Recent content by atpollard

I have used the Traveller rules and TLs for a variety of unique campaigns. I sort of enjoy pushing the envelope. However rules for any existing “Historic” setting probably already exist. What I found interesting was to try combinations of worlds and TLs that are unique to the TRAVELLER rules...

There is a story from the 1900's that I like that illustrates what can go wrong even when nothing goes wrong ... just because people are involved. The US Army purchased new revolvers from two promising manufacturers, the .38 colt and the .38 Smith & Wesson. Each was made for a slightly...

So how exactly does the "Subsidy" in a Subsidized Merchant work? I couldn't find anything in the MgT (1 or 2) rules. Can someone point out what I missed?

The Type Y is not my favorite design either, but as an interesting fact ... the Heesen Yachts Launches Project Nova Yacht you linked to is about 50 meters long, making it no greater than about 8 meters wide by 8 meters tall. A 50m x 8m x 8m bounding box encloses 3200 cubic meters. At 1 dTon =...

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These people bring up a great point. Mongoose should talk with DTRPG to do SOMETHING to allow a search for MgT 2ed compatible (TAS) products. I can filter it down to either "Mongoose Publisher, Traveller Rules" products (22 items with no 3rd party TAS) or "Traveller Rules" (1195 items for all...

Or some sort of diminishing return ... So a 400 ton ship is allowed 4 hardpoints at the normal cost and dton for the turret, but the fifth turret costs 5/4 as much in Credits and dTons; the sixth turret costs 6/4 as much; the seventh turret costs 7/4 as much; etc. So you can arm up as much as...

I did some digging and the ship is much larger than that. Roughly 14 meters diameter by 44 meters long (fuselage only) for closer to a 500 dTon ship. Assuming triple turrets, that would be 15 standard weapons mounted to it. If you just fudge the description to make that 15 individual mounts...

It was true from 1977 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2017. Granted Traveller TNE experimented with reaction based Maneuver Drives in 1994 and 1995, but they were not well received and "Fire, Fusion and Steel" offered Grav Drives as an option. I think 'Traditional' does apply to the entirety of...

What page in the MgT 1ed rules described the effects of mass on acceleration for an empty cargo hold? What page in the MgT 2ed rules describes the effect of mass on acceleration for an empty cargo hold?

Sorry, I have not followed the details of the new MgT2ed. This houserule has worked through Classic, MegaTraveller and MgT1ed. You will need to adjust the concept for whatever MgT2ed quirks there are. I presented the logic and two tools for visualization. Figure out how they apply to Your...

A house rule that I have long employed to attempt to maintain a sense of "there is no free lunch" is to allow a larger hull to be built with less internal space. For example, build an 800 ton hull with 8 hardpoints but only 600 tons of internal space. The 'lost' tonnage is the cost of the...

Agreed. It also misses the point that Traveller is a game, so the most important thing is not accuracy or detail, but having fun. Fun will depend on what the Ref and players want out of their investment in time. For some, detail will be important. For others, it will matter not one iota. I...

Oops. Sorry, I didn't see it that way. My bad. Starships are a strange thing since they are all custom made, like a Learjet or a new house. There are no middle men because each one is made to order and custom built. You are buying from the factory (so to speak). In the real world, there...

And does any of this not apply to the license to print money presented in the OP? A small manufacturing module, a few workers, some mining bots and a huge gap between revenue and costs. Perhaps that is why LABOR is 30% of REVENUE ... all of the Corporate Lawyers and Accountants and Marketers...