-------------------------------------------- On Thu, 6/25/15, Tim <xxxxxx@little-possums.net> wrote: Subject: Re: [TML] Starship Berthing Philosophies? To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com Date: Thursday, June 25, 2015, 1:08 AM On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:30:32PM -0700, xxxxxx@shadowgard.com wrote: > The failure to consider management of "waste heat" is the least > realistic aspect of pretty much every SF RPG and story I've ever > encountered. ... surely that rates as less unrealistic than telekinesis, interstellar warp, reactionless thrusters, independent evolved aliens virtually indistinguishable from human, time travel paradoxes, and dozens or hundreds of other SF features? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yeah, I agree, & esp wrt the psi powers. The first time I read about that I thought, "Geez, they just *had* to have a way to get 'magic-users' into the game". And then, 'Presto!', the Zhodani appear... ================================================