Art: Type T Patrol Cruiser
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Tom Kalbfus
Mongoose
These more than the scout ship, look like they could glide to a landing on a runway. in fact the resemble some of the "destroyers" from the old Battlestar Galactica series, that were operated by the Eastern Alliance, They are basically interplanetary bombers, or that was their function on the old show.
Well maybe not quite, this is the plan of their destroyer, I think this ship would fit in well in a Traveller setting.
A little bit ungainly, doesn't look like it could easily make a runway landing.
Well maybe not quite, this is the plan of their destroyer, I think this ship would fit in well in a Traveller setting.
A little bit ungainly, doesn't look like it could easily make a runway landing.
Tom Kalbfus said:These more than the scout ship, look like they could glide to a landing on a runway. in fact the resemble some of the "destroyers" from the old Battlestar Galactica series, that were operated by the Eastern Alliance, They are basically interplanetary bombers, or that was their function on the old show.
Well maybe not quite, this is the plan of their destroyer, I think this ship would fit in well in a Traveller setting.
A little bit ungainly, doesn't look like it could easily make a runway landing.
Not landing on a runway but perhaps a water landing? Obviously it would have to be using anti-G to lower it down to its assigned dock. I have (some where in the basement) a series of books where that was the way all major ships would land as they were too massive to land on the ground.
Tom Kalbfus
Mongoose
In BSG, it had a verticle landing capability, and its crew consisted of "Space Nazis" serving an Empire called the "Eastern Alliance" that the audience might have initially been fooled to think was the Soviet Eastern Block, on a planet called "Terra" that the writers at the last minute decided to make "not Earth." The Battlestar Galactica, saved this world called Terra from destruction in a nuclear war launched by the Eastern Alliance against the Western Alliance, by shooting down ICBMs with its lasers, and after an "angel" told, told them that his world was not actually Earth, the BSG had to keep on looking for Earth. the plot is sort of dumb when you think that "Terra" was actually more technologically advanced, than the Earth they finally did discover in Galactica 1980, there was less technological advancement Terra needed in order to be able to deal with the Cylons, that what Earth needed. Both planets were divided by Cold Wars, in the case of Terra it was between the Eastern and Western Alliances, in the case of Earth it was between the Soviet Block and NATO.
Tom Kalbfus
Mongoose
Has to do with the career tables. No one musters out a Patrol Cruiser, though scouts, free traders, corsairs, and lab ships are common.wbnc said:
Tom Kalbfus
Mongoose
One time I was GMing a Traveller game, one of the players mustered out a scout/courier, so he sold it and retired, living off the interest for the rest of his life. A Scout/Ship is work around MCr29.43 according to the classic Starships Book, this is roughly equivalent to around $90,000,000 in the real world, 3% of this is a cool $2,700,000! If you have this money you are definitely within the top 1% of income earners in the United States! Your rich! You can quit your job and never need to work again in your life! No it didn't really happen, but it is what should happen with most realistic characters. Do you know of any other RPG game that drops such riches in starting players laps, and that is only a lowly Scout/Courier!wbnc said:
What do D&D players start out with? 3d6 x 10 gold pieces?
Tom Kalbfus said:
The difference is that Most Travellers are veterans when they start, with a hard won lifetime of experience under their belts. Also it takes a bit of luck, and use of the various character careers to get a few million in the starting funds.Another thing a lot og games do not do..But to balance the potential windfall Character creation can hit you with such things a debilitating injuries,a permanent addiction to aging drugs, a and a boat load of debt for medical bills at character start
Oh sorry for the -6 points your stats, the prosthetic arms, and a couple of enemies who want you dead..here have an S-type....and a snub pistol, you're gonna need it...So what do you want to do now..I hear their is a Free trader looking for a cook...
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
I thought the Scout was a loaner.
Condottiere said:
"NO seriously, I went to grab a burger and when I came back it was gone...I must have left the keys in the switch....."
a few months later as the cuffs go on the new owner..
"Oh come on! I have a sales reciept..what do you mean it's Hot...I bought it from a guy back on Plaven...He said he bought it at a surplus sale....."
