On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Anthony Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > Onno Meyer wrote: > >> * According to the 3E rules, "total life support" is possible. If we >> accept the rules on hull materials (or skill points, for that >> matter), why question the life support rules? > > We don't necessarily. However, as a practical issue, 'total life support' > probably just means that the system doesn't have dramatically higher > maintenance requirements than many other components seen on board a vehicle, > and while Vehicles handles spare parts and maintenance in a rather abstract > manner, it's not like a ship that's supposed to travel for decades won't > need a bunch of spare parts.
Ya, agreed, I was not questioning the rules as much as looking at WHY they might work and HOW. Fish are super efficient at making meat out of feed!!! Chickens are way better than cows at it! wiki (FCR -- kg of feed per kg of animal produced) of aquatic animals. Fish like salmon have FCR's in the 1.1 kg of feed per kg of salmon range whereas chickens are in the 2.5 kg of feed per kg of chicken range. Fish don't have to stand up or keep warm and this eliminates a lot of carbohydrates and fats in the diet, required to provide this energy. So that is like 91% for fish and 40% for chickens. The fish waste goes to feeding the plants along with the light making for a great ship system. -- Douglas E Knapp Why do we live? _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
