On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 9:06 PM, Greg Nokes <xxxxxx@nokes.name> wrote:At obscene TTLs you can 'squirt' physical objects like missiles/HK robots etc.Something I really liked in GURPS Transhuman Space were the "Autonomous Kill Vehicles" (tiny robotic warships) which had been left scattered throughout the solar system by both sides in the wake of an interplanetary war. Although in theory all of these were supposed to have self-destructed, in reality the combatants were less than thorough about this and even when they tried . . . space is BIG. So every so often, one of these relics encounters an "enemy" ship and attempts to follow it's original programming . . .I think such things would make dandy additions to random space encounter tables, in any system which has seen combat involving Zhodani forces (given their passion for war droids). The existence of such a danger could also serve as justification for civilian vessels to carry light defensive armaments (assuming risk of pirate attack isn't a major concern in YTU).--Richard Aiken
"Never insult anyone by accident." Robert A. Heinlein"I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as Muhammed." Alexis de Tocqueville (1843)"We know a little about a lot of things; just enough to make us dangerous." Dean Winchester"It has been my experience that a gun doesn't care who pulls its trigger." Newton Knight (as portrayed by Matthew McConaughey), to a scoffing Confederate tax collector facing the weapons held by Knight's young children and wife.----- The Traveller Mailing List Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com To unsubscribe from this list please goto http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=PltOdItWBSgOP4y0Q6abkGbDI1eus0lz