[TML] Two-Space Traveller - Second Call

[Jeff Zeitlin]

On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:24:18 -0600, Eris Reddoch <erisred at bellsouth.net>
wrote:

>Jeff Zeitlin wrote:

>> Basically, though, it postulates an alternative method of interstellar
>> travel that really is "Age of Sail", in a very literal sense, and
>> because of the nature of the interstellar travel medium, technology is
>> restricted to Victorian or pre-Victorian levels for interstellar use -
>> and because of a knock-on effect defined by the authors, high-tech on a
>> planet, while perfectly possible, is potentially extremely vulnerable to
>> a TNE-type crash, so many planets elect 'retroculture' and voluntarily
>> restrict even planetbound technology to pre-Great War levels.

>Jeff, I never really understood how planetside technology was threatened 
>by 2-space, so I always scratched my head at the retrotech cultures. I 
>guess you couldn't export/import high-tech due to 2-space, but you could 
>spread the knowledge that would allow each world to develop it's on 
>higher-tech society.  OTOH, I'm perfectly willing to suspend my doubts 
>and "go low" in an RPG. :)

Short form: There's something that's available in Two-Space - it's
called "the Elder King's Gift" in the books, and described as though
it's a two-dimensional life-form - which if introduced in any manner
into a computer in Three-Space will cause a TNE-type crash.  That's
actually in the books, so I'm not giving anything away by telling you
here.

More information WILL ultimately be available in the Two-Space Traveller
working group.