Although such dampers are imperfect, they do allow a normal environment on starships as they maneuver, and they allow extreme physical maneuvers on small craft as they perform high-G maneuvers. Thrusters work like rockets, but without the requirements for large amounts of rocket fuel. Cheap fusion power means that the inhabitants of this universe are not tied to gas stations or complex fuel systems. Hydrogen taken from water, ice, even the methane of gas giants like Jupiter is all that is required to produce abundant electricity. Once a culture rises to the minimum required tech level, its cities depend on electricity produced by efficient, pollution free fusion power.
Starships draw their fuel from the worlds they visit.
The social sciences add a characteristic flavor to this universe by emphasizing the effects of the social sciences on societies in the universe. Psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, and economics all impact the activities of the people and the stories of this universe. A Cosmopolitan Universe. Traveller is a diverse, heterogeneous universe composed of many different factions, concepts, races, communities, and individuals. Naturally, there is conflict, antagonism, friction, and strife between various groups, but the universe itself allows any with talent to rise to the top.