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Liam's Ghost

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Neutrino Detectors?
« on: 04 August 2024, 19:56:32 »
Neutrino Detectors first got a description and rules in the Explorer Corps sourcebook, as well as some mentions in novels (mostly about how to hide from them).

Despite being mentioned in the fluff presented in Strategic Operations (mentioning both fixed installations and portable systems), the rules for Neutrino Detectors never got updated either in Strategic Operations, Tactical Operations, or Interstellar Operations. Was this an oversight or a deliberate choice?
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Re: Neutrino Detectors?
« Reply #1 on: 09 August 2024, 07:14:05 »
Deliberate. As I recall, neutrino detector were brought up during StratOps' sensor section writing, but viewed as too omniscient and eliminated any stealth.
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Re: Neutrino Detectors?
« Reply #2 on: 09 August 2024, 21:37:21 »
Well I can certainly see where that conclusion came from.

Though it begs the question, how should we regard the fluff references to the system, particularly since that fluff made it into strategic operations? Canon? Canon rumor? Pretend we didn't say any of this?
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Re: Neutrino Detectors?
« Reply #3 on: 10 August 2024, 10:57:29 »
*jazzhands* aaaand scene!
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Re: Neutrino Detectors?
« Reply #4 on: 11 August 2024, 13:03:45 »
Quote from: Liam's Ghost on 09 August 2024, 21:37:21
Though it begs the question, how should we regard the fluff references to the system, particularly since that fluff made it into strategic operations? Canon? Canon rumor? Pretend we didn't say any of this?

They're canon, they just lack rules for normal gameplay or vehicle design. They're plot devices.
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Mike Miller, Materials Engineer

**"A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything." --Wash, Firefly.
**"Well, the first class name [for pocket WarShips]: 'Ship with delusions of grandeur that is going to evaporate 3.1 seconds after coming into NPPC range' tended to cause morale problems...." --Korzon77
**"Describe the Clans." "Imagine an entire civilization built out of 80’s Ric Flairs, Hulk Hogans, & Macho Man Randy Savages ruling over an entire labor force with Einstein Level Intelligence." --Jake Mikolaitis


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