Jumping like it's 1977

[aramis]

Or, ala, Fading Suns or Wing Commander] must have a psychic component when performed by individuals...

D.

40K, Dune, Vorkosiverse, and Andromeda, as well.

I like the visualization from Andromeda - the synthetic personality sees literally nothing, nor do the mechanical sensors... but the people almost all see strands and filaments to be dodged... but that would make a week-long jump a huge issue.

Vokosiverse it's worse - must be able to do 5-D math, must be able to tolerate the jump, AND must be willing to be cyberlinked into the ship. But jumps themselves are fairly short there... but require n-space travel between jump points.

40K, it's to be able to see the warp at all while not in it...

It's a fairly common theme, really.

 

[kilemall]

40K, Dune, Vorkosiverse, and Andromeda, as well.

I like the visualization from Andromeda - the synthetic personality sees literally nothing, nor do the mechanical sensors... but the people almost all see strands and filaments to be dodged... but that would make a week-long jump a huge issue.

Vokosiverse it's worse - must be able to do 5-D math, must be able to tolerate the jump, AND must be willing to be cyberlinked into the ship. But jumps themselves are fairly short there... but require n-space travel between jump points.

40K, it's to be able to see the warp at all while not in it...

It's a fairly common theme, really.

Hmm, let's not forget StarForce shifting, where the psychics ARE the jump gate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starforce:_Alpha_Centauri

Oh my cow, I did NOT know that the music group Human League was named after the Starforce polity.

 

[BwapTED]

However it is done, I like a manned requirement for jump.

It supports the idea that Traveller is about human beings travelling the star lanes.


I also like those apocryphal jump capable message torpedoes, though. Thus the high TL workaround with limited AI.