Broadening someone's sci-fi horizons

[IanBruntlett]

A highly intelligent person then.

Definitely

Thank you for the information.

 

[mortal]

Blade Runner
The Martian

 

[Anstett]

I'd give her and the other new players a copy of the MgT2e Third Imperium book so she can familiarize herself with the setting, and then ask her what kind of adventures or dramas she'd like to play through in such a setting. Charted Space has great wealth and great poverty, stability and chaos, war but also peace, adventure and stability. It's important for her and your other players to understand they're more in a chaotic Dune-like setting with a deep history, in which their characters need to go out and earn their fortunes than any other kind of setting. Ask her questions about who she'd like to play in the setting, what kind of stories and challenges she like that person to face, and then perhaps use a little Ref fiat to help her design a character she's into rather than subjecting her to the cruel whims of the character generation rules as written.

There is also an audio book of the Third Imperium book is she likes that format @IanBruntlett

Traveller: The Third ImperiumStreaming .mp3

Audiobook The Third Imperium is the greatest interstellar empire in the history of Charted Space. Its Emperors have reigned for a thousand years, building a utopian society based upon the pillars of duty, honour, free trade and a powerful navy that protects its worlds and enforces its laws...

audiorpg.net

 

[Fluffy Bunny Feet]

Turtledove's Earthgrip.

Beautiful blue eyed (natural) blonde with a literature degree wants to be a professor of Middle English literature (20th century, SciFi specialty), but anyone looking at her subtracts her bust measurement from her IQ and refuses to hire her. She decides she needs an edge and gets a Free Trader that needs an apprentice Trader to keep their license to hire her as she will be able from experience to show how close/far the various authors were from the reality she got to live. She then proceeds to use that SciFi (and Sherlock Holmes) knowledge to solve problems for the ship. She is a full Trader when she gets her dream job. She has one more flight afterwards where she gets promoted to Master Trader and makes the courses she teaches REALLY popular.

I need to get another copy of that.