Red hot was just fine. Orange<BR>
hot might degrade their performance some (resistanaces and inductances<BR>
tend to change at those temps). <BR>
<BR>
Still, this "lost technology" really deserves to be revived. There are<BR>
a lot of places where it'd do nicely. Smelters, instrument packages<BR>
intended to operate inside active volcanos (What do you mean we have to<BR>
insulate it becayse the volcano isn't *hot* enough! :-). And, of<BR>
course, it'd be great for a Venus or mercury probe. <BR>
<BR>
But given that we have one technology that's EMP immune and are making<BR>
significant progress in another, I think the Imperium can deal with it.<BR>
<BR>
- -- <BR>
Leonard Erickson (aka Shadow)<BR>
 shadow@krypton.rain.com        <--preferred<BR>
leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com     <--last resort<BR>
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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 23:01:20 -0800<BR>
From: "Luther Martin" <tml@ksarul.com><BR>
Subject: Re: Re:Rule of Man Coin<BR>
<BR>
Disclaimer: I was one of the worst Latin students in my high school, but I<BR>
make out the following:<BR>
<BR>
First, astrum, -i (second declension?) is "star," so the apparent dative or<BR>
ablative "astribus," a third declension form is puzzling. I would expect<BR>
something like "astro" or "astra."<BR>
<BR>
Next, the "amplois" may be from amplio, -are, "to make wide, increase," but<BR>
the form seems wrong again. I would expect something like "ampliat." I think<BR>
that the intended meaning falls along these lines.<BR>
<BR>
Does mean that in the canon universe that even Latin is different!?!? I can<BR>
accept anti-gravity and FTL travel, but changing Latin? Isn't that asking<BR>
just a bit too much?<BR>
<BR>
- ----- Original Message -----<BR>
From: Glenn Goffin <gmgoffin@yahoo.com><BR>
To: <traveller@lists.imagiconline.com><BR>
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 1999 10:06 PM<BR>
Subject: Re:Rule of Man Coin<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
> >From: "Josh W. Spencer" <macmanjws@earthlink.net><BR>
><BR>
> >I was going through my MT stuff and on one page I<BR>
> find<BR>
> >the good old Rule of Man quarter-credit coin. I guess<BR>
><BR>
> >the reverse side says something like this:<BR>
><BR>
> >"DOMINATUS HOMINIS SPLENDET SPLENDIDE AMPLOIS OUAM<BR>
> >GLORIAM ASTRIBUS"<BR>
><BR>
> >I am guessing that the U characters in Latin are<BR>
> >represented on the coin by V. So if there are any<BR>
> >Latin scholars who can take a crack at what<BR>
> >this actually says, I'd like to hear from you!<BR>
><BR>
> Well, I'm hardly a Latin scholar, but I did take it in<BR>
> high school.  I don't have my dictionary or grammar<BR>
> book with me here, so you're getting my very rough<BR>
> shot at it:<BR>
><BR>
> DOMINATUS:  noun, nominative case, rule or dominion<BR>
> HOMINIS:  noun, genetive case, of man or of mankind<BR>
> SPLENDET:  verb, third person singular, present<BR>
> indicative or possibly subjunctive; splendere<BR>
> SPLENDIDE:  adverb, splendidly<BR>
> AMPLOIS:  no idea<BR>
> OUAM:  probably "quam", which<BR>
> GLORIAM: noun, accusative case, glory<BR>
> ASTRIBUS: noun, genetive plural, of the stars<BR>
><BR>
> the rule of man splendidly did something of which the<BR>
> glory of the stars<BR>
><BR>
> That's so rough that it's not quite coherent.  Maybe<BR>
> it should be run through that language translation<BR>
> software on the web.  There are probably better Latin<BR>
> scholars than I on the list, anyway.<BR>
><BR>
> --Glenn<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 23:08:21 -0800<BR>
From: "Bruce Macintosh" <bruce.macintosh@worldnet.att.net><BR>
Subject: Re: Volcanoes<BR>
<BR>
>As you can see, the 181 AD eruption is estimated to have put around one<BR>
>hundred cubic _kilometres_ of material into the atmosphere, and according to<BR>
>other sources I've read, several of those cubic kilometres were blown into<BR>
>the stratosphere.<BR>
<BR>
The web site says...<BR>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>
- ------------------------------<BR>
