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<blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 2236326" data-attributes="member: 16760"><p><strong>Session Notes</strong></p><p></p><p>As I mentioned, this was a short session but I got inspired and did a fair bit of embellishing. SP's approved the basic ideas.</p><p></p><p>First off, I "noticed" that the usual title for social interaction is "Citizen". Very French Revolutionary. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>The "receipt" struck me as a very logical and proper use of the holographic technology we'd seen in the movies. Saves on paperwork, that's for sure! And on legal interpretation of what the contractees intended. Then there's the "Standard Contracts" out there to help fill in the chinks that ordinary people don't normally think of. As an added dramatic bonus, it enabled me to display a bit of Insharr's personality and Davik's and Jonas' relationships with him.</p><p></p><p>I put a bit of thought into how Ithorese would "sound" when translated into English. I learned a lot about their culture when writing Jonas' conversation with the receptionist.</p><p></p><p>I figured that as herd herbivores, they probably have little or no concept of privacy. You don't draw someone aside to have a private conversation; you just preface your remarks to make sure people know who you're talking to, and everyone else politely ignores it. (That's why Jonas took no notice when the receptionist was talking to himself.) They are a very courteous people with a distaste for conflict. Jonas, who'd grown up in a tightly-knit rural community, got along just fine.</p><p></p><p>Hence the constant "modified sir" business. Translated in pidgin-literal fashion, the "sir" means something like "male of presumed-to-be-equal social status". The feminine version I'll probably render as "madam", or maybe "miss". Notice that the receptionist switched to calling Jonas "lad" - ie, "immature/lower-social-status male" when Jonas invoked the mode of distress. (But switched back to "sir" when that ritual eventuality was taken care of.) The modifiers carry a fair bit of information about the speaker's attitude toward the listener. Meanwhile, Jonas accorded the Consul and Shaper Ivek the higher-status title of "sire" (reproduction being a privilege in a herd community, limited to alpha males). The feminine version would be "dam".</p><p></p><p>As for the lawyer being a protocol droid... It just seemed right. The law is complex enough in this day and age; in a nation with as much history as the Republic, you probably HAVE to have a computerized brain to keep track of it all! Besides, we all know that lawyers are lower life forms. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>---------------</p><p></p><p>In other news, SP and I had an extensive discussion on just how hyperspace and FTL radio work in the setting. Hyperspace is like a higher "energy level" of the ordinary spacetime continuum. It takes a large chunk of energy to enter it, but a much smaller amount to maintain one's ship there. If that maintenance level isn't provided, one immediately drops back into realspace.</p><p></p><p>Ships in hyperspace are cut off from the rest of the universe; they can't be attacked or communicated with, and they can't see where they're going. Gravity affects one's path, which is why plotting is necessary. It's quite risky to enter hyperspace too deep in a star's gravity well, and only somewhat less risky to emerge too deep. (In Sol system, a cautious astrogator would emerge at about the orbit of Neptune. A somewhat more daring one would emerge somewhere near the orbit of Saturn - though not near the planet itself. A truly insane one might try for the asteroid belt. But that's about the limit - Jupiter's well complicates things a lot.)</p><p></p><p>A typical mishap is damage to one's hyperdrive, but a variety of other effects are possible, including "reflecting" off of a gravity well, or being "deflected" by it to an unexpected location. Since entering hyperspace takes a lot of energy, this is something one really wants to avoid for the sake of one's power plant.</p><p></p><p>Sublight drives are reactionless, efficient, and quickly ramp up to near lightspeed. They produce a fair amount of waste heat, which is why Davik could suggest burning a landing space on Yitak IV.</p><p></p><p>FTL communication exists, despite my protests - it's in the movies. But in this era, it's fairly slow, expensive, and requires massive transmitters. The <em>Song</em> could conceivably mount one, but to turn it on would require turning everything else off besides the life support; it's just not worth it. Even planetside, there's generally only one transmitter per large city. Receivers are no more inconvenient than ordinary radio ones, though.</p><p></p><p>A fast ship can outrun a message, but of course one can't count on keeping it up. The main reason why people like Jonas and Vanni are hired as couriers is for the sake of privacy. There's no way to hide an FTL transmission, and though you can encrypt it, why take the chance that anyone overhearing it has a good computer?</p><p></p><p>----------------</p><p></p><p>Finally, SP says he's not certain we'll get a game tonight; he's short on sleep and might need to recharge the batteries. He'll call and let me know this evening. (Tuesday is our usual gaming night, as Wednesday and Thursday are his days off from work. Makes it difficult to try to get F2F sessions.