For 7, I was thinking why not use the task chain rules, even if they work simultaneously..? Assign a primary shifter, the character that needs to beat 12+. Everyone else involved makes a regular Str check (or profession (cargo handler), athletics (str) or whatever’s most appropriate) and reference t...

Old School, are you thinking about Deepnight Revelation? The Deepnight Endeavour is a custom-designed battleship-sized exploration ship featured in the Great Rift adventure with the same name. That said, I don’t believe there are any official 2D plans for it. If you happen to own the Element cruiser...

Aww, it looks great! In waiting for mine to arrive here in Sweden....

The bay quote on p.90 is from the capital ships combat chapter, so yeah I’d say it applies..

Also, since there were discussions on whether the fighters should get salvo defence or not, I’m reminded of this, from high Guard, p.85: Any fighter or squadron equipped with pulse or beam lasers may use the Point Defence action (see page 160 of the Traveller Core Rulebook) to defend either themselv...

High Guard, p.90:
Bay Weapons: All bays suffer DM-2 when attacking targets of less than 2,000 tons.

Were range modifiers from p.89 applied?

Just double-checking, you did account for the particle bays getting -2DM to hit the Gazelles, right?

In regular combat, that would have been negated by the Aslan Cruisers having fire control/5, but that’s only relevant for spinal mounts, right?

Events are rolled as normal, one per completed term, but the Traveller obviously cannot have suffered a Mishap that would result in being forced out of the service. Instead, a Survival roll is made each term as normal, and Mishaps are applied if necessary. If the result requires the Traveller to le...

The Halaheike class has:
2x small particle bays
4x triple beam laser turrets
6x missile/missile/sand turrets

Are we using the standard 10 dt fighter from High Guard for the Aslan fighters?

The naval campaign handbook has its own method to generate characters through a special form of points-buy system. No random skill-gains, since if your character is gonna be a cruiser pilot they’d better have the necessary skills for it :) unlike regular games where your role might be decided by wha...

I’ve always interpreted it as -1 per canister but I could be wrong...

Two thoughts regarding sandcasters: 1) Perhaps they’re not ignored, but assumed to always be used and thus integrated into laser damage? A 1D beam laser deals 3.5 damage on average, while burst lasers average 7. A single sandcaster canister removes 3.5 laser damage. Round down for sand and up for la...

First off, thanks for creating this thread, I’m following it with great interest! I’ve been meaning to take a detailed look at fleet battles several times but never quite gotten around to it, so this is a perfect time for me! The suggested setup of destroyer escorts and Gazelles vs 6x Halaheike soun...

I don’t have the book available right now, but could it be that the DM +2 for picking an A-team refers to the team and their checks rather than those of the ship?

What?

Well, so long and thanks for all the fish, I guess

If i land in the spinal tunnel how do i see the band playing me in? Through the viewport? The tunnel leads into a cavernous hangar with enough space for both your shuttle and the band. Besides, why worry about there being enough docking space available at the starport when your own ship basically i...

Imagine touring charted space in that - quite the adventure! Until you gotta pay for everything.... :) If you have to ask, you can't afford it... I know :( But hey, a man can dream, right? Isn’t that even one if the reasons we play these games, so we can go anywhere, be anyone and all that :)

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Ah yes, the converted Geonetti. The yacht I'd design for myself.....

I can see why

Imagine touring charted space in that - quite the adventure! Until you gotta pay for everything....

What playable aliens are in it? Mind if I get back to you on that when we do the previews? It is a Big List! I can tell you that Dolphins are one such playable race and they have an equipment list that includes, among other things, anti-grav Battle Dress with under-fin missiles :) Hm, I couldn’t he...

Yup - it gives “killer whale” a new meaning