Recent content by Sturn

To answer the OP: Your mother wears combat armor.

I did suggest some solutions, like you did: I completely agree each person can do whatever he wants with his own game. That's obvious. You seemed to take issue with our version of things, so I pointed out it isn't just our version, it's 6 out of 7 official Traveller versions. I was never...

I would also add that the civilian career of Merchant actually does allow you to learn Gunnery. It's a civilian career. None of the basic core merchant ships come with guns as default. The paramilitary (government if you prefer) Scout ships have guns. The career of Scout, which is at least more...

Thanks. This makes lots of sense. It removes the issues of two different skills for flying the same craft in different environments. Leave that for boats that can morph into airplanes and such. You're right of course. I saw my mistake should have editted, was lazy.

Yes I of course wasn't arguing that Old West Scouts should have the scientific skills of Traveller Scouts. The analogy still holds in my opinion for the argument suggested above - Scouts don't need weaponry skills. Gun Combat? Isn't the argument against including Gunnery that Scouts aren't...

Sorry, but as self-designated arbiter I'm on the side that says the Scouts should be able to learn Gunnery without jumping through hoops. By their nature they are out on the frontier and as pointed out already they can be enlisted to fight during war. If the OTU was "real" then being able to use...

If their department has the money, they mount both.

An interesting campaign using Traveller technology might have the small fleet jumping away randomnly through the sector(s) of an unexplored frontier while being chased by the Enemy. This leads to many interesting and fun ideas. With the Enemy hot on their trail they jump away to another system...

Just a little suggestion to add to the excellent ideas above. Having a plan early on does wonders. Now is the time to introduce a nasty villain that will return later to make the moment more dramatic*. For example, having a plan that the missing parent of a PC will eventually be tied into the...

Thanks for the recognition on the AutoRealm symbols. I'm glad they are being used! One suggestion. If you zoom WAY in to the screen while using AutoRealm before saving to a JPEG, you will get a much better resolution. It is a pain in the arse to do, but you can zoom in to perhaps just a room...

I've used minis. Overall I think 15mm is the best way to go, but I have such an extensive 25mm collection that I've never made the jump. I even have some 25mm resin vehicles. If starting from scratch for Traveller specifically (not some other game like Star Wars that has a huge line of 25mm), I...

Didn't several posters just make up some sensible reasons for this? Makes no sense to you does not equate to it must make no sense no matter what explanation is put in place. You seem to just not like the idea. That's fine. Let others speculate and help the OP out without stepping in to be...

The, "Final Five", were somewhat godlike to the Cylons and amongst the fleet. The fleet was allowed to get away and survive.

I wouldn't kick him in the balls just for trying. Sounds like fun and it only takes a little bit of imagination to make it work. This is scifi so I can imagine scenarios where this works. First, by "outer planets" did he mean something like Jupiter or did he mean something like the "Outer Rim"...

Again, because of plot. Dead heroes are rare in Star Wars, so stormtroopers are forced to miss. Also, having Ben mowed down by a squad of stormtroopers is not near as climatic as his duel with Darth. Only anti-heroes can kill heroes in scifi epics. So, in an RPG a GM is left with choosing from...