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Dear Ringworld RPG group, (if anyone is home after all this time...) I have a fun little question for you all. Supposing the Kzinti on the Map of Earth got...
Interesting concept; please read below... ... Yup, I'm still reading! Really! ... I thought the cziltang brone only rendered the material *permeable* and not...
... There are indications it makes scrith malleable, not just permeable. Note in /Protector/, Phssthpok uses the "softener key" (which appears to be the same...
Indestructable Gun Barrels? Also not strictly within in the scope of this question but I wonder what would happen if you set off a nuke inside a GP Hull? ...
In effect the Cziltang Brone in itself becomes a Weapon of Mass Destruction - you point it at the floor underneath your enemies HQ and presumably he (and the...
I didn't manage to finish Niven's third book as I ground to a halt somewhere in the first third of the book, so I don't know if the other maps were explored....
Did you read Ringworlds Children? (Vastly better than Throne - but you do need to read Throne to get the complete story and even that picks up speed towards...
Yeah - read Children but can't remember much of it. I do remember that one of the lead characters - a red tribe hominid (can't remember the hominid race)...
... "The strengthened molecular bonds are proof against any kind of impact, and heat into the hundreds of thousands of degrees." ("Flatlander", /Neutron Star/...
... But only if the brone has sufficient power (area of effect) and range to be usable as a sort of field artillery. Frankly, I think anyone who would use such...
... The third Ringworld book, /The Ringworld Throne/? I don't blame you, it's quite a come-down from the first two. I hope you'll try the fourth, /Ringworld's...
Dear RingworldRPG Group, Wow! A response! More than one! I am blessed. Thank you all. Some great ideas there, and some really evil ones. I particuarly like the...
... Now that I consider it, I believe you're onto something here, Lensman... Loosing the device would be devastating. Unfortunately, these are somewhat feral,...
... Lensman... ... Good points on both sides here. However, the kzinti carrying it into battle like a high-tech "ark of the covenant" would make the job of...
... Author advice: "Never let the facts stand in the way of a good story." If I were running a RPG which required the PCs get their hands on a cziltang brone...
... Nice map. I do like it. ... Nonetheless, that's what Larry Wrote (and I'm tap-dancing desperately so as not to contradict The Master...) so I chose another...
... Right, Louis recognized the shape of various continents, including IIRC Antarctica. As has been said, one can either preserve the shape of continents, or...
... other ... the ... about as ... May ... Has it not shown up in the Photos Section of this Yahoo Group for you? How odd! Assuming you can log onto yahoo...
... Well yes, I *can* log into Yahoo! Groups, but no, it is *not* necessary to be able to do so to subscribe to a Yahoo! Groups list. I never bothered setting...
Easy Kzinti! ;-) But I know your frustration. I've set up another group recently with non techie minded people and a few people have been lost because they...
... Lensman... ... Good points on both sides here. However, the kzinti carrying it into battle like a high-tech "ark of the covenant" would make the job of...
... Sorry for the "geekier than thou" stuff. If you're using Windoz, just right-click on the image and select "view image". That will give you a URL you can...
There is a map projection called "Bipolar Oblique conic" which can fulfil these critera and still be "conic" it has a discontinuity at the equator where you...
... I don't see that it fulfills the criteria of the Map of Earth "spreading out from the north pole". ... Quite true. ... ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Hindmost said, "Mars...
Hello all, I am pretty impressed with the intellectual level of conversation regarding a Sci - Fi topic that was on here last week,and I don'tmean that in a...
... "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." --Eleanor Roosevelt Science fiction is the literature of ideas. ...
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