Roger replied to me: > >For example, I liked the suggestion of an undertaker. First you > >go "huh?" (don't they drop corpses into the next star?) then it > >becomes "doh!" (burial rites have an important social purpose). > > And depending on the tech you may need to recycle the corpses anyway! > (See _Ethan of Athos_.)
Hello Roger, if it is need rather than convenience to recycle the dead, that means a hundred lbs. or so of biomass are critical for the life support systems. Sure, the population of a big station can add up to hundreds or thousands of tons, but that has to be seen in relation to the station size. Imagine a guy saves two ounces of biomass every month. Perhaps an orange, or a candy bar. Over a lifetime, that adds up to the mass of the corpse. There are settings where it is impossible to save that much, but Bujold's setting or an average GURPS 3E TL10 with FTL drives should have more biomass imports. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
