Recent content by MongooseChris

Did you use the Cruise Events table to generate a prompt? I realise that's more for during the cruise, but a Referee might get ahead of it by generating an event, and then anticipating when that might happen during the cruise, fleshing it out ahead of time. Of course "No plan survives contact...

@Garnfellow Sounds like a great scenario. Feels like an Alistair Reynolds novel. Looking forward to seeing what happens.

To set the record straight, @MongooseMatt's ex-marine Traveller encouraged half the party to charge a group of armed and armoured Oghmans. The Travellers were outnumbered, outgunned, and outarmoured. The decision to attack them was ill-advised. The dice did the teaching in this scenario. I take...

Basically, they'll learn that they should never get into what consistitutes a "fair fight." If you're going to get into combat in Traveller, have better armour and weapons than your opponents or you vastly increase your chances of dying. It might seem like that would take the drama out of it —...

It's from Deepnight Revelation Book 2.

Sorry for the late response. Yes, assume it is the same as for Mineral Refinery.

I wonder if Gemini stumbles a bit over the "2.0" since that's sort of insider parlance. When Mongoose originally promoted the game, I think "2e" or "2nd Edition" might have been bandied about, but Mongoose never officially declared "2.0" if I recall correctly. For an LLM to get a grip on "2.0"...

I'm not sure, but Cassie has been working on the book (including the addition of the two chapters that didn't get 'stretch goaled'), so probably soon.

Thank you for saying so, Sigtrygg. Much appreciated. 😊 As for FFW, Martin has big plans to wrap up the series. Hopefully everyone enjoys the epic conclusion.

Sounds like a Zhodani victory. How was the game? Enjoyable?

I would say: a book willing to take chances and add some things to my setting.

The Wave is not only in TNE but also in Agent of the Imperium, so it's definitely a part of Charted Space lore and it will not be retconned.

"I lost my license. Now I don't drive." 🎶🎸

Love it!

Four. So far, that's the format of all past and future Traveller comic mini-series. The art for the second Far Trader and Riftbreaker series is already underway.