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Shadow, post: 2236326, member: 16760"] [b]Session Notes[/b] As I mentioned, this was a short session but I got inspired and did a fair bit of embellishing. SP's approved the basic ideas. First off, I "noticed" that the usual title for social interaction is "Citizen". Very French Revolutionary. ;) The "receipt" struck me as a very logical and proper use of the holographic technology we'd seen in the movies. Saves on paperwork, that's for sure! And on legal interpretation of what the contractees intended. Then there's the "Standard Contracts" out there to help fill in the chinks that ordinary people don't normally think of. As an added dramatic bonus, it enabled me to display a bit of Insharr's personality and Davik's and Jonas' relationships with him. I put a bit of thought into how Ithorese would "sound" when translated into English. I learned a lot about their culture when writing Jonas' conversation with the receptionist. I figured that as herd herbivores, they probably have little or no concept of privacy. You don't draw someone aside to have a private conversation; you just preface your remarks to make sure people know who you're talking to, and everyone else politely ignores it. (That's why Jonas took no notice when the receptionist was talking to himself.) They are a very courteous people with a distaste for conflict. Jonas, who'd grown up in a tightly-knit rural community, got along just fine. Hence the constant "modified sir" business. Translated in pidgin-literal fashion, the "sir" means something like "male of presumed-to-be-equal social status". The feminine version I'll probably render as "madam", or maybe "miss". Notice that the receptionist switched to calling Jonas "lad" - ie, "immature/lower-social-status male" when Jonas invoked the mode of distress. (But switched back to "sir" when that ritual eventuality was taken care of.) The modifiers carry a fair bit of information about the speaker's attitude toward the listener. Meanwhile, Jonas accorded the Consul and Shaper Ivek the higher-status title of "sire" (reproduction being a privilege in a herd community, limited to alpha males). The feminine version would be "dam". As for the lawyer being a protocol droid... It just seemed right. The law is complex enough in this day and age; in a nation with as much history as the Republic, you probably HAVE to have a computerized brain to keep track of it all! Besides, we all know that lawyers are lower life forms. ;) --------------- In other news, SP and I had an extensive discussion on just how hyperspace and FTL radio work in the setting. Hyperspace is like a higher "energy level" of the ordinary spacetime continuum. It takes a large chunk of energy to enter it, but a much smaller amount to maintain one's ship there. If that maintenance level isn't provided, one immediately drops back into realspace. Ships in hyperspace are cut off from the rest of the universe; they can't be attacked or communicated with, and they can't see where they're going. Gravity affects one's path, which is why plotting is necessary. It's quite risky to enter hyperspace too deep in a star's gravity well, and only somewhat less risky to emerge too deep. (In Sol system, a cautious astrogator would emerge at about the orbit of Neptune. A somewhat more daring one would emerge somewhere near the orbit of Saturn - though not near the planet itself. A truly insane one might try for the asteroid belt. But that's about the limit - Jupiter's well complicates things a lot.) A typical mishap is damage to one's hyperdrive, but a variety of other effects are possible, including "reflecting" off of a gravity well, or being "deflected" by it to an unexpected location. Since entering hyperspace takes a lot of energy, this is something one really wants to avoid for the sake of one's power plant. Sublight drives are reactionless, efficient, and quickly ramp up to near lightspeed. They produce a fair amount of waste heat, which is why Davik could suggest burning a landing space on Yitak IV. FTL communication exists, despite my protests - it's in the movies. But in this era, it's fairly slow, expensive, and requires massive transmitters. The [i]Song[/i] could conceivably mount one, but to turn it on would require turning everything else off besides the life support; it's just not worth it. Even planetside, there's generally only one transmitter per large city. Receivers are no more inconvenient than ordinary radio ones, though. A fast ship can outrun a message, but of course one can't count on keeping it up. The main reason why people like Jonas and Vanni are hired as couriers is for the sake of privacy. There's no way to hide an FTL transmission, and though you can encrypt it, why take the chance that anyone overhearing it has a good computer? ---------------- Finally, SP says he's not certain we'll get a game tonight; he's short on sleep and might need to recharge the batteries. He'll call and let me know this evening. (Tuesday is our usual gaming night, as Wednesday and Thursday are his days off from work. Makes it difficult to try to get F2F sessions.) [/QUOTE]
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