Introducing new gamers to Traveller and what happens next?

Hopeless

Mongoose
Ever since Friday I've been running a Traveller game for a neighbours son.

He basically selected 6 star wars minatures and named them before i set up a mini game using Traveller rules.

So he first chose a Darth Vader figure and named him Fred whose armed with an energy broadsword, then the Purge figure and named him Freddie so he uses a pair of energy pistols. Next he chose General Greivous and named him Grave and of course he's a cyborg with four arms each wielding an Energy Sword, the next two were both droids naming one IG after IG-88 and the Bodyguard Droid he named Raid with the rebel on a speeder bike being his last choice whom he named Laz.

He also selected the probe droid figure to serve as his character's spaceship!

Anyway I started the game by having Fred meet his patron Tarquin who communicated via a holographic link within a droid factory near the spaceport.
Asked to retrieve something from a research base being protected by Clone Troopers which by the end of the first session Fred had been knocked out and they were stymied at the bridge leading to the interior of the base.

Today when we continued Grave passed his medic check waking up Fred as the others were held up by a trio of clone troopers on the bridge, Grave made short work of the troopers until the last sealed the door to the interior of the base forcing Freddie to use explosives to blow the door open.

This results in reinforcements using the interior turbo lifts to aid the remaining guards and eventually the squad force the last surviving guard to seal up the research lab as they take down the last remaining troops outside the lab.

Grave this time blows up the door but it reveals that someone has penetrated the lab from above leaving a few battle droids to hold off Fred and his team whilst Fred's nemesis Captain Antilles as posed by the Han Solo figure escapes back to the space port.

Losing only Raid the bodyguard droid they return to the spaceport to find themselves in a four way firefight between themselves, Tarquin's droid soldiers, Antilles surviving squad and the remaining clone troopers which eventually results in only Fred and Grave escaping back to their ship and evading pursuit as Antilles flees the system aboard his ship leaving his remaining comrades behind.

Thats as far as its gone today but was wondering if he wants this game to continue where to go next.

So far I suspect either Fred recruits new personnel and then goes after his enemy or see what Bradley wants to do next...
 
Great stuff! I hope you're enjoying it, it sounds like Bradley certainly is. What you do next is try and get one of his friends or siblings on on the game!
 
At present i have a bad reputation with being fixated on d&d.

Am STILL trying to set up a Traveller game with the group I game with which is about once a month at present, but still got warned by my mum not to introduce Bradley to the perils of swords and sorcery...

Got away the first day by pointing out it wasn't d&d but still got another warning shortly after she openly noted about sending my collection of star wars minis to australia since my nephew whose 5 (Bradley's the same age) is interested in stormtroopers!

One step at a time I guess!
 
phew! keep head down then I suppose ... nice try starting with Traveller, crafty!

Hopeless said:
At present i have a bad reputation with being fixated on d&d.

Am STILL trying to set up a Traveller game with the group I game with which is about once a month at present, but still got warned by my mum not to introduce Bradley to the perils of swords and sorcery...

Got away the first day by pointing out it wasn't d&d but still got another warning shortly after she openly noted about sending my collection of star wars minis to australia since my nephew whose 5 (Bradley's the same age) is interested in stormtroopers!

One step at a time I guess!
 
Bradley turned up out of the blue today so ended up running another game this time he chose some new characters.

Werewolf figure from dr who: Dr Incredible
Weequay Mercenaru: Mercy
Gamorrean Thug: Trooper
Darkside Acolyte: Doctor
Judoon without helmet: Immerse
Judoon with helmet: Nurse
R2D2: Roboboy

Please note this is what i assumed he meant!

The group are part of an imperial squad assigned to intercept former Imperial Captain Antilles after his daring escape in the first adventure.
With the group leader Dr Incredible assigned two platoons of imperial soldiers' to back him up they interrupt Antilles attempt to sell off the information he's stolen only for a group of clone troopers led by Dark Sid (Guess which figure!) who try to retrieve the data crystal Antilles stole from one of their research facilities.

Antilles immediately fled leaving his buyers fleeing as the two groups fight it out.

The two surviving members of Antilles buyers are pursued by dark Sid and about ten of his surviving troopers with Dr Incredible and his band in pursuit along with two of the first squad of 5 imperial soldiers' he had with him.

They were promptly ambushed after Dark Sid realized the buyers' had fled across the top of the building only to find Dr Incredible had gone straight for the buyers as the rest of his band and Dark Sid's battled it out.

After all but one of Bradley's original group was wiped out as a result of being caught between two forces the last survivor Trooper returned to the plaza and this time brought back the rest of the remaining imperial soldiers' and managed to pursue the buyers' even wounded one of them before stumbling onto Dark Sid and his remaining troopers' stealing his group's original spaceship.

The imperial soldiers' own ship turned up and they and Trooper attempted to thwart the shipjacking but it managed to take off but Trooper and co used the other ship to pursue and managed to catch up and attempted to board the vessel ending up in a bitter firefight losing half of the remaining imperial soldiers' only to have Dark Sid and his last surviving trooper escape the ship after making sure the ship was sent on a collision course with a moon in the outer system.

Although Trooper and the soldiers' tried to repair the damage they were forced to return to their own ship before the ship crashed and lost another imperial soldier in the process.

Then it was dinner time!

Next time I think I'll look at either have Fred from part 1 get hired by Dark Sid to pursue Captain Antilles or have them meet up with Trooper in the aftermath of part 2, perhaps both!
 
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