Recent content by Commander Drax

That was me by the way, I thought I was logged in... Also the unstreamlined ship in 2010 that aerobraked was definately unstreamlined but deployed an inflatable cowling that served both as a heat shield and streamlining for the duration of the aerobrake.

it's just about believable in a marvel comic not traveller...

That's what it says in the MegaTraveller rules, yet unstreamlined air/rafts and g-carriers were frequently cited as being able to reach orbit or be deployed to the surface from an orbiting ship. Hence max atmospheric speed was 300 kph for unstreamlined craft. Also as vessels leave the surface...

Coming back to aerodynamic speeds a quick and dirty rule of the thumb is Unstreamlined max 300 kph Streamlined max 1000 kph Airframed max 1300 kph per g of M-drive rating. This ties in with previous materials such as those in MegaTraveller where atmospheric speeds were detailed. Cruising...

personally I think the picture is pure crap, It has made me think twice about buying prison planet. I realise that this may not be a popular thing to say but the guys at mongoose should get feedback from gamers on things they like/don't like, how else are products going to improve. Without...

i'm all for proof reading, but the artwork needs some loving too. The PDF sample of Prison Planet has put me right off buying it when it comes out. Some of the art such as that of the vargr is competently done, but too childish to enjoy...

Dont forget that turret mounted starship/space craft weaponry doesn't have the high rate of fire that smaller (shorter range) weaponry has like vehicle mounted fusion guns and plasma guns. Starship weaponry is optomised for range and punching through hulls at immense distances. Whilst...

As far as I'm aware the 3rd Installment of the Lorimar Slot is in this forthcoming Stellar Reaches Fanzine, that is if flynn has decided to publish it, which I think (from memory) that he has. I too enjoy Stellar Reaches and it's a great Fanzine, I cant wait for the latest issue. Thank you...

The reason why I ask is that it says in the fair use policy that notification of a new website is required, I'm just wondering if it also applies to a new fanzine.

i Have a fanzine Question, I've almost finished a fanzine created under the Fair Use Policy as it does not reference any part of the Mongoose Traveller rules, though actively supports prior (d6) rule sets. When this fanzine is complete do I need to get it approved for publication by Mongoose or...

Then when you've killed their egotistical dreams and ambitions, start killing their reputation, when their plans have failed and they've been forced to abandon the planet, let the word of their staggering greed and incompetence travel outwards at 1 parsec per week, no sane mercenary would ever...

Pretty easy really, have someone else do exactly the same thing to them and steal all of their money (preferably the most morally obnoxious side in the confict), plus throw in a few nasty and partially successful assassination attempts that result in debilitating damage being done to the pc's...

I've always assumed that artificial gravity on board ship, is an artificial effect that simulates gravity, not the actual thing, certainly Traveller canon materials have always indicated that a ship's G field was local to the environment within the ship, i.e. it didn't extend outside it. the 50...

It was mentioned in MegaTraveller that artificial gravity fields as generated with Imperial technology had a faster 'drop off' rate than natural gravity fields and would decay well within 50,000 km.

personally I would plumb for supporting older versions of traveller in order to continue using the Empty Quarter localle as fleshed out in previous SR materials. Foreven sector is pants! IMHO and too close to the much overexposed Spinward Marches, lets have something a little different. How...