Re: [GZG][FH] Planet types (was Re: Locations of Stars)

My assumption is he's speaking specifically of line-of-sight weopens;
actually ballistic, too, as they'd tend to be already beyond escape
velocity. Problem is, to do it right, you'd want a medicine ball instead
of
a table, with double sticky tape on the bases of the figs. ;->=

The_Beast, who suddenly has a vision of someone tossing a grenade, and
it
has time to orbit right up behind him

Tony Wilkinson <twilko@ozemail.com.au> on 11/30/98 06:18:47 PM

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>Additional category:  Smaller/Larger planets than Earth (ties in
closely
>with gravity). Horizons!  On a Traveller Size 5 world, the horizon is
>4km away.  This obviously limits visibility and hence max range of
>weapons.
>
>John M. Atkinson
>
>
     Not really. It just means that the table IS the planets surface.

     Tony.
     twilko@ozemail.com.au