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Re: GZG FT: Real world standards.

From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 08:52:07 +0100
Subject: Re: GZG FT: Real world standards.

>Phillip E. Pournelle <pepourne@nps.navy.mil>:
>>For the sake of discussion, what are the standard conversion units
from
>>Full thrust units to "real" space?
>> 1 Mass unit = ??? tons
>> 1 CC = ?? Volume
>> 1 Measuring unit = distance?
>
>I always thought they were whatever you wanted and could believe in and
your
>opponent agreed with. Hope this helps.

Exactly. The reason we never tied things down in FT (though we've been a
little more specific in the FB, but this ONLY refers to the "official"
GZG
background) is that these units will be completely different for each
background - "semi-realistic" may have 1 inch/mu as several thousand Km,
a
B5 style background might have an mu as a few hundred Km or less, and in
Trek-style it would be down to hundred of metres!!

Jon (GZG)
>
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