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Yes I noticed this when low-tech musketeers shot up the players' truck. It made sense that they should render it inoperable - a very comedic moment - but hard to imagine it being irreparable.

Thanks. Does this make software a hidden additional cost? E.g. Free Trader has Jump 1 so you need to spend an extra 0.1MCr on the Jump Control/1 software?

Hi - I'm learning the Mongoose 2e rules. I think I understand the software rules, but I'm confused by the wording in the Ship Software table. Is this Expert Software that gives DMs on the Astrogation and Engineering rolls, or is it basically an autopilot - click on your destination and press Enter?

Elizabeth Moon's Vatta's War is a good modern series about free trading in space (but with a political arc). For older stuff that (probably) influenced Traveller, try Betram Chandler's Rim of Space series (more traders), Edmond Hamilton's Star Wolf trilogy (space mercs), and EC Tubb's Dumarest...

Possibly. However, the scope of the core rules seems fine for playing Dumarest or Rim of Space type adventures in the referee's own universe... as long as they are not worried about making up things that will be contradicted in the supplemental volumes. In any case, it's what Mongoose sent me...

Ah right. I'm working on a review of just the Core Rules, and trying to treat them as self contained.

I'm liking the new edition, but I am puzzled by the thinking behind the new figures for Armour and Weapon Benefits. For Armour, the MgT1 gives you actual professional military armour. The new edition, however, gives you some armour up to Cr10,000 and T12. However, that's is an order of...