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| − | The [[Navigation Program]] is designed to safely and successfully travel through the vast mysteries of [[jump space]]. {{Unpublished cite|author=Maksim-Smelchak}} | + | [[File:Comp-Prog-Dav-R-Deitrick-Starter-Trav-Page-16 16-July-2018a.jpg|right]] |
| + | The [[Navigation Program]] is designed to safely and successfully travel through the vast mysteries of [[jump space]]. {{Unpublished cite|author=[[Maksim-Smelchak]]}} | ||
* This is a [[program]], a kind of [[computer software]]. | * This is a [[program]], a kind of [[computer software]]. | ||
* It is designed to be used with a [[Ship’s Computer]], although it could be used with other kinds of [[computer]]s as well. | * It is designed to be used with a [[Ship’s Computer]], although it could be used with other kinds of [[computer]]s as well. | ||
| − | == Description (Specifications) == | + | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == |
Routine programs are used to operate systems other than weaponry, and without regard to violent interaction. | Routine programs are used to operate systems other than weaponry, and without regard to violent interaction. | ||
* Navigation controls the jump process after a flight plan has been produced. Flight plans must be fed into the navigation program, which then interfaces with the [[jump program]] to actually take a ship to its destination. | * Navigation controls the jump process after a flight plan has been produced. Flight plans must be fed into the navigation program, which then interfaces with the [[jump program]] to actually take a ship to its destination. | ||
* To actually make a jump, both the [[Jump Program|jump]] and navigation programs must be functioning in the [[ship’s computer]] (…the [[generate program]] need only run long enough to actually create the flight plan). | * To actually make a jump, both the [[Jump Program|jump]] and navigation programs must be functioning in the [[ship’s computer]] (…the [[generate program]] need only run long enough to actually create the flight plan). | ||
* While the [[TL-15]] societies of [[Charted Space]] successfully use [[FTL]] travel on a daily basis, true understanding of [[jumpspace]] is extremely limited as almost any astrophyscists can tell you. {{Unpublished cite|author=Maksim-Smelchak}} | * While the [[TL-15]] societies of [[Charted Space]] successfully use [[FTL]] travel on a daily basis, true understanding of [[jumpspace]] is extremely limited as almost any astrophyscists can tell you. {{Unpublished cite|author=Maksim-Smelchak}} | ||
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| + | Note: This is a specialist form of [[Expert Program]]. | ||
=== Selected Computer Programs === | === Selected Computer Programs === | ||
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| − | == History & Background (Dossier) == | + | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == |
Software within [[Charted Space]] is intentionally built to work under a number of different operating systems, different [[technology level]]s of [[computer]]s, and to be extensively toughened for hard use under [[vacuum]] if necessary. {{Unpublished cite|author=Maksim-Smelchak}} | Software within [[Charted Space]] is intentionally built to work under a number of different operating systems, different [[technology level]]s of [[computer]]s, and to be extensively toughened for hard use under [[vacuum]] if necessary. {{Unpublished cite|author=Maksim-Smelchak}} | ||
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''Software Authorship:'' Various requirements exist for individual characters producing existng or new programs. Such a course can save money, but may have some pitfalls. Program generation is explained elsewhere. {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=38|version=Classic Traveller}} | ''Software Authorship:'' Various requirements exist for individual characters producing existng or new programs. Such a course can save money, but may have some pitfalls. Program generation is explained elsewhere. {{Page cite|name= Starships|page=38|version=Classic Traveller}} | ||
| − | == References & Contributors (Sources) == | + | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == |
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|S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | |S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | ||
| − | |S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[ | + | |S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:07, 2 July 2020
The Navigation Program is designed to safely and successfully travel through the vast mysteries of jump space. [1]
- This is a program, a kind of computer software.
- It is designed to be used with a Ship’s Computer, although it could be used with other kinds of computers as well.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Routine programs are used to operate systems other than weaponry, and without regard to violent interaction.
- Navigation controls the jump process after a flight plan has been produced. Flight plans must be fed into the navigation program, which then interfaces with the jump program to actually take a ship to its destination.
- To actually make a jump, both the jump and navigation programs must be functioning in the ship’s computer (…the generate program need only run long enough to actually create the flight plan).
- While the TL-15 societies of Charted Space successfully use FTL travel on a daily basis, true understanding of jumpspace is extremely limited as almost any astrophyscists can tell you. [2]
Note: This is a specialist form of Expert Program.
Selected Computer Programs[edit]
Routine Programs:
- Generate Program [3]
- Jump Program [4][5]
- Library Program [4][5]
- Manoeuvre Program [4][5]
- Navigation Program [3]
- RVO Program [6]
- Virtual Crew Program [7]
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Software within Charted Space is intentionally built to work under a number of different operating systems, different technology levels of computers, and to be extensively toughened for hard use under vacuum if necessary. [8]
The Software List: The computer software list, available at nearly any software vendor or port, indicates the various programs that are available. It shows space required by a specific program in CPU or storage, its price in MCr, and its title. Also shown is a brief overview of its effects. [9]
Software Authorship: Various requirements exist for individual characters producing existng or new programs. Such a course can save money, but may have some pitfalls. Program generation is explained elsewhere. [10]
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 38.
- Marc Miller. Starter Traveller (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 10, 13, 32, 38-39.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 39.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 38.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gareth Hanrahan. Core Rulebook (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 113.
- ↑ Steve Daniels, Jim McLean, Christopher Thrash. Far Trader (Steve Jackson Games, 1999), 68.
- ↑ Matthew Sprange. High Guard (Mongoose Publishing, 2016), 64.
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
- ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 38.
- ↑ Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 38.