Recent content by ColinD

Can't wait to see it!

The map has given me and my players lots of enjoyment! We've all engaged in the practice of picking a spot on the map, looking at the data and then imagining having an adventure there.

I looked over High Guard and that was good advice. I don't have POD. Any chance you remember where in POD are the rules for space components in buildings? I might go and buy it.

I need to add that I really utilized the Trade Codes in Solomani Front for the adventure. Hi Ht Po (High Population, High Tech, Poor) and the description from the Travellerrpg "This world is always on the edge of revolution as the common citizen struggles under extremely low wages. Much dissent...

I'll look that up!

Good point! If I kept the arcologies flat they would be like the Walled City of Kowloon, but if I built up it would be less dense. JTAS 15 has an article by Ben King called "Under the Domes" that shows how a domed city on Ralhe operates.

Imagine 5000 arcologies, each of them 10 million people! The World Builder's Handbook states, "In some arcologies, the population density may be in the millions per square kilometre and such giant edifices often measure their population density in people per cubic kilometre...

Thanks. That is a great idea!

My campaign started on Banasdan and the Travellers are headed to the Core Worlds and Capital itself, which is why I'm excited about Singularity! When I made Banasdan I utilized Solomani Front . I ask those World Builders out there how would you handle the system and more specifically the planet...

I am a big fan of the Gravitics Chapter in Starship Operator's Manual. It gives great flavor and Sci-Fi explanations to the underlying technology that lets characters become Travellers. Gravitics, and the explanation of warp puts other planets into the imaginary grasp of your players.

The letter to Eloise says a lot. Now I see some of the motivation for Teodora to take these risks on a planet with mysteriously murdered men, crashed ships and shotgun toting locals. Chasing those credits on a badlands planet for a retirement on a bucolic one.

The local loan idea seems like a good side quest for a group of Travellers who didn't bring enough of the physical credits with them and need to pay for something, like a needed surgery or a repair to their ship. They can't wait for the financial data to arrive so the "local personal loan" comes...

I really like how the Ship Operator's Manual goes into the different theories of how a Jump Drive works. Gravitics is really cool too, along with the iris valves and crawl spaces on the ships. If you like giving your players different ships to start with or see in their various travels than the...

In the Mercenary Books there is a way to look at using a formula to determine Supply Units (SU). From there the Referee can say that 1 SU can equal 100 credits, but this negotiable. (pg 32 Book 1). Mercenary Book 2 gives an idea for a squad costing "Credits: Cr10000" for the Travellers just to...

Polishing the ATV is pure character moment! Loved reading this campaign diary.