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Warp dive/hyperdrive/jump gates/whatever
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2 | 20.00% |
Tricorders (whir whir whir )
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1 | 10.00% |
| Hyposprays (the real kind, not those tanks and hoses) |
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0 | 0% |
| PADDs (we know they can do more than Palmpilots) |
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0 | 0% |
| Transporters (one that works) |
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2 | 20.00% |
| Replicators (tea, Earl Grey, hot) |
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4 | 40.00% |
| Commbadges (chirping optional) |
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0 | 0% |
| Lightsabres (I see your Swartz is as big as mine) |
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0 | 0% |
| Phasers (so we can blink them to death) |
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1 | 10.00% |
| Cybernetic eyes (VISORs can look tacky) |
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0 | 0% |
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I've been working on a "Grant Scale." For those who read the fine print on my fivers, Grant is my "stage last name." Operating with the following goals in mind:
1. Zero Grant=Absolute Zero. 2. The freezing and boiling points of water should represent reasonable numbers divisible by ten (with a little slush allowed, after all the temperature of water alters these properties and scientists would have to look up these things on a temp/pressure chart anyway) I've come up with the following properties in mind. It's really picking coordinates off of a y=1.366x chart where x is the melting temp and y is the boiling temp. 1.366 is the ratio of water boiling to freezing on the Kelvin scale. I'm rounding off the boiling point, as I imagine that pressure and other factors allow for a little more variability in that temp than freezing. Kelvin: (273.15, 373.15) Farenheit: (32, 212) Grant 1: (140, 190) Grant 2: (160, 220) Grant 3: (300, 410) Grant 4: (600, 820) I think that Grant 1 is really nice. The normal human body temperature is about 159, or even 160 if you're generous. Room temperature (60 Farenheit) is about 148, sloshable to 150.
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