you roll a misjump or something less each jump etc.” I myself do like the design rule in MgT2 but that’s me. It’s like in racing you drop the biggest engine in the smallest car. In Traveller, want more jump? Then less crew space, weapons, etc but you can do jump 6.
@nopipbutcpip.bsky.social is my referee, and I consulted him on the issue earlier today, but I take your point. It may be that we just declare it that way by fiat - after all, as I said earlier on, I've created a whole Sector (7 of 16 subsectors developed to the point where they can be...
...adventure settings), and having obtained "Solomani Front", had the satori-flash of putting it in place of the "canonical" Daibei, with the Solomani Confederation territory remaining in place to add additional complications to the complex political situation I conceived of. If I can do that...
...then really, coming up with a more fuel-efficient jump drive (especially some three and a half millennia after Terrans discovered it) shouldn't be that much of an obstacle. For my part, I like the design rules in MgT2 much more than, say, the ones in T5 which are mathy to the point of...
...utter bewilderment for me.