Recent content by ProfGrizzlyJon

Speaking as a grandfather, this was EXACTLY what my Traveller was all about

Are you sure?

Softpoints is the logical regression from hardpoints to firmpoints. That is also used as a brand name by the manufacturer. Grapples and container launchers are described as external pylons.

I have a set of permutations about this that I dubbed "softpoints" and use IMTU. Basically, this limits them (groundscale weapons) to dogfight engagements, if you intend to use them against other spacecraft (page 162 of Core22) or vehicles (page 138 of Core22).

As I understand it, the High Guard options are <.25dt, it can be a "free" (no power, no displacement) pop-up turret or a fixed mount. Larger weapons, but <1dt, it can be added to a turret or a fixed mount, displacing a minimum of 1dt, but still using no power. It is implied that any weapon >1dt...

Agreed. It gets even more silly when you have groundscale weapons that are greater than 1 ton and cannot fit in a turret. Which is why I do it….

When will you post the geomorphs for these?

Easy answer: Streamlined module, with aerofins, custom made for a specific class-starship, that attach to dropship mounts and a docking clamp. You guys make everything so complicated, when Traveller has rules for almost anything :unsure:

There are some interesting developments in the World Builder’s Handbook

Since this has popped up again. I really do not like the proposed AP rules. If it helps, I still use the MgT 1E rule that allows lasers to Blind a target with a high enough effect (Modified: Effect 6+ for visible light, 4+ for blue/green lasers, and 2+ for "invisilasers" using UV/Gamma rays)...

I don't agree that all starports are lawless. IMTU, every starport is different. That is the whole point- you need to be able to buy a product cheap in one spot, and then sell it for an inflated price somewhere else. The economy. I will buy your legal guns at CR1000/dton and sell them for...

I completely agree. My point wasn't to show off, but to expand the aperture for what might actually be the case. I have always been amazed at what people are willing to smuggle, not because they do it, but because it is profitable enough to be financially viable. I use fabricators a lot IMTU...

Thanks- I try. I just wanted to go home, at that point. Should have dumped my clothes at my apartment (I was a geographic bachelor in Germany at the time), but was worried about missing my flight out of Nurnberg, so I just took the same bags to the airport instead. The look on the other...

TLDR: I spent some time chasing smugglers, and then spent some time pretending to be a smuggler as a training aid for teaching people to catch smugglers. The means of production is VERY much the issue. Part of what I always enjoyed about Traveller is how it can be inspired from almost every...

Same problem as jump drives; plasma drives have the chance for reduced size and reduced fuel as they progress. .5G still gets you between the Earth and the Moon in 5 hrs (with accel-flip-decel)