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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 7891569" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>I would swear that some comment exists in the section on weapons about how "kinetic energy is still the simplest and one of the best ways to kill someone" being the justification for 'slug throwers' as a major weapon class (though give Traveler credit, there are plenty of PGMPs and laser rifles in there too, they are just not easily accessed by your average space hobo). </p><p>You could sorta do a 'Star Trek' analog, though the Traveler jump drive isn't exactly going to produce exactly the same narrative logic. The mechanics do somewhat hand you the setting of Traveler though, with Social Status as a core stat, etc. </p><p>Anyway, it is certainly less flexible IMHO than the quote you have there indicates. I think it does draw heavily on early space opera, Foundation, the works of Andre Norton, etc. more so than later stuff. The computers and such are pretty understandable, they are simply what people could imagine future computers being like in the early 70's! Nobody really quite imagined back then the ubiquity and miniaturization of such technology. Honestly, Star Trek was pretty strong on this point compared to most, and even its computer is a huge thing that runs a ship, though it can be talked to and perform tasks, sort of like 'Alexa'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 7891569, member: 82106"] I would swear that some comment exists in the section on weapons about how "kinetic energy is still the simplest and one of the best ways to kill someone" being the justification for 'slug throwers' as a major weapon class (though give Traveler credit, there are plenty of PGMPs and laser rifles in there too, they are just not easily accessed by your average space hobo). You could sorta do a 'Star Trek' analog, though the Traveler jump drive isn't exactly going to produce exactly the same narrative logic. The mechanics do somewhat hand you the setting of Traveler though, with Social Status as a core stat, etc. Anyway, it is certainly less flexible IMHO than the quote you have there indicates. I think it does draw heavily on early space opera, Foundation, the works of Andre Norton, etc. more so than later stuff. The computers and such are pretty understandable, they are simply what people could imagine future computers being like in the early 70's! Nobody really quite imagined back then the ubiquity and miniaturization of such technology. Honestly, Star Trek was pretty strong on this point compared to most, and even its computer is a huge thing that runs a ship, though it can be talked to and perform tasks, sort of like 'Alexa'. [/QUOTE]
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