This eruption took place from a vent or vents near the Horomatangi Reefs, now<BR>
submerged on the eastern side of Lake Taupo. The eruption lasted between<BR>
several days and several weeks and produced a sequence of pumice deposits that<BR>
blanketed the landscape east of Taupo. In total about 100km3 was erupted.<BR>
<BR>
...<BR>
At the climax of this eruption, about 30km3 of pumice, ash and rock fragments<BR>
was erupted in only a few minutes and travelled horizontally as a liquid flow,<BR>
moving at speeds estimated at between 600-900kmh. It crossed every obstacle in<BR>
its path except the top of Mt Ruapehu.<BR>
<BR>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>
- ------------------------------<BR>
<BR>
From this I would interpret that while one hundred km3 of material was<BR>
erupted, most of it didn't go "into the atmosphere" except in the sense of<BR>
flying upwards or sideways a few meters. If a typical eruption speed was the<BR>
600-900 km/h described above, the highest altitude the debris could<BR>
reach would be 3000 m or so, so I'd be interested to see the "other sources"<BR>
suggesting several km3 made it into the stratosphere. (Elsewhere the<BR>
website does mention a column 50km high, so some fraction does make it<BR>
into the stratosphere.)<BR>
<BR>
More fundamentally, how long particles persist in the atmosphere depends<BR>
strongly on their size. Even if several km get into the stratosphere, if most<BR>
of<BR>
it is pebbles of pumice, they're going to fall right back down again. It's<BR>
the ash and similar tiny particles that count; figuring out the ratio of ash<BR>
freed up by nuclear explosions/fires vs volcanoes is non-trivial, and a<BR>
direct comparison of material volumes isn't helpful.<BR>
<BR>
Bruce<BR>
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<BR>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 01:36:27 -0700<BR>
From: Clay <arioch@theriver.com><BR>
Subject: Police ranks<BR>
<BR>
(7) Ranks: If a player has ever been assigned to<BR>
Detective/Homicide, Rank 1 should be Detective, otherwise Police<BR>
Officer.<BR>
<BR>
Rank 1 - Detective/Police Officer<BR>
Rank 2 - Sergeant<BR>
Rank 3 - Lieutenant<BR>
Rank 4 - Captain<BR>
Rank 5 - Inspector<BR>
Rank 6 - Chief<BR>
- -------------------------------------------<BR>
Is that a list of all the police ranks or did you just adapt it to<BR>
Traveller?<BR>
Do the police differentiate between enlisted and officers as the<BR>
military does?<BR>
<BR>
Thanks in advance,<BR>
Clay<BR>
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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 04:24:29 -0500<BR>
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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 23:11:12 PST<BR>
From: shadow@krypton.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)<BR>
Subject: Re: Rule of Man Coin<BR>
<BR>
In mail you write:<BR>
<BR>
> Hello!<BR>
> I was going through my MT stuff and on one page I find the good old Rule<BR>
> of Man quarter-credit coin. I guess the reverse side says something like <BR>
> this:<BR>
><BR>
> "DOMINATUS HOMINIS SPLENDET SPLENDIDE AMPLOIS OUAM GLORIAM ASTRIBUS"<BR>
<BR>
More likely:<BR>
<BR>
DOMINATUS HOMINUS SPLENDET SPLENDIDE AMPLOIS OVAM GLORIAM ASTRIBUS<BR>
<BR>
My guesses:<BR>
<BR>
DOMINATUS HOMINUS SPLENDET SPLENDIDE AMPLOIS OVAM GLORIAM ASTRIBUS<BR>
dominion  man                                     glory    stars (stellar?)<BR>
<BR>
The splendet/spledide pair are obviously something to do with<BR>
"splendor" possibly verb and noun forms or adverb forms.<BR>
<BR>
> I am guessing that the U characters in Latin are represented on the coin<BR>
> by V.<BR>
<BR>
Sometimes a V is a V. Latin as written in Classical times didn't<BR>
distinguish much between U and V or I and J.<BR>
<BR>
- -- <BR>
Leonard Erickson (aka Shadow)<BR>
 shadow@krypton.rain.com        <--preferred<BR>
leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com     <--last resort<BR>
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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 02:09:07 -0900<BR>
From: "William F. Hostman" <aramis@gci.net><BR>
