The J6 'Fleet Courier' is, AFAIK, first mentioned in the CT supp 'Fighting Ships...' that detailed various Imperial Navy ships found in the 'Marches.Later a special J6 courier route (shortcut) across the 'Great Rift' is shown on some star maps.I believe it was also mentioned that the gov/mil got the news about Dulinor's Doozie well ahead of everyone else.IMO, there 3I would have an extremely well developed J6 courier network, replacing, in the last century, J5 network (TL-max was 14 during SolRimWar) that preceded it.On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 2:12:04 PM MST, Catherine Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:Wasn't there also later material saying that there was a secret, government-only comm network based on J6 ships and following more efficient routes, so government could prepare to react to slower xboat-delivered information before it arrived?On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 12:06 PM Fred Kiesche <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:I was looking through JTAS, as the 2.6 number stuck in my mind from there.--On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 14:59 Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
On Apr 10, 2019, at 9:33 AM, Alex Goodwin <xxxxxx@multitel.com.au> wrote:
Per GURPS Traveller (GT) 2nd ed, p31,
"In practice, this speed is reduced by the fact that trade routes do not
follow straight lines and that not all jumps are made at jump-4.
Nonetheless, the system achieves approximately jump-2.6 per week."
I think i've seen that J2.6 figure in non-GT sources as well, but I
wouldn't swear to it.
Per CT Supplement 08 “Library Data A-M”
Express Boat entry:
"Time between jumps is almost always less than four hours, and can be under seven minutes. The speed of communication i s thus nearly the speed of jump (xboats are equipped with jump4 drives, four parsecs per week). In practice, this speed is somewhat reduced as trade routes do not follow straight lines, and not all jumps are made at jump-4. Average speed approximates jump-2.6 per week. "
Looks like GT lifted that entirely from the original source.
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