Recent content by barasawa

Shouldn't you have said that before stomping on the accelerator? :lol:

We had one of these in our campaign when I was in high school. Everyone thought it was a piece of really old alien artwork that had been handed down in his family for generations. Then we got toasted by pirates in an out of the way uninhabited sector. They were using it's cometary belt to refuel...

As tech levels go up, the materials and components in the weapons become more capable. By the time you reach Imperium level reproductions (TL11+) it's very unlikely that they won't function properly in a vacuum. Too many customer complaints otherwise, especially from legal purchasers. (military...

You could always use it on that flap in your throat (epiglottis?) that keeps food from going into your lungs. (Suffocation from choking on food is usually caused by the food wedging down that flap so you can't get air into the lungs.) Of course, if you can target the valve in the heart, even...

peanuts? Those things went extinct in my subsector, we have to use sulfur roasted gribble grubs. (We tried soybeans, but trust me, the grubs are better.)

Two reasons why some players like starting their characters training at an earlier age. First, they have more skill that most people expect. Second, when/if psi comes up, they are a term younger, thus have one more point. Third, they can get x terms of service, and be one less aging roll...

As many people have pointed out, there has always been an accepted 20% fudge factor on ship layouts. If you need to rationalize it, some geometries are more efficient than other, and a more skilled naval architect will be able to squeeze out a bit more space where he wants it with the same raw...

if would still be nice if there was an official list of ranks posted and made sticky. For the longest time, I mistakenly thought that anyone labeled mongoose was a mongoose employee... Of course, I had no reason to think otherwise...

actually, this functions just like computer networks. There are packets that are sent to everything, sometimes limited to certain subnets, and only the intended recipient opens them. Since the traveller data-stores are effectively unlimited for simple data like text, any courier could easily...

I'm not part of the playtest for T5, I feel kinda of dirty with the idea of paying for a 'beta'. However, I have one question that I doubt will be a problem with the NDA. Has Marc gone table and formula happy again? (For me, too many tables and algebraic equations kinda wrecks the fun.)

I love usable floorplans of the ships. Honestly, I'd only expect the ships players will probably be on a lot for complete plans. Capital ships would only need segments. (corridor B, barracks, cargo bay, etc). The reasons are easy. First, the players are probably going to spend a lot of time on...

I haven't seen the pocket edition, but mine has 2 footnotes for that table. summarized below 1:may increase tonnage, take it from cargo if necessary 2:if structure<=0 it's gonna fall apart. Heavy weather, attacked, 1d6 minutes after leaving atmosphere, etc. Hope that helps.

Why that engineer always talks with a slurr... An engineer had a liking for "rocket juice", a type of homemade alcohol that uses some of the engine fluids popular with mechanics & engineers. And his distillery is still hidden in the guts of engineering still gurgling away... (Overflow accident...

Thanks for the suggestions. (I had completely forgotten about the SRD.) Here are the links to the files I've created. Nothing special, but usable for reference or character skill sheets. Includes Mercenary & High Guard (PDF - Adobe Acrobat) Includes Mercenary & High Guard (ODT - Open Office)...

The world of legend has many similarities to a fantasy medieval europe and nearby regions for it's cultures. In those types of cultures, clerics would make rotten adventurers. The don't fight, aren't trained in any combat arts, or really anything useful other than reading an ancient language...