Subject: [none]<BR>
<BR>
>Well, I'm hardly a Latin scholar, but I did take it in<BR>
>high school.  I don't have my dictionary or grammar<BR>
>book with me here, so you're getting my very rough<BR>
>shot at it:<BR>
><BR>
>DOMINATUS:  noun, nominative case, rule or dominion<BR>
>HOMINIS:  noun, genetive case, of man or of mankind<BR>
>SPLENDET:  verb, third person singular, present<BR>
>indicative or possibly subjunctive; splendere<BR>
>SPLENDIDE:  adverb, splendidly<BR>
>AMPLOIS:  no idea<BR>
Ample, case unknown to me. I remember this from doing a mass in latin...<BR>
<BR>
>OUAM:  probably "quam", which<BR>
>GLORIAM: noun, accusative case, glory<BR>
>ASTRIBUS: noun, genetive plural, of the stars<BR>
<BR>
A more liberal translation (Glenn, check me on this):<BR>
"The Splendid dominion of man splendidly ample with the glory of the stars."<BR>
<BR>
I'm doing this as a best guess from Glen's literal and my experiences with<BR>
Church latin (and 1/2 semester of college latin).<BR>
<BR>
William F. Hostman  |  "Smith & Wesson: THe original Point and Click<BR>
interface!"<BR>
Aramis 0602 C55A364-C S kk+ as+ hi+ dr+ va++(--) so+ zh++ vi+ da++ sy- ge-<BR>
533<BR>
Mailto:aramis@gci.net http://home.gci.net/~aramis mailto:wilh@alaska.com<BR>
ICQ:14640742          AIM:AKAramis	ARM 1.0: 3 R H++ P+<BR>
IMTU 1.0: tc tm++ tn- t4-- tt+ to- tg-- ru+ ge 3i+ c+ jt-() au+ st- ls<BR>
pi+() ta+ he+(-) kk+ as+ hi+ dr+ va++(--) so+ zh++ vi+ da++ sy- ge- pi+<BR>
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<BR>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 01:59:04 -0900<BR>
From: "William F. Hostman" <aramis@gci.net><BR>
Subject: EMP "Hardening"<BR>
<BR>
><BR>
>EMP-proofing processors is not done just by sheilding them, but by ensuring<BR>
>they are built with small enough tracks that the pulse can't generate high<BR>
>enough voltages to destroy anything, and by error correction mechanisms to<BR>
>deal with any spurious data caused by the spike. .<BR>
><BR>
The problem lies more in the fact that the voltage requirements for<BR>
microcircutry to be blown WILL be generated with sections as low as 2CM<BR>
long consistantly if you are anywhere within the LD10% radius...<BR>
(Scientific american had something on this when I was in Jr. High... about<BR>
1980). Any conductive metalic substance will generate current from EMP. The<BR>
smaller the circutry, the smaller the spike needed to cause a failure. Note<BR>
the term failure doesn't mean it stops working; it means that it no longer<BR>
works as designed. If there is current flowing during the spike, you may<BR>
wind up with gates frozen in one position. Memory is even more prone to<BR>
this kind of failure. The static charge built up is also a problem.<BR>
<BR>
The smaller the circutry, the lower it's voltage tolerances. Vaccum tubes,<BR>
mind you, are recoverable. Solid state, in most cases, is replace. Put 5w<BR>
through most 2W processors, and it's time to buy a new one. Put 50W<BR>
through, and you definitely need a new one.<BR>
<BR>
Currently, EMP resistant processors use a combination of a faraday cage and<BR>
radiation shielding, along with spike resistant design. None is EMP "PRoof".<BR>
<BR>
The FIB computers, in traveller, are the ones with a completely optical<BR>
secondary system which parallels the main one. If you look at the HG and MT<BR>
rules, EMP is not limited to just vaping computers.<BR>
<BR>
EMP also has other fun effects: Fillings &/or orthodontia will generate<BR>
current & static charges. Surgical Pins, Plates, Screws, and meshes will<BR>
get hit with a charge, too. At high enough levels, even the Iron and trace<BR>
metals in your body will generate some current (But you'd prolly be well<BR>
cooked by then).<BR>
<BR>
One other thing: The primary route of EMP current generation is going to be<BR>
the power feeds. No computer operates without power. Even if you isolate<BR>
the system, using a battery, you will get some EMP effects.<BR>
<BR>
>If you're just talking about EM-sheilding, then yes maybe a bigger nuke will<BR>
>generate a larger spike that might get through, but that's not true<BR>
