Neither GURPS Ultra-tech (4e) nor Transhuman Space (3e) give a movement rate for the surveillance dust cyberswarm. On the other hand, UT p.106 tells us: “The swarm is programmed to remain in a particular place, observe for a period of time, and then return; it can also transmit information or be ordered to go to […]
In the original 3e Transhuman Space book (p.100) we are told: “Conventional over the horizon artillery support is provided by rapid-fire. high-velocity electromagnetic cannon. as slower, indirect-lire rockets and missiles are vulnerable to point-defense weapons. Artillery rounds typically have satellite guidance or homing submunitions though dumb shells are also used in intense electronic-warfare environments.” This […]
In the last blog, I suggested some of the mechanisms that would be available to an aggressor during a conflict on THS Earth. Many of these would be termed “unconventional warfare” in modern terminology. “Unconventional warfare” is one of those phrases that is often thrown around but is often rather vague in its definition. The […]
With a population of 11 thousand million, THS Earth will be no stranger to competition and conflict. The actual nature of such conflicts may, however, be very different to that we might expect. For an illustration of a possible conflict in Transhuman Space. let us consider two hypothetical corporations that are in dispute: Corporation A […]
And so it begins… For the last few months I have been amusing myself dipping into the GURPs sourcebooks for their Transhuman Space worlds. This got me thinking about many of the aspects of the world that they describe. A number of technologies similar to those that they describe are likely to exist in real […]