12-30-2019, 03:44 AM | #231 | |
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In Traveller commercial starships travel one parsec per week at Jump-one or up to 4 pc per week at J-4. That's only 170–680 c, with economic designs except on the shortest legs doing 340 c or 510 c. On the other hand the average distance from a settled world to its nearest settled neighbour in Flat Black is about 4.5 pc but in Traveller only a little over one parsec. The shortest short hops in Flat Black are typically six days and in Traveller eight or nine. The thing that makes interstellar transport so much more expensive in Traveller is that Traveller's J drives' hydrogen tanks are extremely bulky. So the Eichberger drives in Flat Black are standard price, standard bulk, standard speed hyperdrives for GURPS Spaceships. The things that make interstellar travel in Flat Black unexpectedly¹ cheap are
¹ Some people are more surprised than others. I used to be a transport economist, so I'm not as surprised as most. But I was pleased at just how cheap I could get this to work out without having to instal helpful setting switches.
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12-30-2019, 07:18 AM | #232 | |
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Remember that "bunkroom" habitat systems carry four passengers per compartment and that standard "cabin" habitat systems carry two per compartment. So bunkroom passage to a nearby system starts at only a couple of hundred GURPS bucks (plus taxes and port fees), while emigrating to the boonies can cost as little as a couple of thousand GURPS bucks plus the cost of buying your own boonie.
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01-05-2020, 11:13 PM | #233 |
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I'm considering the possibility of re-naming FLAT BLACK so that I will no longer have to explain a choice that I made of thirty years ago for reasons that no longer seem compelling in a context that no-one except my friends of that time understand or care about. My only real reason for sticking with the existing title would be that a few people, perhaps dozens in number, recognise the setting by it. It enjoys a tiny sliver of brand recognition.
Contenders to adorn the front cover in large type include:
Thoughts?
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01-06-2020, 08:28 AM | #234 |
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I like Flat Black, if that helps.
Maybe lean into it, and "sequelise" the name. Like, "Flat Black- Double Shot" or "Double Espresso", presuming it's a coffee reference.
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01-06-2020, 12:20 PM | #235 |
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Stick with Flat Black. It's got character, sounds "space-y" on the face of it, and you don't have to explain the name if you don't want to.
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01-06-2020, 04:20 PM | #236 |
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01-06-2020, 06:03 PM | #237 |
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Combination of three things:
1︎⃣ I'm producing a new version, of which only about 10,000 words are written. Now would be an easy time to make a change. 2︎⃣ I'm feeling a little bit of pressure from a reader who finds the name puzzling and perhaps inappropriate. 3︎⃣ I'm considering treating myself by commissioning a professional or semi-pro cover illustration, and I don't want to change the title after dropping a few hundred bucks on cover art.
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01-07-2020, 09:37 AM | #238 | |
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01-07-2020, 10:18 AM | #239 |
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I haven't a clue what "Flat Black" means but almost anything in English can be inapproprioate to the right or wrong people in some specific context.
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01-07-2020, 10:43 AM | #240 |
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