On A Related Note . . . An LRT Idea
DPVulcan01
Reading the Dimensional Traveler idea, I suddenly thought of something totally
new for an LRT.
LRT: Wormhole Cowboy
- Ability to create ships to stabilize a wormhole permanently
- Ability to create ships to construct an unstable wormhole
- Ability to scan all wormholes in universe at once
- Cost comparable to TT
Thoughts?
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Steve Lawrence
On 22 Jun 1998 03:50:47 GMT, dpvul...@aol.com (DPVulcan01) wrote:
> Reading the Dimensional Traveler idea, I suddenly thought of something totally
> new for an LRT.
Its been done, and taken further I think. But I still like the idea.
> LRT: Wormhole Cowboy
> - Ability to create ships to stabilize a wormhole permanently
As long as the ship remains there. Probably have to have one at each
end of course.
> - Ability to create ships to construct an unstable wormhole
Well, when used with above ships it wouldn't really be unstable would
it ;)
> - Ability to scan all wormholes in universe at once
With links ofc.
Or alternatively, to see wormholes without cloaking and to see other
end without going through it?
> - Cost comparable to TT
>
> Thoughts?
Maybe the abilities would increase with tech (Energy?).
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Jacques Vidal
dpvul...@aol.com (DPVulcan01) wrote:
>Reading the Dimensional Traveler idea, I suddenly thought of something totally
>new for an LRT.
>LRT: Wormhole Cowboy
>- Ability to create ships to stabilize a wormhole permanently
>- Ability to create ships to construct an unstable wormhole
>- Ability to scan all wormholes in universe at once
>- Cost comparable to TT
>Thoughts?
I posted a PRT proposition that was designed along these lines
some weeks ago. It led to a rather long thread. You may search
dejanews for "Underground Traveler" (or was it Traveller, with
2 Ls ?).
Part of the discussion was if it should be best implemented as a
PRT or LRT.
Jacques Vidal
Steve Lawrence
On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 10:30:53 GMT, jvi...@mail.dotcom.fr (Jacques
Vidal) wrote:
> You may search
> dejanews for "Underground Traveler" (or was it Traveller, with
> 2 Ls ?).
I heard that! ;-)
Olen Whitaker
> LRT: Wormhole Cowboy
> - Ability to create ships to stabilize a wormhole permanently
Sounds kool but I think that there should be ships at both ends and both
ships should have to stay there in order to preserve the wormhole. The LRT
could give the race a ship based stargate which could increase in power
with research.
> - Ability to create ships to construct an unstable wormhole
If you had wormhole stabilizers or stable wormhole creators then they
wouldn't stay unstable for long...
> - Ability to scan all wormholes in universe at once
Like an IT can scan all stargates in range.
> - Cost comparable to TT
Yeah, it would need to be expensive. It would be devastating with an SS.
The gate ships could be cloaked at 98%, you could have whole fleets
suddenly appear in an enemy's territorry with no travel time. I think, no
colonist ,mineral gating though.
>
> Thoughts?
Olen Whitaker
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DPVulcan01
>I posted a PRT proposition that was designed along these lines
>dejanews for "Underground Traveler" (or was it Traveller, with
>2 Ls ?).
>
>
Leave it to me to forget something like that. Sorry. ;)
AA TRGJ
Hmm... My thoughts are that it would be to powerfull for just an LRT, maybe
Workable as PRT.
Trgj
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Drew Thompson
Olen Whitaker wrote:
>
> > LRT: Wormhole Cowboy
> > - Ability to create ships to stabilize a wormhole permanently
to stay in? (Effectively making it more stable, but not _completely_
stable.) Also tie this ability to a new hull type that's *expensive*
and has no armor slots...easy pickins!
> > - Ability to create ships to construct an unstable wormhole
>
Have this ability also tied to a hull type, also expensive and
vulnerable, *and* creating the wormhole destroys it. That would
probably keep it more balanced.
> If you had wormhole stabilizers or stable wormhole creators then they
> wouldn't stay unstable for long...
>
> > - Ability to scan all wormholes in universe at once
>
> Like an IT can scan all stargates in range.
>
> > - Cost comparable to TT
>
> Yeah, it would need to be expensive. It would be devastating with an SS.
> The gate ships could be cloaked at 98%, you could have whole fleets
> suddenly appear in an enemy's territorry with no travel time. I think, no
> colonist ,mineral gating though.
>
Why not? It's a wormhole, isn't it? Just tie the abilities to a hull
or hulls
(could do just one hull for simplicity) and don't give it any slots for
defense
except maybe shields or mechanical.
On a side note, should the Jump Gate be wormhole-capable? :-)____
(drool!)