Comments on: Canon Question: Water on Reno? http://zho.berka.com/2001/09/29/canon-question-water-on-reno/ Upgrading to TL-15 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:40:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: SStefan http://zho.berka.com/2001/09/29/canon-question-water-on-reno/#comment-65 SStefan Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:10:59 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2001/09/29/canon-question-water-on-reno/#comment-65 I take the view that the calibration on some of the sensors might not be optimal; and with the huge task of completing the survey of the current system and then moving to the next system (to do it all over again); some of the data is just there to fill the blanks. In other words, YMMV holds so true. I suggest using any UWP as a general guide to be refined on arrival at the particular system in question. Who is to say that the survey taken by some unkown scoiut 70+ years ago is still valid today? I take the view that the calibration on some of the sensors might not be optimal; and with the huge task of completing the survey of the current system and then moving to the next system (to do it all over again); some of the data is just there to fill the blanks.

In other words, YMMV holds so true. I suggest using any UWP as a general guide to be refined on arrival at the particular system in question. Who is to say that the survey taken by some unkown scoiut 70+ years ago is still valid today?

]]> By: BeRKA http://zho.berka.com/2001/09/29/canon-question-water-on-reno/#comment-59 BeRKA Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:17:52 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2001/09/29/canon-question-water-on-reno/#comment-59 Yes, after almost two years someone finally cares!!! :-) I like Your idea, and have thought of something similar, letting Reno have an elliptical orbit, around a bright star. Reno isn't <a href="http://landgrab.downport.com/" rel="nofollow">landgrabbed</a> yet... Yes, after almost two years someone finally cares!!! :-)

I like Your idea, and have thought of something similar, letting Reno have an elliptical orbit, around a bright star.

Reno isn’t landgrabbed yet…

]]> By: eridaniman http://zho.berka.com/2001/09/29/canon-question-water-on-reno/#comment-58 eridaniman Fri, 29 Aug 2003 02:58:38 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2001/09/29/canon-question-water-on-reno/#comment-58 or maybe is was in a large number of shallow pans that periodically dried up and then return over long periods of time...like ebb and flow of glaciers on our planet or maybe is was in a large number of shallow pans that periodically
dried up and then return over long periods of time…like ebb and flow of glaciers on our planet

]]> By: BeRKA http://zho.berka.com/2001/09/29/canon-question-water-on-reno/#comment-57 BeRKA Sun, 07 Oct 2001 15:04:32 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2001/09/29/canon-question-water-on-reno/#comment-57 In the real world, GDW either made a mistake, or for some reason decided that Reno should have no water. (What do You think?) In the Traveller Universe, it is harder to explain. Did Reno have some water that for some reason disappeared, or was the first listing wrong, or is the second listing wrong? (It is easier to explain how Regina was uplifted from TL-A to TL-C) Jeff Zeitlin had an interesting theory how the water disappeared. Reno was visited by the Visitors from "V" that stole the water. ;-) A better theory would be that something happened. An earthquake or an asteroid strike maybe... If the listing was wrong in any case, why was it wrong? Was the scouts just lazy? (Lazy Scout: Lets just guess the UPP for Reno. Who cares about that rock anyway. Lets go back to Chronor and have some of that Zhodani Beer, and lets meet some of those naive and totally honest zhodani girls...) What happened to those lazy scouts when the Scout Service found out that they did a poor job? Or is there another reason. Maybe there is water there in some shallow seas, but that water is too polluted with local algae, so it cannot be used as starship fuel, and that is why the second listing says no water... Maybe You have a better theory? In the real world, GDW either made a mistake, or for some reason
decided that Reno should have no water.
(What do You think?)

In the Traveller Universe, it is harder to explain.
Did Reno have some water that for some reason disappeared,
or was the first listing wrong, or is the second listing wrong?
(It is easier to explain how Regina was uplifted from TL-A to TL-C)

Jeff Zeitlin had an interesting theory how the water disappeared.
Reno was visited by the Visitors from “V” that stole the water. ;-)

A better theory would be that something happened. An earthquake
or an asteroid strike maybe…

If the listing was wrong in any case, why was it wrong?
Was the scouts just lazy?
(Lazy Scout: Lets just guess the UPP for Reno. Who cares about that rock anyway.
Lets go back to Chronor and have some of that Zhodani Beer, and
lets meet some of those naive and totally honest zhodani girls…)
What happened to those lazy scouts when the Scout Service found out
that they did a poor job?

Or is there another reason. Maybe there is water there in some
shallow seas, but that water is too polluted with local algae, so
it cannot be used as starship fuel, and that is why the second
listing says no water…

Maybe You have a better theory?

]]> By: Tiestebr http://zho.berka.com/2001/09/29/canon-question-water-on-reno/#comment-56 Tiestebr Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:03:50 +0000 http://zho.berka.com/2001/09/29/canon-question-water-on-reno/#comment-56 In the listing of the Spinward Marches in the MegaT Imperial Encyclopedia, Reno has no water. Since these data are generally considered more up-to-date, I assume they were used in Galactic and GT. HTH In the listing of the Spinward Marches in the MegaT Imperial Encyclopedia, Reno has no water. Since these data are generally considered more up-to-date, I assume they were used in Galactic and GT.

HTH

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