I was comparing the two.
Assumption 1: TL is the unifying element of the two tables.
Assumption 2: Indirect and underlying assumptions relate the two.
Corollary to 2: They're measuring different things, so they won't just match up.
Assumption 3: "bis" is a bit more powerful in T5 than MgT.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
IN A PINCH,
You can just convert a MgT Computer to a T5 Model by dividing Computer power by 5. It's close enough.
You can just convert a T5 Model to a MgT Computer by multiplying Model number by 5. It's close enough.
LONG-WINDED DISCUSSION
As you can see, they are not equivalent. Each is making some different key assumptions. Those keys are in their descriptions.
TL 8's Model/0 seems like it could match a hypothetical Computer/7.
TL 9-10 feel particularly chaotic to me.
Some measurable and predictable regularity sets in around TL 11, though price doesn't seem to settle down until TL 13 or 14.
I. Processes T5 models are (major) task resolvers; they are a subset of the computers detailed in MgT, which span simple processing devices to starship computers.
Very generally, it seems that each 3 to 5 MgT levels or so corresponds roughly to 1 T5 model number.
II. Parallelization. T5 models are specifically parallel or perhaps 'simultaneous' processors. MgT computers are not required to be such, and many of them probably aren't.
Minor Notes
Volume is an inconsequential issue. In T5, computer volume is explicit, but ship tonnage is flexible. In MgT, computer volume is implicit, and ship tonnage is less flexible.
Assumption 1: TL is the unifying element of the two tables.
Assumption 2: Indirect and underlying assumptions relate the two.
Corollary to 2: They're measuring different things, so they won't just match up.
Assumption 3: "bis" is a bit more powerful in T5 than MgT.
Code:
TL Traveller5 name & MCr Mongoose2 name & MCr
-- --------------------- --------------------
7 Computer/5 0.03
Computer/5bis 0.045
8 Model/0 0.1
Model/0bis 0.5
9 Model/1 1.5 Computer/10 0.16
Model/1bis 3.0 Computer/10bis 0.24
10 Model/2 5.0
Model/2bis 7.5
11 Model/3 10.5 Computer/15 2
Model/3bis 14 Computer/15bis 3
12 Model/4 18 Computer/20 5
Model/4bis 22 Computer/20bis 7.5
13 Model/5 27 Computer/25 10
Model/5bis 33 Computer/25bis 15
14 Model/6 39 Computer/30 20
Model/6bis 45 Computer/30bis 30
15 Model/7 52 Computer/35 30
Model/7bis 60 Computer/35bis 45EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
IN A PINCH,
You can just convert a MgT Computer to a T5 Model by dividing Computer power by 5. It's close enough.
You can just convert a T5 Model to a MgT Computer by multiplying Model number by 5. It's close enough.
LONG-WINDED DISCUSSION
As you can see, they are not equivalent. Each is making some different key assumptions. Those keys are in their descriptions.
TL 8's Model/0 seems like it could match a hypothetical Computer/7.
TL 9-10 feel particularly chaotic to me.
Some measurable and predictable regularity sets in around TL 11, though price doesn't seem to settle down until TL 13 or 14.
I. Processes T5 models are (major) task resolvers; they are a subset of the computers detailed in MgT, which span simple processing devices to starship computers.
Very generally, it seems that each 3 to 5 MgT levels or so corresponds roughly to 1 T5 model number.
II. Parallelization. T5 models are specifically parallel or perhaps 'simultaneous' processors. MgT computers are not required to be such, and many of them probably aren't.
Minor Notes
Volume is an inconsequential issue. In T5, computer volume is explicit, but ship tonnage is flexible. In MgT, computer volume is implicit, and ship tonnage is less flexible.
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