Battle Dress Suggestions

[-Daniel-]

Ok, I have been thinking One of the things that would be an interesting addition, Civilian Versions.

I was thinking in some specific cases such as heavy asteroid mining armed with heavy drills etc. Or Firefighting, give it special fire fighting stuff and they could handle heavy fires like a crashed space ship at a star base?

This also raised another idea that others have posted. Unarmored Exoskeletons. Cargo, Construction, or Search and Rescue uses come to mind. Maybe have a generic version and then they add on "packages" to the generic. So we have an exoskeleton that we add a small crane, cutting torch/welding tool, and some specialized tools and we have a ship building/repair suit.

Anyway, just some ideas. :mrgreen:

 

[Infojunky]

Don't for get medical reasons too.... Had a gent pondering what to do with a Str 3 character....

I believe Scoundrel hit that topic as well....

 

[-Daniel-]

Don't for get medical reasons too.... Had a gent pondering what to do with a Str 3 character....

I believe Scoundrel hit that topic as well....

Oh yes, great idea. I didn't think of that one but you are right, medical use makes sense.

 

[Condottiere]

Powered exoskeletons? Yes.

Civilian armoured ones, beyond those required for dangerous occupations, no.

 

[-Daniel-]

Powered exoskeletons? Yes.

Civilian armoured ones, beyond those required for dangerous occupations, no.

Sorry, I can see where I was not clear. Armored like Battle Dress, no. Fire protection for the one for firefighting, yes. I was thinking more about the powered assist and sealed, like being able to carry and use equipment beyond a normal minor or construction worker etc. in a deadly environment like a crashed space ship.

For me, the exoskeletons are not sealed, think the cargo one from "Aliens" or the suits in "Edge of Tomorrow". The civilian versions of "Battle Dress" I was thinking of were sealed Exoskeletons. Hope that makes more sense. :mrgreen:

 

[Infojunky]

Also consider this some versions of Hostile Environment Vacc Suits are powered as well....

 

[-Daniel-]

Also consider this some versions of Hostile Environment Vacc Suits are powered as well....

Hostile Environment Vacc Suits are listed under non-powered suits in the CSC. The text says they do not last very long because each refurbishment (after use) degrades them. Are you sure it is not another suit that is powered? Or were you suggesting another possible use for the unarmored exoskeleton?

 

[Infojunky]

Sorry, mining the rest of Traveller for stuff.....

 

[-Daniel-]

Sorry, mining the rest of Traveller for stuff.....

Sounds good, I love to mine other games as well as older stuff myself. :mrgreen:

 

[Infojunky]

Sorry, mining the rest of Traveller for stuff.....

Sounds good, I love to mine other games as well as older stuff myself. :mrgreen:

Consider this, MgT and CT are close enough that one cam pretty much use them interchangeably, MegaTraveller can be used but requires a bit more hammering to fit. The other editions take a bit more work but have a ton of usable bits. Then you add in all of the 3rd party stuff both from the CT years and from the Mongoose run, you have quite the mass of material.

I am not mentioning the 25+ years of Online fan stuff because all one does need to do is search for Traveller and there is another mass of stuff there.

The last bit from my immediate crowd is READ lots of SF Literature and Trade it around, stuff falls out into your game like you wouldn't believe, especially if you can get a group to trade of GMing....