Recent content by Stattick

I called it "Viral" because the behavior of the message type works similar to a virus. It spreads quickly and mostly predictably to the most populous systems first, but could potentially "skip" over a small backwater system for months. Like a virus, it makes changes to the code of every...

Well, I'm just a newb to Traveller, but I agree with kafka.

Maybe they're undercover? If so, they MUST take a new career for a term. But they report everything to the scouts, and get paid by them (secretly). They must rejoin the scouts on the next career, but do so without having to roll. When they muster out of the scouts, they get the benefits as if...

Actually, while approaching a system with a good starport, it would be required to transmit your ship's registration and probably the crew roster as well. Consider the amount of traffic that goes in and out of a typical Class A port - it would make most huge international airports on present day...

You desperately need to get a message to a friend/contact/ally/family member. However, he or she is a Traveller. How would you even know where to send the message? Here's how I solved that same, long range communications problem in my game: Viral Messaging. You go to the nearest Starport...

When it comes to flowchart type things, I usually rule in the case of a contradiction that the first result trumps any later contradictary result. So, for me, I'd likely rule that they cannot reinlist. However, in this case, it is equally valid to go with the second result, since this is a true...

Please let me know if you figure the thing out. I've tried, and it always comes out all screwy.

Oh, I dunno. I think it'd depend on how much flex the "heal" had. If it was just right, it would add a little spring and cushion into the walk, so they'd be more comfortable then standard high heals. BTW, C. Chapman, LOVE the thread. Thank you.

Those do look interesting. If only I had the cash.

I'd like to find some planets that I can use for my own maps. Although I think it looks ok to use a simple dot or circle for a system, I'd much rather use an image that actually looks something like the planet would. So waterworlds would be all blue, earthlike garden worlds would be blue with...

Take a ship that can last for a long time without being resupplied. Jump it into the system's oort cloud. Pack it over with a giant shell of dirty ice. Point it in-system, and give it a good push. A couple of months before the assault is to begin, the ship pulls the crew out of cold...

Pg 180 of the Corebook suggests the following worlds should probably have Amber Codes: Atm: 10+ Gov: 0, 7, or A Law: 0, or 9+ That's aprox 60% of the systems generated by my calculations. That doesn't seem right.

Heh... yeah. In the sector I'm working on, I have a religion that's deeply involved in genetic engineering. It's actually doctrin that one must be perfecti or "perfected" (through genenginering) in order to become close enough to God to be taught the highest levels/deepest secrets of this...

Oh, you're being far too generous. In the real world, you'll probably never get more then 25% of the "new" value of something when you're selling it used to a dealer. Just driving a car off of the lot will drop it's value down by 20%. Dealers have to inspect, fix up, clean up, inventory, and...

I was thinking about doing something like that myself. Calculating pop density, and using that score to determine "High Population". It would vary per world according to size, population, hydrology, and how much habitable land/territory on the primary fixture of the system. But I'm not sure...