>EMP-proofing, that's just waht you do to try and protect existing old<BR>
>equipment, an EMP-proof system needs to be designed from scratch. .<BR>
><BR>
Unless you have a completely secluded system, any faraday cage (the best<BR>
defense against EMP from all that I've read) will have some holes, even if<BR>
they are filled with fiber cables. You need a power feed... Either a<BR>
battery or generator inside the cage, too.<BR>
<BR>
One other thing: Solar flares can and do generate EMP. In Alaska, it<BR>
sometimes gets strong enough (Courtesy of the polar magnetosphere gap) to<BR>
shut down computers and other sensitive devices. Especially in the<BR>
fairbanks and barrow areas. Strong enough that during high solar flares,<BR>
induced current has been known to make phones whose line is severed at the<BR>
house (non-payment) ring. If EMP-Proof equipment was feasable, it would be<BR>
in use north of 70deg N. As it is, most people just take the risks... Even<BR>
worse, the magnetic pole is close enough that it makes navigation a problem.<BR>
<BR>
William F. Hostman  |  "Smith & Wesson: THe original Point and Click<BR>
interface!"<BR>
Aramis 0602 C55A364-C S kk+ as+ hi+ dr+ va++(--) so+ zh++ vi+ da++ sy- ge-<BR>
533<BR>
Mailto:aramis@gci.net http://home.gci.net/~aramis mailto:wilh@alaska.com<BR>
ICQ:14640742          AIM:AKAramis	ARM 1.0: 3 R H++ P+<BR>
IMTU 1.0: tc tm++ tn- t4-- tt+ to- tg-- ru+ ge 3i+ c+ jt-() au+ st- ls<BR>
pi+() ta+ he+(-) kk+ as+ hi+ dr+ va++(--) so+ zh++ vi+ da++ sy- ge- pi+<BR>
<BR>
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<BR>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 02:41:40 -0900<BR>
From: "William F. Hostman" <aramis@gci.net><BR>
Subject: Re: Youth Generation for CT<BR>
<BR>
>>Classic Traveller goobers: A new system for Book 4-7 style generation<BR>
>>of Rogues (with Private Eyes and Cops thrown in as a bonus) is<BR>
>>available, along with 77 Starship Quirks and Youth In CT, on my web<BR>
>>site, which has moved:<BR>
><BR>
>>http://www.estarcion.com/kaleja/sohl.html<BR>
><BR>
>>Comments and constructive criticism always welcome.<BR>
<BR>
The youth in CT desperately needs one more Clique: Musicians.<BR>
Entry should be about 9+<BR>
DM+1 if Int 8+ or Soc 9+<BR>
Skills: Music-0/Auto<BR>
	Music-1/2+<BR>
	Carousing-0/2+<BR>
Success 6+<BR>
Only attribute<BR>
Gift table (DM+1 if Soc 9+)<BR>
1: Instrument<BR>
2: Music Skill<BR>
3: Library<BR>
4: +1 Int (Musical training improves Intellectual function. Established by<BR>
multiple studies)<BR>
5: +1 Edu (From wide exposure to additional languages and music/Audio theory)<BR>
6: Instrument or music skill<BR>
7: 1d6 Instruments<BR>
<BR>
Keep in mind most serious musician types really do dedicate about 2/3rds or<BR>
more of their high-school free time to practice. Most are good by high<BR>
school.<BR>
<BR>
You might also want to add a "Cadets" type clique.<BR>
Military Cadet Programs have a wonderful advantage upon completion: they<BR>
should grant a bonus to acadamy enlistment, grant easier entry to a<BR>
military career,<BR>
Skills should include Gun Combat, Leadership, and Liaison and/or admin<BR>
(Those would be what most cadet programs stress on the high school level;<BR>
I've been in two [NJROTC and CAP], plus in a Fire Dept Explorer post).<BR>
<BR>
Artist might be another good clique... Artists are a breed unto themselves.<BR>
Good chance of drug use, too... in search of inspiration.<BR>
<BR>
Overall, this looks like an improved version of the Children In<BR>
Megatraveller article from DGP's Traveller Digest.<BR>
<BR>
William F. Hostman  |  "Smith & Wesson: THe original Point and Click<BR>
interface!"<BR>
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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 07:40:14 -0700 (MST)<BR>
From: Bruce Johnson <johnson@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU><BR>
Subject: Re: Skip Tracing<BR>
<BR>
Is it...I gave it a look-see the last time I was in the flgs...<BR>
<BR>
Bruce Johnson<BR>
University of Arizona<BR>
College of Pharmacy<BR>
Information Technology Group<BR>
<BR>
Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Phil Kitching wrote:<BR>
<BR>
> On 26 Nov, Bruce Johnson <johnson@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU> wrote:<BR>
> <BR>
> <snip><BR>
> <BR>
> > What Leonard, (and all those SF writers) are doing is setting up a far<BR>
> > more cinematic universe, where criminals are evil geniuses (repeat after<BR>
> > me: "Before I kill you, Mr. Bond..."<BR>
> <BR>
> An excellent game.<BR>
> <BR>
> -- <BR>
> Phil Kitching<BR>
> - --<BR>
> Postmark Design Bureau, Emerging Technology Division<BR>
> "Microwaving half-baked ideas from across the galaxy."<BR>
> http://www.btinternet.com/~salvo/traveller/deckplans/<BR>
> <BR>
<BR>
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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 11:12:49 EST<BR>
From: GDWGAMES@aol.com<BR>
Subject: Re: Traveller-digest V1999 #1406<BR>
<BR>
In a message dated 99-11-27 22:42:44 EST, you write:<BR>
<BR>
<< Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 22:21:39 -0500<BR>
 From: "Josh W. Spencer" <macmanjws@earthlink.net><BR>
 Subject: Rule of Man Coin<BR>
 <BR>
 Hello!<BR>
 I was going through my MT stuff and on one page I find the good old Rule<BR>
 of Man quarter-credit coin. I guess the reverse side says something like <BR>
this:<BR>
 <BR>
 "DOMINATUS HOMINIS SPLENDET SPLENDIDE AMPLOIS OUAM GLORIAM ASTRIBUS"<BR>
 <BR>
 I am guessing that the U characters in Latin are represented on the coin<BR>
 by V. So if there are any Latin scholars who can take a crack at what<BR>
 this actually says, I'd like to hear from you!>><BR>
<BR>
I always translated it along the lines of "The splendor of the Rule of Man <BR>
outshines the glory of the stars." but Bill Keith came up with it.<BR>
<BR>
LKW<BR>
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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 11:16:03 EST<BR>
From: GDWGAMES@aol.com<BR>
Subject: Re: Traveller-digest V1999 #1407<BR>
<BR>
And before someone asks:<BR>
<BR>
<< Res ipsa loquitur.   >><BR>
<BR>
The thing speaks for itself.<BR>
<BR>
LKW<BR>
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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 14:07:45 +0000<BR>
From: SD Mooney <dom@cybergoths.u-net.com><BR>
Subject: Re: Superpowers<BR>
<BR>
At 16:22 -0500 26/11/99, "Terry Carlino" <carlino@home.com> wrote:<BR>
>This ignores the general level of radioactive fallout that would exist. The<BR>
>accident in Chernobyl result in a measurable increase in radionucleides in<BR>
>the milk of dairy cows as far away as Norway. The probable levels of<BR>
>radiation from the blasts and level of contamination from the fallout would<BR>
>make the lives of the survivors very unpleasant.<BR>
<BR>
In Wales and Cumbria in the UK there are still sheep farmers who are <BR>
not allowed to sell the products or meat of their livestock because <BR>
of the level of contamination from Chernobyl.<BR>
<BR>
As an interesting aside, one of the first indications of Chernobyl <BR>
having occurred in the UK was the tripping of external alarms at <BR>
Sellafield (the Nuclear fuel reprocessing complex in Cumbria in the <BR>
NW UK) during a rainstorm. One of my former colleagues in Health <BR>
Physics (I always want to add 'and mind control' to that) said that <BR>
that they had some worrying moments when they were trying to work out <BR>
why the alarms had gone off, but all the plants were registering as <BR>
normal. Similarly, steam on site is backed up by a gas turbine CHP <BR>
plant. Originally, the plan was to use coal from local sources, but <BR>
it was realised that the natural radiation levels of the coal would <BR>
set off all the site external alarms if any dust blew around.<BR>
<BR>
Dom<BR>
<BR>
- ----------Dom Mooney---dom@cybergoths.u-net.com------------<BR>
                        MiB - Marines in Battledress<BR>
    "Protecting the Imperium from the Scum of the Galaxy"<BR>
Rob Prior's Mac software @ http://www.bits.org.uk/ <BR>
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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 12:36:37 -0500 (EST)<BR>
From: Kenji Schwarz <schwarz@fas.harvard.edu><BR>
