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<DIV>Gurps 3rd I assume?</DIV>
<DIV>TL8? I perfer to open up a few para-human and non-human options What about TL9? or TL8 with TL9 biotechnology and computing? For a solid reality at TL9+ cut all the 'super-science' and stick to 'real' physics. Current real 2009 technology spans TL 7-9, though 'street' common TL is about 7-8. </DIV>
<DIV>Lev's post implies a time machine (projector?) rather than a Psi jumping or other craziness. I'm happy with this I just want us all to be clear. If technological we need to determine its characteristics. We can talk about this at the session. </DIV>
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<DIV>No future, I'm good with that but this makes me more eager for higher TL (esp biotech) to open up some options for character's I'd like to play. This isn't a desire for cool powers, I have a long standing interest in parahumans and non-humans both as individuals and a upcoming challenge for our society in the coming decades. This stuff should mess with a 'grounded feel' for the home base either. Dolphins have been part of my life and now I work on bioengineering. The canary island has made apes legal minors, everyone knows a (minor) cyborg etc. this stuff is part of my 'real world'.</DIV>
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<DIV>The time limit. I really like this idea.</DIV>
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<DIV>Anyone else want thier 2 cents worth?</DIV>
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> Firstly, once the last bit of Gulliver's is done, does everyone want a<br>
> time travel campaign?<br>
> if so<br>
> I have a good supply of GURPS stuff good this this kind of campaign.<br>
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Don't we all? :)<br>
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> However if we are going down this route are we going to have noe main<br>
> ref (with occasional guest refs) )or share the load a lot?<br>
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I think sharing it around could be enjoyable. A group of player/GMs with<br>
one or two session episodes would really make the 'collaborative<br>
storytelling' experiment interesting.<br>
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> If we are going to share the load then we need to work out what's in and<br>
> what's out? Some of the items on the following list I'd want others I<br>
> wouldn't but either one core ref decides or we all talk to get a clear<br>
> consistent 'vision'.<br>
> What is home's TL<br>
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How about TL8? That is advanced contemporary... Gives a feel of a solid<br>
reality to return to.. Something like Torchwood/Dr. Who but with the "Time<br>
Lords" being normal, albeit well trained, humans.<br>
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Also, to make use of a Blake's Seven theme, the PCs are part of a group<br>
who have *stolen* Time Travel technology.. Because some nasty elements in<br>
the official government project are using it for nefarious ends..<br>
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The Revisionists are within the system! And those who are trying to make<br>
history stable are the rebels..<br>
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> how is time travel achieved?<br>
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Conversion of mass into photos, then use quantum tunnelling to get to<br>
destination point - QT is the only known breach of special relativity that<br>
we currently know of.<br>
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See; <A href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-08/ns-lst081607.php" target=_blank>http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-08/ns-lst081607.php</A><br>
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> do we include the future?<br>
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You don't! At least according to theoretical physics, travel into the past<br>
is a lot "easier".<br>
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Imagine that the conversion process is inherently unstable, and creates a<br>
high degree of tension between the 'present' and the 'past', rather like a<br>
giant elastic band (or, to get mythical, the 'silver cord' in astral<br>
traveling) at a certain point the band 'snaps' the characters back to the<br>
present.<br>
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In other words, each scenario would have it's own "time-limit"; the PCs<br>
must achieve their objectives and stop the Revisionists before their time<br>
runs out..<br>
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PS: Time traveller = "krononaut" :)<br>
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