Recent content by rinku

Is there a change document for what was updated? All I've spotted so far was the copyright date and the change to where the hardcopy is printed. I'm not inclined to trawl through the whole thing.

Whups. My apologies. I'll leave my posts uncorrected to expose my shame regarding the spelling. Maybe if it had been at Jutland I might get it right. But I can't reliably spell Bellerophon or Temeraire without checking either... ;)

While other sub systems are at play in CT, the core mechanic is roll 2D6 against a target, with modifiers, trying to equal or exceed the target number. Keep in mind, CT did not have an integrated task system. There are lots of extras added here and there in adventures often only relevant to...

Potentially you could save maintenance by mothballing the ship, but even a ship that's not travelling requires a fair degree of maintenance, just like any vehicle or building.

Temper your expectations. Agent or Rogue start with suitable Basic Training suites. After a few terms skills in both careers are going to converge a bit in regards to skills. Many events give an improvement in a known skill, or a choice from a selection. If it's a "very long career" I expect...

There are three things that could be considered "Traveller". In practice, most of the time two or all three are in play. 1) The Traveller game mechanics. 2D6 if you will, though the throw plus DM system is only part of it. World Generation and the trade system are as much a core part of...

If it basically involves violence, then yeah: Agent (Intelligence) or Rogue (Enforcer) sound best. If you're wanting to match the movie, from what I've read, Agent (Intelligence) for sure, with a change to Citizen (Corporate) at some point. But you mentioned ending up as a mechanic, so maybe go...

The same Christmas (1980) that I got Traveller, I received Avalon Hill's Jutland, so how about that? (I'd asked for either, was more enthusiastic about Jutland but got both and... the rest is history.) Things moved so rapidly, that Dreadnaught (which was a single ship class) was only the best...

Cluster Truck is VERY focussed on junk tech. Pirates of Drinax assumes a fairly normal TL range and access to tech higher than TL8-9, doesn't it? Automation... isn't a big feature of the Cluster.

The Star Fleet Technical Manual (1975) is somewhat to blame here as well. But for a fuller discussion, see here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDreadedDreadnought

High Guard rules, yes. Although in terms of destruction, there are aspects that won't apply in the same way as for a ship. Space stations aren't mobile, so tend to be much easier targets. They're also typically in orbit, which could of several types. Something that affects the station's orbit...

MJD aside, as Collins355 said above, in Fighting Ships the text uses Dreadnaught as an alternate for Battleship (p.9), and for the three largest ships presented in the book (Tigress, Plankwell and Kokirrak). So blame Tim Brown if you like for bringing the term in. But MWM appears to have liked...

In the outer system, those "noise" emissions will show up better, since all the other things are much dimmer. I'd... not rely on detecting a ship's neutrino output most of the time though. Space is awash with those, coming from all directions. Especially close in to a star, or anywhere near a...

Not yet. I might be using it later this year. Nearest I have done, years ago, were a few sessions based on the "Convoy" song, but that was regular Traveller stuff.

My suspicion is that this basically won't make much headway against Starfinder. T20 didn't have any real competitors aside from legacy Traveller editions.