On 12/14/2011 11:11 PM, Onno Meyer wrote: > In my case, I'm looking for a ship which is based in a very > civilized port (since frontier colonies wouldn't have much > time for pure science). It might operate in frontier areas, > where the new discoveries are, but does it have to land on a > planet? > > If a planetary colony discovers alien ruins, the science team > will look at their grant money and travel in a regular liner. > Only finds in deep space would require a science ship.
Well, if the university or research foundation or government laboratory owns a research ship that is mostly useful for deep space, wouldn't they *also* use it to transport the research team and their equipment for planet-side finds? Otherwise the ship is sitting around idle when it could be working, assuming that there aren't multiple research sites, of course. Plus, a find might be made on a planet without a breathable atmosphere. In that case, it would be almost like a deep space effort. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
