Johannes replied to me:
One assumption i always take in Traveller that helps suspending
disbelieve regarding TL differences:
As rule of thumb, you don't happen to find people with the skills to
maintain or repair high TL equipment on low TL worlds.
Hello Johannes,
I would think that spare parts and techs for typical civilian TL10
equipment like an air/raft or a dishwasher can be found at any class II
or better starport. Salaries and prices will be increased for this
"hardship posting" and the mechanics will complain and demand even more
money if they are to leave the comfort and security of the starport, but
they are available on the world.
From my current numbers, a TL6 $400,000 / CrImp20,000 blimp can carry
10 people and 16 stons of cargo some 700 miles in a day. A CrImp20,000 /
TL8 $160,000 G-Carrier would carry less cargo much faster, so the
trade-off depends on assumptions about unloading times and the reading
of a pesky little rule about the cost of hydrogen. VE makes it quite
expensive.
Regards,
Onno
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