James Marshall is, indeed, best

What's the Empress Wave?

Play backgammon instead...

Yes, this article seems to be a replacement set of rules to those in the core rule books, as they completely change a couple of fundamental things: namely the effect of range and the effect of actively scanning on giving away one's own position.

The article 'Sensor Operations' in JTAS no. 4 gives some more detailed rules on detecting other ships in space. Thanks to the author and to Mongoose for this, as it is something I have been looking for more information on for a while. I do, however, have a lot of questions about the new rules, mostl...

M J Dougherty wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:41 am

Why not read a decent book on military organisation? That way you'll know what sort of rank commands what sort of force.

I recommend Catch-22

It feels like I'm not a proper GM till I've initiated a TPK

Treasure Ship? Thanks for the pointer. While sneaking on to the ship is covered as an option in that adventure, there isn't a lot of detail in that of the sort I'm looking for, unless I have overlooked something. If you’re interested in how an Imperial Navy vessel runs, you may want to check out th...

Hello, Is there an adventure or article that involves 'breaking in' to a starship? The Travellers in my Drinax campaign have managed to get themselves smuggled aboard Darokyn's flagship (which I've decided to make a Chrysanthemum destroyer escort) with the aim of hacking evidence of his collusion wi...

Ah, I clearly overlooked that. Thanks for pointing it out, Baldo.

My group has just come to the end of Treasure of Sindal. While the Travellers' being able to outgun the PRC does mean it will probably change the way the PRC approaches the Travellers, I don't think it will necessarily spoil the adventure. The Travellers need the PRC's help, so while the PRC may not...

Psions imbalance things and make it difficult to run your adventures. In what way? The use of telepathy can reveal information you want to keep hidden, and can also give away people hiding in ambush. But in the latter case, a neural activity scanner can do the same thing. I haven't found it to be t...

Oh, I might have misunderstood, in that case. I thought that the updated PDF included corrections to minor errors that were pointed out on this thread (like 'diamter' on p.140 or the lack of a full stop at the end of the second para on page 2). If not, then no worries. I can live with mistakes like ...

Thanks, I just did again -- I searched for one of the errors pointed out above (page 140: 100-diamter limit) and it still appears.

Dan.

msprange wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:33 am

Thank you for your comments - the Traveller Companion file has now been updated. Simply re-download and you will be good to go!

I purchased the PDF direct from the Mongoose website rather than via drivethrurpg and just re-downloaded it, but it doesn't seem to be an updated version.

Thanks,

Dan.

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Hi enpeze2, Yes, you have understood it correctly. It does mean that a good kick can put a dune buggy out of action :) The newly released Traveller Companion (p. 104) has a couple of options for getting around that kind of unrealistic scenario -- and I assume Mongoose doesn't mind them being reveale...

I'm enjoying the Traveller Companion a lot. The few sections I've read so far (transponders,, starports, UWP data, travellermap) have already given me lots to think about in terms of how I can improve my reffing. (For one thing, I've been using travellemap for a couple of years, and never knew that ...

I had various questions about how to apply the 'all effects are cumulative' aspect of critical hits, both as a result of achieving an effect of +6 or higher and as a result of sustained damage. 1. A ship with starting hull points of 80 sustains 24 points of damage from one attack -- ie, 30% of its s...

msprange wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:35 pm

The State of the Mongoose will be delayed until January (because reasons), so I thought I would give you a little update...

Thanks for the update, Matt -- it's great having things to look forward to. JTAS sounds like a great idea.

Dan.