I think you'll see a big difference depending upon details, esp POP, of each system.
I think the Hi-POP worlds of the 'Marches, for example, could pretty much last forever on their own.
The 'BIG-4' (Mora, Trin, Rhylanor, Glisten), all Hi-POP & TL15 are a sure bet but I think that even Porazlo, TL10 & POP9, would get along just fine.
Now, of course, the various higher-level govs (sub-sector, sector, etc) would definitely have an interest in maintaining trade, just as the Spanish did wrt their NewWorld colonies despite the omnipresent threat of piracy.
p.s. I've always wondered if the Spanish lost more to hurricanes & other inclement weather than they did to piracy, or privateers.
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On Mon, 7/24/17, Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU> wrote:
Subject: Re: [TML] Changing The Jump Drive Limit?
To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
Date: Monday, July 24, 2017, 9:59 AM
http://archives.simplelists.
On Jul 24,
2017, at 1:30 AM, Amber Witherspoon <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
wrote:
So, what I'm getting is that if we want to provide a
golden
opportunity for piracy, the numbers will have to be tweaked
to provide
a large enough region of space for lurking, but not so large
that it
becomes uneconomical to fly to the main world? Say, 2.5x
(250
diameters)?
if this is the only way to do
interstellar trade, ‘uneconomical’ won’t really
matter; worlds cut off from trade will pretty quickly
dwindle; look at once thriving towns that were bypassed by
the interstates…they won’t even be able to support
pirates.
You’ll have the occasional world that serves as a hidey
hole for bad guys, loners and just plain freaks, but any
world that wants to maintain contact with the outer universe
will pay the price to keep a starport up.
What you end up with, I think is
Traveller between systems and (depending on your TU and
tastes) in-system settings are like The Expanse, Firefly or
some other local setting altogether.
You may have sprawling in-system
development and traffic or you could just have the starport
with essentially giant cargo “trains” of traffic going
to and from the main world.
Obviously the ‘sprawling’
model offers a lot more PC
piratical adventuring potential. :-)
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
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