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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    Non capital ships in a fleet combat are generally part of the point defense of capital ships. You need to create a situation where...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    Just gotta downgrade the point defenses of ships to star wars or battlestar galactica levels of uselessness and then you can make...
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    Vormaerin reacted to MonsterX's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    The obvious use that fighters have is for patrolling. Space is big and having a lot of fighter patrolling makes it a lot more likely to...
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    Vormaerin reacted to Sigtrygg's post in the thread Traveller rules as a house system? with Like Like.
    It was left to the referee to change the technology to suit their setting. Ships Step 1 - you have three types of drive - rename them...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    Fighters are smallcraft? They vary in size, with the default examples being a 10 ton and a 50 ton design. But there are a lot of other...
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    Vormaerin reacted to Sigtrygg's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    Just for a change I am going to look at only MgT 2e rules. Sensors. Fighters should mount the best sensors for their TL and act as the...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    1) Presumably there is a starport in the system so they can go to the potty from time to time. 2) Yes, the point is that you drop off...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread Where to start an exploration/small scale politics campaign?.
    I've run single world Traveller campaigns, single system Traveller campaigns, and multi system Traveller campaigns. Sometimes with the...
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    Vormaerin reacted to Sigtrygg's post in the thread Where to start an exploration/small scale politics campaign? with Like Like.
    When I began running Traveller over four decades ago I ripped off books I had read, movies and TV shows I watched. The longest running...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    yes, they would have autopilots with human operators monitoring and making macro decisions. I assumed you meant "stay close to mother...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    There's no particular reason fighters need to stay near the mothership. They have to get to close range to fire energy weapons at other...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread Nobles.
    The Ambassador to Arden is a Vargr Knight, IIRC. Features in the adventure "Showing the Sunburst".
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    And if the goal of the fighters is just to put more pinpricks in the air, drones do that just as well or better. Don't need to spend a...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread Where to start an exploration/small scale politics campaign?.
    True, it does depend on what you mean for "exploring". There are plenty of funky places to go in the Borderlands and surrounds, but it...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread Where to start an exploration/small scale politics campaign?.
    Definitely recommend the Spinward Extents as the best option, with The Trailing Frontier as the second best if you want to do actual...
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