First off:
Wow. Apparently, Ultratech is oop and I can't buy from e23 and gift it to another person (yet, or still, either way, they've been working on that for a while).
PM me your paypal info Bob, and I'll see about transferring some funds when I have them so you can get copies from e23. Me, I loves my PDFs.
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Rob, as for 1 & 3, a population of gadgetters is only relevant if they can mass-produce objects that the general population can use. A population of gadgetters who can only produce individual, one-off gadgets isn't going to have much of an impact on the tech-level. If there's only one gravicar then the TL would still be 8, not 8 (with some 10^).
However, the IST World researches supers to develop technology. Unity Station (because it make the game easier) has artificial gravity (TL10^), developed by U.N. scientists, from studdying the incarcerated Void. The Meeranar were gaga for the technology, which is why they invested so much assistance in bulding Unity Station (at least, in my, little, IST world).
Also (in my little world), by studdying Red Velvet and Pink (two supers who have FTL capability), the U.N. was able to help the Meeranar to increase their FTL speed by two-thirds (it's still absymal, in the grand scheme of things, and they're still slower than both young ladies). Since we use Multiplicative Modifiers, I'm still trying to get FTL on Red Velvet for a non-MM game.
And Holly (Red Velvet) has been very interested in helping with relations with the Meeranar.
Wow. Apparently, Ultratech is oop and I can't buy from e23 and gift it to another person (yet, or still, either way, they've been working on that for a while).
PM me your paypal info Bob, and I'll see about transferring some funds when I have them so you can get copies from e23. Me, I loves my PDFs.
___________
Rob, as for 1 & 3, a population of gadgetters is only relevant if they can mass-produce objects that the general population can use. A population of gadgetters who can only produce individual, one-off gadgets isn't going to have much of an impact on the tech-level. If there's only one gravicar then the TL would still be 8, not 8 (with some 10^).
However, the IST World researches supers to develop technology. Unity Station (because it make the game easier) has artificial gravity (TL10^), developed by U.N. scientists, from studdying the incarcerated Void. The Meeranar were gaga for the technology, which is why they invested so much assistance in bulding Unity Station (at least, in my, little, IST world).
Also (in my little world), by studdying Red Velvet and Pink (two supers who have FTL capability), the U.N. was able to help the Meeranar to increase their FTL speed by two-thirds (it's still absymal, in the grand scheme of things, and they're still slower than both young ladies). Since we use Multiplicative Modifiers, I'm still trying to get FTL on Red Velvet for a non-MM game.
And Holly (Red Velvet) has been very interested in helping with relations with the Meeranar.