[TML] Low Berths

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 8/5/08 4:49 PM, "Kelly St. Clair" <kellys at efn.org> wrote:

> At 06:36 PM 8/2/2008, Robert O'Connor wrote:
>> Using fast drug in the manner described in this thread and elsewhere is
>> insane unless it prevents a number of problems, only one of which David
>> Smart has hinted at.
> 
> I repeat my comment to someone else from earlier in this thread:
> 
>> The short version is that some old SF author thought it sounded cool, and
>> so did someone at GDW, without thinking very hard about the practical
>> consequences and implications.  This is true of a dismayingly large
>> portion of the OTU.
> 
> Fast Drug as described in the books (Traveller and the original novel) is
> more like a magic potion of slowed time than any real world
> pharmaceutical(s).  Same with the magical "meson" guns and all the other
> examples this list has discussed over the years.  The choice, as always, is
> whether to accept the magic at face value - It's Just a Game, after all -
> or to try to come up with something more reasonable.

As you may know, I'm thoroughly on the "reasonable" side.  If I want blatant
magic, I'll play fantasy.  I play *science* fiction because it's got
science.