On 1 Jun 2020 at 23:17, via_tml_lis?= =?us-ascii?q?t wrote:

> Either way, the version in the original LBBS *does* make sense in the
> context of the original source - the Dumarest series. Where it doesn't
> make sense is as a routinely used tech for frozen watches on military
> ships, as Tom pointed out.
>
> So, either you can't use low berths as evidence of the darkness of the
> Third Imperium, because theirs are better, or the Third Imperium is
> really dark because their commercial low berths are as described even
> though better tech exists...

I can see one possible justification for the difference. The IN
doesn't want the tech behind the better low berths getting out, as
having them is a *serious* advantage for them.

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