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Sswordtart replied to the thread Where are the interplanetary laser comms? CSC64.It is ignored in game but even LASERs diverge over large distances. The larger the wavelength, the greater the diversion and the wider...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread Where are the interplanetary laser comms? CSC64.Again the issue would be are you in LOS of the star port. If so how long does it take your message to get there. Even the speed of...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread No Starship Campaigns.I think a common role when working passage might be Steward. Depending on how many High passengers you happen to get this time around...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread Where are the interplanetary laser comms? CSC64.The sensors on your ship will probably be the deciding factor (since comms are not explicitly covered). LIDAR is probably the closest...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread Where are the interplanetary laser comms? CSC64.Those ranges are planetary and include curvature of the planet and atmospheric interference effects. Pushing out in space you would not...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread No Starship Campaigns.In many of the CT modules there are also pre-generated characters and were not necessarily required to be part of a campaign. If the...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread Robot Crew Oversight.And not just the ISS sponsored ones. The diminished stateroom allocation on many Scout types makes the use of simple crew droids space...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread No Starship Campaigns.Speculation is a lot less swingy under MGT2 than it used to be. Under the Cepheus engine rules my solo traders each had enough to buy a...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread No Starship Campaigns.This is another reason why the Travellers might prefer to go the no ship route. If they have a 25% paid off Free Trader they need to...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread No Starship Campaigns.It depends on if the ship is interested in speculative cargo or they just want to take the fixed fee for freight. The freight table is...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread No Starship Campaigns.Out of Gas. It wasn't fuel, but he skimped on a component because they didn't have the money and there were consequences. Your other...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread Ship Shares - how do they work in your Traveller Universe?.I do play spreadsheets in space, because once you have the spreadsheet, it plays itself and you can focus on the bits in between :)
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Sswordtart replied to the thread No Starship Campaigns.My campaign was definitely no-ship to start with (actually it was no-career to start with so getting a ship wasn't an option). The...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread No Starship Campaigns.I was basing the level of skill on the NPC table on CRB p92. I also tend to assume some assistive technology (cheap readily available...
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Sswordtart replied to the thread No Starship Campaigns.I assume that there are plenty of reasons for even risky low berth travel. A system might exile criminals in lieu of a death sentence by...