On Jan 10, 2017, at 2:12 PM, C. Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:This is the (re)opening salvo in the great "jump torpedo" debate. Summary:1) Realistically speaking, in a world where self-driving cars and the like are happening at TL8, not only should biological sophonts not be required as crew, they should be considered hazardous to the smooth operation of a ship.2) The Traveller esthetic is one which explicitly rejects pervasive AI, transhumanism, and the like, so to keep the feel you have to ignore (1).3) Traveller canon has examples (e.g. "Leviathan", IIRC) of jump-capable fully autonomous vessels, but these don't show up in other places where they would seem a perfect fit (most notably, X-Boats). So canon is at best a poor guide.On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:48 PM, <tmr0195@comcast.net> wrote:Hello all,I recall that somewhere in one or more of the Traveller books something about ship's require at least one living being onboard and that computers and/or robots could not operate the vessel.I am hoping that I am not making up the information.Thank you for any help.Tom Rux----- The Traveller Mailing List Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com To unsubscribe from this list please go to http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u= PltOdItWBSgOP4y0Q6abkGbDI1eus0 lz --"Eternity is in love with the productions of time." - William Blake----- The Traveller Mailing List Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com To unsubscribe from this list please go to http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=wBKh4aF9DMEWDxliNXwnGhxp3kljTtM8