Recent content by MarcusIII

Traveller (as distinct from the 3rd Imperium setting) can handle any of those FTL drives. None would pose a problem that I can see. They're pretty cool

Yes, on purpose. In system is M drive only. 1/4 of a light year is within the Ort cloud range. So scale is fine for anything players would need. Above 12 hours time you can plot an exit point anywhere. Any body that requires you to move out 100D before jumping in Trav will precipitate a ship...

1% of interstellar trade would be more than enough for the Navy and the IISS

This is the rules I will be using for "Hyper-Drive" in my next game. Pretty simple. Base drive drive data from Cepheus/SRD. Hyper-Drive A hyper-drive moves the ship into an alternate dimension called hyper-space. The drive is rated by how many parsecs(3.26 light years) the ship can travel...

If a task is even remotely feasible, a natural roll of12 is always a success. If the task isn't at all possible then it fails

Yes, no GM worth their salt has players roll needlessly. Rolls are for special situations

This is what I use. 8 IS the basic success number

That's a start. You like Cluster Trucker. I don't know if you are old enough but here's a song for the game: Or a start of an idea for one:)

Not that they don't have a lot of players but how many years will they remain at a high level and how long will a person play them. E.g. I think it would be fun to play a person vs. the Aliens. How many times I'd like to play in that narrow theme would be limited. Unlike a wide open sci fi...

That's my feeling about some of these very focused setting games too.

I have found a less complicated rule set often helps with younger players. Cepheus Deluxe for instance. I took those rules and tweaked for my players. Gave them each a PDF. It's closer to CT but better. From the Mongoose 1 SRD

Yes, the person who I had search had never searched for or read anything about Traveller. Google collects your search and browsing history to customize search results.

This. Having the current version as the "face" of the game when people search for it would be great. I played from the first version but I can't imagine trying to find out about Trav as a new prospective player today with all the different versions that get displayed when one searches.

Wow, I've never played with a GM in any RPG that told players what to do with their PCs

That tells me all I need to know about the Ref. He/she doesn't know what a ref is in an RPG. Sorry you got a bad one.