tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26698620.post5886553788224546938..comments2014-03-12T04:26:59.037-05:00Comments on postGeek: My Traveller Pet PeeveFulminatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14332824290977548527noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26698620.post-14889207855065253452008-06-01T12:32:00.000-05:002008-06-01T12:32:00.000-05:00The original Traveller tried to be a scientificall...The original Traveller tried to be a scientifically accurate as was reasonable. The sci-fi elements were almost all based on reasonable extrapolations of current (1970s) technology or scientific theory, with a handful of exceptions to allow for classic sci-fi tropes (such as anti-gravity and FTL travel). <BR/><BR/>The downside of this is that it ended up causing them to be way off base in many areas whithin a few years (for example, they failed to predict the PC, meaning that computers in the original product all weighed tons).<BR/><BR/>The upside is that it attracted a lot of people who appreciated the effort, even if it sometimes produced results that were way off-base. Those results could always be corrected in each individual GMs Traveller Universe.<BR/><BR/>In Mongoose Traveller (MT), they have dumbed the science down a bit. For example, space combat no longer requires you to learn vector calculation to run.Fulminatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332824290977548527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26698620.post-53478356642255416192008-06-01T10:03:00.000-05:002008-06-01T10:03:00.000-05:00For a moment there I thought you were talking abou...For a moment there I thought you were talking about 40K imperial guard, where we have millions of human inhabited worlds with billions of men that are referred to as "speed bumps" and "tar pits," their only role to slow down enemy advances while the important units do their job.<BR/><BR/>At least an imperial guardsman can kill another imperial guardsman, which is why commissars are so effective. ;)<BR/><BR/>As for Traveler, I wouldn't mind a little bit of dumbing down of the science if it provided broader appeal, kind of like how Starship Battles was dumbed down for for the likes of Federation Commander. I don't recall anything overly scientific in Traveler however, although.Gary Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26698620.post-71616811878361068732008-06-01T10:01:00.000-05:002008-06-01T10:01:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gary Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.com