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In the MegaTraveller writeups of Battle Dress, they definitely mention that the suits can "walk" the wearer in the event they become unconscious; in modern MGT terms, that definitely implies a Robot Brain. In MegaTraveller Journal #1, there was this bit: Since this was MT, there's a separate...

After getting their finder's fee and mission payment on Caladbolg (and signing bank paperwork to eventually get the bulk of the fee they're owed), the crew returned to Mithril to pick up a cargo that had been earmarked for them: 3 tons of bodies -- the starport staff that had been killed by the...

Also a good solution. One thing I took from the Colonial Marines Technical Manual (highly recommended for Traveller referees -- even if it's not Traveller, it's well thought-out after-the-fact science justification for good movies) was decoy ballottes -- basically inflatables that could be...

IMTU, this is something that space navies practice a lot, that private groups rarely do. The Imperial Navy is, of course, extremely interested in figuring out where reinforcements might have come from or where fleeing ships might be going to, and so have developed some programs. But as GM, I...

It's really hard to see how this would be economically feasible in the Real World (assuming, of course, we had gravitic tech) when compared to a simple mechanical collapsing tank; even one with automation would probably be cheaper in the short term than specialized grav plates.

Uh... Why would they collapse from lack of internal pressure? If they're external, there's no external pressure to collapse them. External pods aren't going to be pressurized, that would waste good atmo. If they're in the cargo hold... maybe? I haven't given thought what the air pressure is on...

I remember speculation on the Traveller Mailing List in the 90s and 00s about this. When you do the initial jump, the ship is "squirted" into Jump space on a trajectory that precipitates it back into realspace at the destination; the week in jump space is the "cooldown" time for the drives. Why...

Spolier for Marc Miller's Agent of the Imperium: And that's the Father of the Third Imperium, so it's as canonical as it gets!

I'm actually thinking I might give them a finder's fee (say, Cr50,000) up front from the bank, and then the bank has to confirm with the Bwap Clan to complete the process. And that the Bwaps might offer the players a discount on a different ship instead of straight cash; a lot of businesses run...

Sorry for the delay. Based on a suggestion on the Citizens of the Imperium boards I made a few changes. My dream-inspired plan actually went off almost exactly as I dreamed, which is fairly rare. They ended up leaving the planet with no additional cargo, but plenty of questions. Afterwards they...

I agree with this. That said, there have been people who did solo-play "trading" campaigns, playing a Free Trader plying the space lanes and using the economic system to see if they sink or fail. I saw people do this in Classic Traveller and MegaTraveller, and the upshot was that you rapidly go...

I'm thinking less D&D (although that was very successful) and more GoT or MCU.

They take their theories and deductions and fictionalize them, turning them into entertainment franchises. They can then sell action figures, toys, games, fiction, etc. based on a specific excavation.

I am glad my question inspired some excellent worldbuilding! I got the idea from the old "Famille Spofulam" products that amused everyone on the old Traveller Mailing List. Famille Spofulam was the corporation author RD Elliot blamed all of his hilarious Megatraveller products on, like the...

Question for Winged Cat: how many Girug'kagh (if any) or other lesser races are on a typical Krungha?