FT says:
> Re-entry as per normal + optional rules gives a possible scatter of
Noam said:
> _Way_ to big, IMO. that's 42,000 km to 420,000 depending on your MU.
All things are possible when you are master of the universe... bwa ha haa
^GM^.
The physical size in real world terms doesn't both me. In game terms its a
mechanic that I can live with as a GM.
As an Admiral it might bother me, but if that's the 'game universe' rule I
have to play with, then it will influence my 'game decisions'.
If I were attacking a space station in a system known to have on table
asteroids (painful;}) I would not FTL onto the table where I might displace
into them or my own ships or the station.
> Plus, unless the combat is pure accident, or the scenario is a
True, but the best laid plans can and do go wrong, and no plans survives
contact with the enemy unless its kept in the same black box as the flight
recorder...
'The Weak Will Perish' - Species 8472 :Voyager
> _Way_ to big, IMO. that's 42,000 km to 420,000 depending on your MU.
> All things are possible when you are master of the universe... bwa ha
Feh. Still don't like it - I'm not a big fan of arbitrary rules, and I
can't think of good PSB to justify it. i'll live with it if I have to.
> If I were attacking a space station in a system known to have on table
I'd jump blind in to the heart of Earth's asteroid belt without a thought.
With all the hundreds of thousands of rocks there, space is so big that the
odds so greatly disfavor the house it shouldn't even be called a gamble.
> I'd jump blind in to the heart of Earth's asteroid belt without a
Fair enough, the risk is yours to take =). I'm just interpreting the rules as
they are.;]
> Noam
> I'd jump blind in to the heart of Earth's asteroid belt without a
Noam,
For chance of hitting, 'materializing', on moderately large rock, I'm right
with you. However, some sci-fi gives the impression of anything in the
vicinity would cause a gravity gradient to tear the ship apart. How close? How
large a mass? Not a clue. However, PSB for the mill.
On the other hand, as I keep mentioning, there's this thing probably around
most systems called an Oort (can't do umlats) Cloud, so, do you have to move
outsystem 1/3 the distance to the closest star before you can engage
FTL? *shrug*
The_Beast
> On the other hand, as I keep mentioning, there's this thing probably
The gravitional effect of a hollow sphere, experienced anywhere inside the
sphere is zero. Now, I can't remember off the top of my head whether the Oort
cloud is a ring or a cloud but the same effect applies in either case. (If it
is a ring then you'll start to feel a pull only if you leave the plane of the
ring.)
Of course it's rather more likely that considering the density of the
Oort cloud (low) and it's distance from the sun/earth (large) that it
doesn't produce a large enough gravitational gradient to effect FTL jumps.
Some systems have an Oort cloud that is a lot further in, but these
systems tend to also have brown dwarfs and no/few other planets and
so are very unlikely to be sites for human colonies (but may be perfect
Sa'vasku ship breeding grounds for all we know...)
Steve:
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The gravitional effect of a hollow sphere, experienced anywhere inside the
sphere is zero. Now, I can't remember off the top of my head whether the Oort
cloud is a ring or a cloud but the same effect applies in either case. (If it
is a ring then you'll start to feel a pull only if you leave the plane of the
ring.)
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Again, understood, but how close to how large a rock may skew by 'local'
conditions.
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Of course it's rather more likely that considering the density of the
Oort cloud (low) and it's distance from the sun/earth (large) that it
doesn't produce a large enough gravitational gradient to effect FTL jumps.
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Of course I agree with you, but, as I said previously, stretch the PSB on FTL
a little this way or that, and you can make it count. After all,
it's not REALLY rocket science. ;->=
Sounds like you're far more aware of the details than I; can you suggest,
direct to me, any good lay-person books on the Oort Cloud itself? I
wasn't aware any had been more than hypothesized 'sides the local one.
> Sounds like you're far more aware of the details than I; can you
I can't think of any good books on the topic. Obviously Oort clouds around
other stars are purely hypothetical at the moment. I was referring to an
article I read some years ago, when the search for
planets/brown dwarfs around other stars was just starting. In this
article they hypothesised a connection between brown dwarf formation and close
oort clouds. Or was it the other way around?