[TML] 20mm cannons and bulky aliens

[Garry Ward]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Murray" <bjmurray.halfjack at gmail.com>
To: "The Traveller Mailing List" <tml at travellercentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TML] 20mm cannons and bulky aliens


> On Jan 23, 2008 2:11 PM, Stuart Frew <stuart at frew.net.nz> wrote:
>> Not if the market rejects it. Tainted goods.
>>
>> And the selection against this model could be that no-one will sign up 
>> for
>> being put in a coffin (equivalent) and drugged up to the eyeballs.
>
> If that's the case (though you deliberately load the scenario by
> casting the drugs as seeming detrimental -- if there are no
> detrimental side effects then the point is much weaker) then it seems
> that the enormous advantage humans have in efficiency in space means
> that K'kree will mostly hire space travel out to humans wherever a
> profit or military advantage needs to be made.

Ah, humans are omnivores and the goal of the K'Kree is to exterminate any 
race that eats meat.

So, no, the K'Kree won't be hiring humans (unless they can find some who are 
willing to go 100% vegetarian, but even those might not be trusted).

Garry
>
>> Some times the selection is against economic efficiency but towards 
>> social
>> goals.
>> Factory conditions are much better and safer these days despite the fact 
>> it
>> costs the owners profit to do so.
>
> This is certainly true but it pre-supposes no external pressures with
> different efficiencies.
>
>> (Except of course when us westerners export the "efficiencies" to third
>> world countries.)
>
> Here being precisely that exception.  For third world countries read
> human mercenaries/contractors.
>
> -- 
> Brad Murray (halfjack)
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