Recent content by Quint

I think this is one of those things that really depends on the type of ship and the resources of the crew. An 80yr old Free Trader on a shoestring budget is going to be very different from a nobles Yacht which is going to be different from a professionally owned and operated Safari Ship which is...

T5 has the Starpass (two versions I think) that are basically a debit card for starship passage, it also has (again, IIRC) "Life Insurance" which is a cloned body with a personality transfer backup (that can be updated at the right tech level planet) in case of death. I think there's a couple of...

I suspect (though have never confirmed this) that is has to do with original definitions of SMGs (pistol ammunition, lower range, not as accurate - all not as compared as to military automatic rifles/weapons) and its utility for Ship Crews in civilian ship defense. It allows the Imperium (and...

@ottarrus My own campaign is admittedly "loosely inspired by canon" these days, but yes, this means often a gauss pistol. In one case there was also a noble who was noted duelist who had a couple of dueling pistols and a sword (taking some cues for T4) and my favorite character who was a minor...

I handle it similarly in my own campaign, but even a bit more streamlined- "Rather than waste time with equipment purchasing, we are assuming that the players are starting the game just after mustering out of their last service – and that because they live a life of travelling, they (like all...

At one point he did, but he also green-lit the Ancient's the MgT SoA (and then the subsequent Ancient's books) so clearly he changed his mind. Honestly, it's kind of inherent in the T5 Tech Charts (Limited Matter Transport is listed at TL19 under Comms, so technically available at TL16) but once...

As my Traveller game has moved away from canon over the years (*cough* ...decades...) I introduced this as a TL17ish method of FTL communication - one that the Imperium (and others) has as essentially prototype or early Tech. The limitations being that (for "reasons") it requires a massive...