[TML] An odd Idea

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 2 Apr 2008 at 15:59, Bruce Johnson wrote:

> In Traveller, if you're not privy to the nav system, or can see (and  
> chart) the sky AND know your orientation AND have access to a Nav  
> database (see the first part) when you jump, you could be *anywhere*  
> within jump range. You could be told it's a two,three jump trip, with  
> an unspecified jump number. Jump in a J6 crew transport, and three  
> jumps puts you within a HUGE volume of space.

Seeing the sky doesn't help much unless there's a *very* distinctive 
star visible.

Most bright stars are very close. And the ones that aren't are going 
to blend in. 


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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com