Recent content by OldGuy59

Yes. If you go through the Royal Military College to get your degree, and decide not to continue with the Canadian Forces, or bail out before five years of 'obligatory service', you have to pay back the cost of the college courses. One of the big issues Canada had/has with pilots being hired...

Well, me getting a commission was like a miracle.... So much smaller odds. BTW: For end of career pensions, I always include Military Academy as part of the career, if the Traveller goes military. At least in the Canadian military, the Royal Military College is part of a military career, and...

I did inject the idea of Ancient Crystals as artifacts. Jewels on necklaces, rings, torcs, etc... The bigger the crystal, the more psi energy it could focus or hold. The energy would fade, if not periodically 'strengthened'. The Crystal could hold a few Psi points, up to 10+, depending on...

I was commisioned after 25 years as enlisted in the Canadian Forces. There were a few programs and paths to get a Commission later in careers. The Limited Commissioning program let high ranking NCOs take up specific Captain or Major positions, should there be experience/training advantages to...

This was something I posted in another thread about PSI. LINK-> Other Thread on PSI This was my take on PSI talents, and possible progressions. None of this was play-tested for use. Use or disregard as you see fit. PS: Traveller Character Creation rules assume nobody trains prior to their...

From what I can see on the Mongoose site, 'Imperial Navy' is essentially a better illustrated copy of 'Sector Fleet'.

The Third Imperium - Sector Fleet, by Avenger Enterprises/Comstar Games (2009-2010). This publication has a listing of the sub-sectors of the Spinward Marches, indicating ships in individual squadrons. Mongoose may have used this as their basis for Imperial Navy? I may, one day, pick up the...

I used the Fifth Frontier War game (and the Spinward Marches Campaign book as a reference) to plot out some 1105-period fleet movements. That way, I could have an idea of where the fleets were, and if the Travellers might encounter them. Names of individual ships I had to do on my own, but...

How to dock non-standard ships to stations? A lab ship, never intended to be docked to a station, and my view of how that would work, with a view to playing an encounter. The deck plans for the station were from the Starship Geomorph 2.0, by Robert Pearce. With "standard containers" .

When players ask me about Battle Dress, and how quickly they can 'put it on', I show them this: Source: https://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/gallery/mag/bdress.html Also, this explains why Battle Dress doesn't fit in a hand-carried duffle bag. There is a reason this stuff is...

See Post #2 above?

But, what are they? The position, or job, is obvious. Are they robots, androids, cyborgs, or something else? Are they left-overs from the Sindalian Empire?

What, exactly, are the Widows of Blacksand?

There are things in some other sci-fi universes like tracking bullets. Actually, some of the current tech sighting systems are pretty cool, and they are not in Traveller. Link-> Ballistic Optical Targeting System For other TLs, there are Gauss weapons (which could be better? 4mm tungsten core...

TL7-8 today, TL12+ for Traveller?