tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post7020146825328744624..comments2024-03-02T02:38:54.061-06:00Comments on The Sandbox of Doom: Traveller Tuesday: 1977 Edition CombatVictor Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05928494560036528653noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-30650211955468295872020-07-17T05:07:49.730-05:002020-07-17T05:07:49.730-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893509854645610039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-27984809824649412942010-05-22T02:54:43.081-05:002010-05-22T02:54:43.081-05:00"Zenya." 1974. First Dumarest book I eve..."Zenya." 1974. First Dumarest book I ever bought. Love that series to death.<br /><br />And so very much influenced my Traveller concept.Baron Greystonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636292202674906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-88933596580772352432010-01-27T18:55:19.210-06:002010-01-27T18:55:19.210-06:00Funny you should start this now, I just finished l...Funny you should start this now, I just finished listening to the Trader’s Diary series of audio books by Nathan Lowell (starting with Quarter Share) and now I've got the Traveller bug again.<br />=Greentonguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988024144581961942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-45810674141022742412010-01-27T16:49:15.850-06:002010-01-27T16:49:15.850-06:00Once again wikipedia saves the day!
Moore's l...Once again wikipedia saves the day!<br /><br />Moore's law's been around since at least 1965?<br /><br />That's it: i'm going home and burning all my vintage Traveller stuff.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-48014936921177418452010-01-27T12:02:59.740-06:002010-01-27T12:02:59.740-06:00@Paladin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_...@Paladin<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_lawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-13584388489891785732010-01-27T11:56:08.756-06:002010-01-27T11:56:08.756-06:00I just finished Jondelle (book 10 in the Dumarest ...I just finished Jondelle (book 10 in the Dumarest saga). It was interesting to see things that show up in Traveller there. Of course there was low, mid, and high passage. The book started out with a fight where Dumarast uses a blade. Travel was by "raft" (clearly an air/raft, though it seemed like it was able to carry a bit more than a Traveller air/raft). And yes, there were laser guns, but most of the weapons were slug throwers or missile launchers (the missile launcher was called a lance, and apparently came with a 10 round clip or something).<br /><br />Interesting.<br /><br />FrankFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-16094855241047609132010-01-27T11:47:16.000-06:002010-01-27T11:47:16.000-06:00Thank you for the comment, Marc! I'm glad to ...Thank you for the comment, Marc! I'm glad to see my analysis confirmed, as much as I'm getting any of it right. (I sometimes forget that many of our original authors are around, active, and might read my stuff. :) )Victor Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05928494560036528653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-52431708370931504772010-01-27T11:22:44.919-06:002010-01-27T11:22:44.919-06:00That quote from Space Viking was so dead on. That ...That quote from Space Viking was so dead on. That was almost exactly what I was thinking, way back when. MarcMillerMarc "Traveller" Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01157185477308141476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-59428959456556202832010-01-27T09:52:17.198-06:002010-01-27T09:52:17.198-06:00I think the whole Traveller computer thing was con...I think the whole Traveller computer thing was conceived before they came up with that computing rule, something about the speed and capacity of computers doubling every two years, and the size shrinking by 1/2?<br /><br />Can't fault Marc Miller for not being wholly prescient, can we?Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-35153034830232692082010-01-27T09:19:25.315-06:002010-01-27T09:19:25.315-06:00Imredave: oh, definitely. I'm getting to that...Imredave: oh, definitely. I'm getting to that. Even back in 1977, we were a little dubious about the limitations of spaceship computers.<br /><br />There's a marvelous scene in <i>Space Viking</i> reflecting this, in an indirect way: <i>"I could have made it a little closer. Need three microjumps, now, and I'll have to cut the last one pretty fine. Now don't bother me." He began punching buttons for data and fiddling with setscrews and verniers.</i><br /><br />There's a clear implication by this quote and other sections of the book that Piper's spaceships were pretty mechanical. The other end of Piper's cybernetic spectrum was found in <i>The Cosmic Computer</i> (originally <i>Junkyard Planet</i>), where Merlin the computer is massive but also is capable of "psychohistorical" analysis (<i>a la</i> Asimov).<br /><br />Don't get me wrong - I agree with you completely about GDW's limited vision. I'm just pointing out that it is in keeping with the science fiction that inspired them to write Traveller. So it's not like they got it "wrong" all on their own.Victor Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05928494560036528653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391338032578456039.post-46233269671717692442010-01-27T06:22:31.961-06:002010-01-27T06:22:31.961-06:00You also must remember Traveller was the game that...You also must remember Traveller was the game that limited the Ships computer to only 16K of RAM. GDW vision of the future sometimes fell a little flat.imredavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791259426241403181noreply@blogger.com