[gurps] Re: TL10 ocean going

[Onno Meyer]

> > What would TL10 sea-going vessels be like?  Specifically, on 50 year  
> > old TL10(11) colony on a world that has 95% hydrographic coverage?   
> > This is a Star Trek (30 years before the original series) universe.  
> > I've set the Federation tech level at 11^ with medical tech at 9.
> 
> Hugely depends on transporters; if available, they'll replace all bulk 
> shipping and mass travel local to the planet, leaving only small 
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> 
> -- 
> Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
> < http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

In a pre-TOS setting, transporters would be for personnel or small 
loads only, and for ship-to-short, I think. They're too finicky to
be used for bulk cargo.