Beta and Higher Patron Notice for 10/25/2019
Added 2019-10-25 22:57:18 +0000 UTCENGINE LIST 2
added to Gas Core Coaxial a quote ESTIMATING FUEL CONTAINMENT
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist2.php#coaxest
ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY
added new section BRAKED CENTRIFUGE
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/artificialgrav.php#brakedcent
PIRACY
added new section HIJACKING
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/pirate.php#hijack
STRATEGY AND TACTICS
added to Strategy a quote MALADY KNOWN AS STRATEGIC LOCATION
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewartactic.php#stratloc
STARSHIP OWNERSHIP
added to Ship Builders a quote CUSTOM BUILT STARSHIP
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/starshipowner.php#customship1
added to Spacecraft Financing And Repos a quote STARSHIP FINANCING
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/starshipowner.php#shipfinance1
INTERSTELLAR TRADE
added to Clan Ships a quote from STAR WAYS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellartrade.php#clanship1
COMMUNICATIONS DECK
added to Automatic Identification System a quote TRAVELLER TRANSPONDERS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/commdeck.php#travellertransponder4
CREW
added to Intro a quote JOB INTERVIEW
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/crew.php#interview
FASTER THAN LIGHT STARSHIPS
added to Matching Intrinsic Velocity a quote FORCED REVELATION OF INTRINSIC
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/fasterlight.php#intshow
added new section TRAVELLER JUMP DRIVE
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/fasterlight.php#travjump
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 1
added more images to the TECHNOLOGICAL UNEMPLOYMENT GALLERY
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/scisociety.php#techunemployGal
SPACE STATIONS
added more images to HIGH CRUSADE SPACE STATION
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacestations.php#highcrusade
Comments
Or just coldsleep them like Cordwainer Smith's adiabatic pods, or Fifth Elements sleep bunks.
R. Allen Murphey
2019-10-29 12:32:35 +0000 UTCInteresting! And very good points
Nyrath
2019-10-26 13:06:48 +0000 UTCWhen Marc Miller set up buying spaceships in Traveller, many moons ago, he used the only thing he knew: Mortgages. Living now in Puget Sound area, and interacting with folks that worked in the fishing industry, it turns out that buying your own boat is an entirely different process. For one thing, the payment period for a business loan like that is 15-20 years. So find that golden triangle to make a lot of money off of fast! And you have to more or less prove that you can pay off that loan, so you have some experience in the business you're getting into, like fishing, so having a lot of experience in various aspects of the business you're about to get into is necessary. However, most cargo vessels are owned by corporations, which have the institutional knowledge and connections to more or less guarantee payment for a vessel. So I don't see independent haulers being anything more than small potatoes in any SF setting.
John
2019-10-26 01:29:00 +0000 UTCOne solution to hijacking is not letting your passengers into the crew space. The easiest way to do that is to use passenger modules that fit into your cargo system. That way, there's no way they can access the ship. Of course, you'd need someone or something to watch over the passengers, so either a set of stewards or stewbots to do that.
John
2019-10-26 01:23:01 +0000 UTC
