A few of use (rec.traveller types) helped on Fire, Fusion, and Steel and some other "gearhead" stuff.
Was funny, we started out liking the Brilliant Lances feel of "submarines in space" with trying not to be detected being important...
Then we did the math.
Space combat then became easier since hiding in space is basically impossible with the assumption of ships using many megawatts of power (since all of it must be radiated or the ship becomes an oven). Even with ridiculously efficient, directional radiators, traveller ships are "naked-eye" bright objects in IR at some large multiple of engagement ranges.
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