On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 11:02:04PM -0500, Caleuche wrote: > And, of course, there's a huge difference between TL8 and TL15, but > Traveller rules really don't seem to cover deep space detection, so > I think it's natural to take cues from real world astronomy. Real world astronomy is done with crappy low-tech equipment by Traveller standards, as well as being either dunked in a bath of wavering mostly-opaque atmosphere, or pared to the bone and lifted at great expense on chemical fireworks with the expectation that they will never be maintained. - Tim