> On Feb 16, 2016, at 4:16 PM, Craig Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Also, factor into your "indefinitely" that even at TL15, systems need maintenance (including swapping in replacements for worn-out components), and break down with increasing frequency without that maintenance. How long will every essential element of life support keep working when the nearest repair bay or parts shop is a parsec away?
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This is where the ingenuity of your engineers comes into play.

See ‘Riding the Torch’ by Norman Spinrad, "Lifeboat” by Gordon R Dickson, or my own homage to those novels “The Forlorn” http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/forlorn.txt

It could be an interesting campaign to play, although it might work as a con minigame, too…figure out how to utilize the limited resources aboard a doomed ship to stay alive long enough for rescue. or play the nth generation who finally arrive in an inhabited system...

Maybe you can even secure the rights to this for atmosphere :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KClpLzFftU

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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