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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
She is a cinematic character, it is a TL5 character doing TL7 science, so why worry about the realism her IQ? The character will need Gadgeteer, phenomenal levels of Wealth, and absurd levels of skill, so IQ 20 would probably be the most realistic part of the character. The character will suffer between a -16 to -18 on her Concept rolls, meaning that she would need a minimum skill of 25 to have a reasonable chance at producing a workable concept and to actually produce a prototype.
Flying the prototype would also be a problem. Since no one can really lear Piloting/TL7 (Aerospace), any pilot would need to learn Piloting/TL5 (LTA) and then default to Piloting/TL7 (Aerospace) at -9 (-5 for the difference in specialties, -2 because of the TL difference, and -2 because of the complexity of the controls). No one with a TL5 background could default Piloting/TL7 (Aerospace) from DX because there is no conceivable way that they are familiar with the basic principle. In essence, both the inventor and the pilot need to be cinematic characters.
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She isn't building liquid fueled moon rockets; she's starting with what is known about rockets, which are old news by this time, and taking them forwards. No one's going to be flying them; they'll be too small and certainly unsafe, but making them more accurate, trying for altitude records, and carrying instruments aloft. The year is right on the cusp of TLs 5 and six.
This is not TL 7 overnight, this is a Newton or Einstein that works with what's available. When liquid oxygen is available, she'll develop the liquid fueled rocket. She also has a patron.