Re: [Power Projection] Review

On Sunday, May 11, 2003, at 12:42 Europe/London, devans@nebraska.edu 
wrote:
> ***
> There are a couple of things on the SSDs which are not explained--the
> Kinunir has a BG1 (which I imagine is a black globe forcefield, but I
> didn't see any rules for it)
> ***

It is a Black Globe rating 1 (ie 10% flicker). It's on the SSD for 
compatibility for fleet.

> Assuming you're correct, though I don't recall a black globe in the
old
> Kinunir, BG's have been mentioned as being introduced/explaned in 
> PP:Fleet
> (back cover).

The Kinunir does have a BG or space for one (see Traveller Adv 1 for 
reference).

> ***
> and all ships have an unexplained grey crew symbol next to the damage
> control symbol.
> ***
>
> I didn't notice the grey'd items; that might be a problem for some 
> older
> photocopiers. Perhaps for the yet-to-be-explained boarding rules? 
> Marines
> and 'somebody else'? Sorry, idle speculation...

Combat Capability Icon - Attack / defense factors for boarding. Again, 
included for compatibility with Fleet.

Cheers,

Dom
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