[TML] Noncanonical TU 3D.

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 1/2/08 8:06 PM, "Garry Ward" <garry.e.ward at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thad Coons" <tocoons at gmail.com>
> To: "The Traveller Mailing List" <tml at travellercentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [TML] Noncanonical TU 3D.
> 
> 
>> On 1/2/08, Jerry W Barrington <jursamaj at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> It looks like our current charts pick up most stars brighter than about
>> .001
>> Solar luminosity out to about 30 LY. For me, that looks like a reasonable
>> cutoff.  The very dark and cold planets that might be found around
>> stars that dim or dimmer seem to be excellent places to stay away from
>> unless it's absolutely necessary.
> For standard Jump, yeah; for Stutter Warp they could serve as useful layover
> and charge disappation points.

Hmm.  That post by Thad must have got lost on the way to my inbox...

True, the catalog looks fairly complete to that range and dimmness.  If that
works for you, go for it.  :)

Actually, even standard Jump could make use of waypoint stars.  If they have
gas giants or comets (very probable) they're a great place to refuel on the
way to somewhere better.

Oh, and for what it's worth, I've seen so many good references to Gillett's
World-Building that I just went and ordered it.  $8 and a week or so...