RogerD
SOC-12
Suppose I have a race that rolled Flux+4 at TL9 and therefore gets the Jump paradigm shift at TL15. Should we take that as resetting all TL related parameters as starting from there instead of TL9? This basically just means the cap on the jump distance. So at TL16 you could build a prototype version, TL17, an early version and so on? The other TL-based parameter is the max jump distance. Would that also adjust to 6 tech levels later? Would it then also impact when the higher-order drives are invented?
I see verbiage saying you could build an experimental jump drive at TL6 if you wanted to, but it wouldn't work due to the efficiency issues or possibly due to the minimum TL for jump. It seems to me you'd need the paradigm shift lifted first, but sure. Could be an adventure in there - you are on a TL8 (or less planet) and an alien ship crashes. Your team is trying out this tech we built based on what we found inside...
I see a reference to a maximum potential by tech level(BBB2, p.116 "Potential is limited by tech level"), but not a table for it. It looks a bit like the intention was to base this on table W on p.76 of LBB2, but that's just the potential of a standard drive, right?
I see verbiage saying you could build an experimental jump drive at TL6 if you wanted to, but it wouldn't work due to the efficiency issues or possibly due to the minimum TL for jump. It seems to me you'd need the paradigm shift lifted first, but sure. Could be an adventure in there - you are on a TL8 (or less planet) and an alien ship crashes. Your team is trying out this tech we built based on what we found inside...
I see a reference to a maximum potential by tech level(BBB2, p.116 "Potential is limited by tech level"), but not a table for it. It looks a bit like the intention was to base this on table W on p.76 of LBB2, but that's just the potential of a standard drive, right?