Yay, I'm actually playing Traveller! Our group has inherited an Empress Marava-class far trader, and while High Guard lists the design as including a fuel processor (40 tons/day), it doesn't show a fuel scoop. Is this an oversight, or does it mean that the Empress Marava can refuel from water source...

Old School wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 11, 2019 3:26 pm

Right. I doubt they'll be a 2nd edition Aslan sourcebook.

So what's Behind the Claw?

I'm reading the article on the Arhiyao clan in JTAS Vol. 3, and I feel like I'm missing big chunks of what the author was trying to say. Part of it is terminology, part of it is knowing nothing about Aslan history, culture, or politics. I gather that Behind the Claw will be Mongoose Traveller's Asla...

Unless you're building a ship-to-ship boarding craft? But that doesn't seem low profile to me. It's kind of obvious once you fly up alongside. Boarding space stations and spacecraft is definitely part of the mission profile. The stealthy part is the ship's use of the "superior stealth" hull option ...

I'm designing a special operations frigate: 2,500 tons, TL16, thrust 6, jump 4. Carries a marine company, primary mission is low-profile insertion and extraction of same. What should I arm her with? I'm thinking ion cannons, EMP torpedoes, and jumpbreaker missiles for disabling spacecraft, and conve...

Pyromancer wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 08, 2019 7:15 am

I googled "traveller blank subsector map".

So did I. How many pages deep was that?

I want to generate the Foreven Sector for my game, and I want the hex numbers to correspond to the hex numbers on travellermap.com. Every "blank" subsector map I can find has hex numbers already applied. Is there a source for actually blank (just the hex grid and nothing else) printable subsector ma...

Editing bookmarks really ought to be allowed, even if editing the content is otherwise verboten.

No, seriously. The core PDF is severely lacking in bookmarks, but I am inexplicably prevented from creating new ones. Who do I need to slap?

bklokis wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:55 pm

Not sure this counts as errata technically, but can we get a serious set of bookmarks?

Better yet, can we get the ability to create our own bookmarks?

One of my players (yes, holy crap, I'm running Traveller) wants to build a couple of engineering robots, and says he's gotten recommendations of Traveller ROBOTS by 13Mann. I'm not familiar with their material; is allowing this book worthwhile?

Can you be more specific? What's wrong with those systems?

Moppy wrote: ↑

Wed May 08, 2019 5:31 pm

size and "bloat" is fine so long as everything is useful, fun or and unqiue - the bigger the better in that case

i don't have any issue with the size of T5, just that I'm pretty certain it doesn't work as a playable game without a lot of fixing first

What is it that makes T5 unplayable?

Sigtrygg wrote: ↑

Sun May 05, 2019 1:22 pm

Mongoose can not decide if it wants Traveller to be the Third Imperium or Star Wars

What do you mean?

Moppy wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:46 pm

I think I'm still banned from COTI because I have a gmail address. This results in me having a poorer opinion of their product and management than I would normally.

Why does having a gmail address get you banned?

EwanS wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 24, 2019 5:44 am

It looks like a new Kickstarter is out next week.

For Mongoose or T5?

I didn't know about the "forked" editions when I backed the Great Rift Kickstarter; I just assumed that Mongoose's Traveller was the current edition. What's the take on T5?

Moppy wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 21, 2019 10:49 am

1. they put bigger engines on the plane to reduce fuel usage.

Sorry, run that bit by me again?

Condottiere wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:34 am

Probably easier to imagine in a fantasy setting, where alliances can be sealed by marriage.

Fantasy? "Feudal" is the word you're reaching for, and I imagine a number of alliances in the TU have been sealed by marriage.

paltrysum wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 06, 2019 2:50 pm

Typos, presumably. Should be Kg.

You sure? It's a heavy weapon, maybe it's meant to be vehicle-mounted.