Recent content by Sigtrygg

<silly mode> Bio-engineer an octopus, add a neural link and expert program etc. etc. whatever. Have it in a life support capsule strapped to your front, have another strapped to your back. You direct the fire of each of your eight limbed augments with but a thought. Is that silly enough yet or...

Can I pump the entire load of a drop tank into a jump drive in one turn? I therefore have pumps that can shift that volume of fuel in that time frame.

The original LBB:4 mercenary set the scene for the internal conflicts within the Imperium, the squabbles between rival planetary systems, local corporations or even nobility. I would argue that it didn't go into enough detail of Imperial vs peer adversary... and the rules were still a little...

That is not the way the Imperium structures its armies. This mess all began with GT Ground Forces and the preposterous ideas contained within. Ever since LBB:4 we are told that the Imperium protects its frontiers with limited numbers of top tier forces - namely the Imperial Army and the...

The rules don't state where the 2% is allocated.

step 1 -- design hull, minimum 100t for jump ship, but then I can add the breakaway option... "Breakaway Hulls: A ship can be designed so it can operate as two or more independent vessels, breaking or splitting away from one another. Each section must have an appropriate bridge and power plant...

Classic Traveller was about travelling - but you were not assured to have a PC group from character generation alone. You had to survive as a scout and then get lucky on the musteing out roll, or get very lucky in the merchant career to get to high enough rank to have a shot at a free trader...

The numbers don't work. The Ziru Sirka had more worlds than the current Third Imperium. Canonically Terrans numbered around 12 billion at the start of the ISW era. During the ISW era Terra gains worlds from the Ziru Sirka, sets up colony worlds, and some hybridisation begins. At the end of...

The average Imperial human is a Vilani, is that how you picture your PCs? Do you adjust their aging rolls because Vilani live longer?

There is TL15 electronics and weapons systems, etc. to fit to it though. They would use an FGMP14 manufactured at TL15, much like TL6 assault rifles are now manufactured at TL7 with TL7 materials. Only the armour, and even that will be TL15 manufacturing prcocesses rather than TL14 so if you...

This. I completely agree. Minor refits take too long, they should be based on the percentage of the hull being refitted not the total size of the hull.

Yes it would, I would happily remove the size restrictions on major refits. As you say it would legitamise certain Mongoose canonical ships that break their own rules.

Houses appreciate in value, starships depreciate... the mortgage is a silly method to finance an asset that loses value.

I was never a fan of the DGP/GDW treatment of the Vilani. For years I had a pseudo image of a typical Imperial human being a Vilani-Solomani hybrid, a Vilani, or a Vilani-minor human hybrid. Then along comes Vilani and Vargr and suddenly Vilani humans have extremely long lives and obvious...

Or better still: There are two different types of refit that can be used, major refits and minor refits. Armour and other parts of the ship integral to the hull (such as configuration or reinforced structure) cannot be changed under any refit. Major refits cover changes in power plant...