Subject: Re: Rule of Man Coin<BR>
<BR>
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Josh W. Spencer wrote:<BR>
<BR>
> Hello!<BR>
> I was going through my MT stuff and on one page I find the good old Rule<BR>
> of Man quarter-credit coin. I guess the reverse side says something like this:<BR>
> <BR>
> "DOMINATUS HOMINIS SPLENDET SPLENDIDE AMPLOIS OUAM GLORIAM ASTRIBUS"<BR>
<BR>
I think "The dominion of man shines shinier more than the glory of the<BR>
stars".  Assuming "ouam" is for "quam" and you don't mind my intentionally<BR>
overliteral cheesiness.  Hm.  I also forget all the tense/aspect junk in<BR>
Latin and can't remember which "splendet" is; I'm wondering if it's not<BR>
one of them future forms.  <BR>
<BR>
In any case, this makes me wonder: what do other interstellar polities<BR>
(like the SOlomani Confederation, or the Zhodani Consulate, say), call<BR>
their "Credit"?  <BR>
<BR>
Kenji<BR>
<BR>
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<BR>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 11:48:56 -0800<BR>
From: shudson@lightspeed.bc.ca (Steven Hudson)<BR>
Subject: YKYBPTMTW...<BR>
<BR>
  ...you refer to the size and quality of potential quarters<BR>
by "displacement tons" and type of Passage :)<BR>
<BR>
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<BR>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 15:03:09 -0600<BR>
From: "shadowcat" <meow@advancenet.net><BR>
Subject: Re: adventure just waiting for the writing...<BR>
<BR>
Seriously, one of the quibbles I have about the various ship design<BR>
sequences in Traveller is that one gains no extra benefit from<BR>
increasing the number of computers (over the required number) linked<BR>
into ship operations.  Perhaps for each additional doubling of computing<BR>
power, the crew requirement could be halved.<BR>
<BR>
The closest thing to what your suggesting would seem to be the rules <BR>
for automation in T4, which do reduce your crew requirements. this <BR>
idea works fine unless your in TNE, when Virus rears its ugly head.<BR>
<BR>
Shadowcat AKA Kevin Walsh<BR>
Captain of the Free Trader Beowulf<BR>
ADD/ADHD Advocate<BR>
http://www.advancenet.net/~meow<BR>
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<BR>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 12:51:17 PST<BR>
From: shadow@krypton.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)<BR>
Subject: Re: EMP "Hardening"<BR>
<BR>
In mail you write:<BR>
<BR>
> One other thing: Solar flares can and do generate EMP. In Alaska, it<BR>
> sometimes gets strong enough (Courtesy of the polar magnetosphere gap) to<BR>
> shut down computers and other sensitive devices. Especially in the<BR>
> fairbanks and barrow areas. Strong enough that during high solar flares,<BR>
> induced current has been known to make phones whose line is severed at the<BR>
> house (non-payment) ring. If EMP-Proof equipment was feasable, it would be<BR>
> in use north of 70deg N. As it is, most people just take the risks... Even<BR>
> worse, the magnetic pole is close enough that it makes navigation a problem.<BR>
<BR>
Actually, that should be "solar flares IMPACTING THE EARTH'S<BR>
MAGNETOSPHERE can and do generate EMP". Out in free space, all you have<BR>
to deal with is the trapped flux in the solar wind (much lower field<BR>
strengths) and the *huge* blast of high energy protons (think of it as<BR>
a badly out of focus CPAW beam). <BR>
<BR>
It's those protons crashing into the field lines and atmosphere near<BR>
the poles that cause the effects William describes. And it's the<BR>
similar (but more localized) particle fluxes from high altitude nukes<BR>
reacting with the magnetosphere that cause the widespread EMP. <BR>
<BR>
You will get *localized* EMP if you are close to *any* nuclear blast.<BR>
But you won't need to worry about it as you'll be well within the<BR>
lethal radius of the blast!<BR>
<BR>
- -- <BR>
Leonard Erickson (aka Shadow)<BR>
 shadow@krypton.rain.com        <--preferred<BR>
leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com     <--last resort<BR>
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