Black globes (was Re: [Power Projection] Review)

> On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 11:25:01AM -0500, devans@nebraska.edu wrote:

> I'm not sure I'm so much a fan of

_High Guard_, p.31: "Black globe generators are not available
commercially; they are recovered artifacts installed on a makeshift basis or
experimental versions installed on tech level 15 Imperial warships." I always
interpreted this as "they can be built at TL15, but many of the ones in
service are artifacts".

> On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 08:50:51AM -0500, devans@nebraska.edu wrote:

> The reference to 'BG1' is curious, though. It sounds like they may be

Black globes in _High Guard_ started at TL15 (for levels 1-4) and went
up to TL18 (level 9). Each level represents a 10% step in maximum duty
cycle, so a BG-4 could be on for 40% of the time. (That represented a +8
penalty on the 2d6 roll for damage.) However, there was a limited capacity to
absorb energy.

The _Kinunir_ as delineated in _Fighting Ships_ p.19 has a black globe
level 1.

I seem to remember stuff about a "white globe" too, but it doesn't seem
to be in HG - perhaps one of the later supplements mentioned it?

> I seem to remember stuff about a "white globe" too, but it doesn't

It was in MegaTraveller, but I don't have time to look up the specifics.

On Sunday, May 11, 2003, at 23:43 Europe/London, Roger Burton West
wrote:
> I seem to remember stuff about a "white globe" too, but it doesn't

MegaTraveller Ref Manual has the details - that's when it was
introduced..