Recent content by Sigtrygg

You are granting too much credit to the fiction that the authors of the game wrote into their own setting, which was compounded by GT and T4 "third party"authors completely missing the "read between the lines unreliable narration of Imperial propaganda" that is the setting as told from the...

i would say it is because they became so weak and were so easily manipulated that they have lasted so long. Strephon's suicidal empathy wrote his own death warrant. But all of that is now a future history that the current setting no longer supports. Those old, rich, powerful noble families...

An addendum to the addendum - having the Moot actually have some political clout makes for a more interesting setting in my opinion. Some of the noble families are as old as the Imperium itself, and are likely as rich if not richer than the Emperor themselves.

As I mentioned earlier up thread I like this podcast a lot, I think he is doing a great job. He is basing his universe off the Mongoose Third Imperium, so I can understand his characterisation of the Moot and Imperial court politicking...

No, that's the thing. I have most of this memorised, and the rest is easy to find thanks to searchable pdfs. Which is why I can not understand why Mongoose authors do not have similar knowledge or library resources... by the way the Moot is mentioned 3 times in CT Library data, and 110 times...

Classic Traveller Library data. The Moot doesn't even get mentioned apart from some throwaway comments in the Emperor's List about emperors appointed "by right of moot election" The shareholders pick a new CEO in other words. MegaTraveller Library data. The Moot now gets a Library Data entry...

I am afraid that is one of the issues with the Mongoose take on things. The Emperor can revoke any noble's title at any time, the noble family ceases to be nobility. It also grants the Moot nobles an omniscience they simply can not have. They are many months if not years away from events in...

No sarcasm was intended, I just thought the "and yet they brought down" is a touch sarcastic in itself since it doesn't carry the weight of the actual events. But as you say forum conversations are tricky, I bet we would agree on most of this face to face. It is worth pointing out that english...

Any chance of a dark mode version so I can see it?

And all it took was a civil war that killed more englishman per capita than any war before or since.

They can't use the DGP illustration or deckplan but Mongoose can use the original ship class and designation as it is a classic Traveller ship. CT S:9 "Variant: The Fiery class gunned escort is a variant based on the Gazelle class, the major difference being a streamlined hull." and before...

It has no advisory powers, the Moot has no function within the Imperial government, Lucan suspended it with a wave of his hand for example. Nor is it the Emperor's eyes and ears - for that the Emperor has the IISS "special branch", INI, IAI, every sector duke wanting to keep their status above...

I have an accessibility issue. I have very poor eyesight and the bright colours and white background make it unusable for me. Is there a way to get a dark mode version of it?

Which is completely wrong, but never mind, it is his take. It has two jobs: confirm the Emperor dissolve the Imperium It has no day to day administrative functions, it is really a shareholders meeting place.* It has no function within the Imperial government beyond the two I listed. The...

Understanding Traveller free booklet: "Traveller is a game; that is, it is a system of rules which allows players to participate in a situation for recreation and enjoyment. It is a role-playing game, which means that the players vicariously act out, or discuss, their actions in response to...