Re: spoon-discuss: DimShips do.... what exactly?

[Eric Gerlach <egerlach@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:40 PM 20/04/02 -0400, you wrote:
> At 07:06 AM 20/04/02 -0400, you wrote:
> > Your dimensions per se don't change, but, thanks to being in a DimShip 
> > with ballast and buoyancy set, you are displaced in dimspace, so that 
> > it's as if you're at a different dimensional location -- a virtual 
> > location, if you will.
>
> I got that as the intention, however I don't think the rule is strong 
> enough to actually make it happen.  It doesn't say what a vitrual 
> dimensional location is, nor does it override any rules.   So basically, 
> for anything invoving DimShips, sure, you're at this virtual 
> location.  But for any other purpose, your dimensions sre read as they 
> are.  So they're a bit self-centric to be of any use.
>
> > Which means (a) if you use a dimship to spend points you don't have, your 
> > actual points might go negative, and your virtual points would decrease 
> > because they're just a displacement from your actual points; and (b) if 
> > your dimship gets shot full of holes your actual points apply.
>
> Doesn't override the necessary rules.  This is a complex bugger that's 
> going to take some effort to work out.  As it stands I think the DimShips 
> are just a meaningless way to spend 100 points, and I'll CFJ to that 
> effect if necessary.  Good luck with doing anything with them.

And for good measure, the only rule that even mentions "DimSpace" is the 
one governing DimShips!  So your DimShips move through a non-existant 
space... or one that is only defined in terms of the DimShips.  Not to 
mention that "launching" does absolutely nothing to the state of the 
DimShip... it is exactly the same launched and not launched...  There are 
holes big enough to march several legions of Gremlins through this rule, 
and I haven't even started nitpicking yet!  (Geez, I've been really 
slacking off on my job as Nitpicking King... I think I'm going to go over 
the potential ballot...)

Once you make the appropriate definitions, I'm sure this will work, but as 
it stands you've got a white elephant on your hands.

Bean