Medic ! (Part 2) in S&P 64

[rust]

I just want to thank Alex Greene for the excellent second part of his
article on medics in Traveller.

I especially like the Disintegrator Therapy. This is something most in-
teresting and useful the characters of my campaign can discover in an
abandoned Precursor outpost or buy from an alien species which is not
a super-powerful weapon or other combat related gear.

 

[AndrewW]

I liked it as well but I do have to disagree with one small part:

Another way of learning about aliens is, sadly, to examine alien corpses – providing the aliens’ culture permits such examination.

Even if not permitted this doesn't mean it isn't done... Just look at the body snatching that used to occur on our own world for medical purposes.

 

[qstor]

I was a bit disappointed that the Planetary Supplement article wasn't a planet in the OTU. Since S&P is a Mongoose publication, I'd hope for some OTU material. Maybe next month

Mike

 

[alex_greene]

I liked it as well but I do have to disagree with one small part:

Another way of learning about aliens is, sadly, to examine alien corpses – providing the aliens’ culture permits such examination.

Even if not permitted this doesn't mean it isn't done... Just look at the body snatching that used to occur on our own world for medical purposes.

And therein, you see, lie a plethora of Patrons and plot hooks for cunning Referees to plunder, keeping honest and dishonest player characters alike on their toes / hooves / talons / pseudopods for many a game session.

As Captain Malcolm Reynolds learned in an episode of Firefly, things get more than a mite interesting when you get into transporting human cadavers in cargo storage. Even if they turn out not to be so dead as was first thought ...

 

[alex_greene]

I just want to thank Alex Greene for the excellent second part of his article on medics in Traveller.

I especially like the Disintegrator Therapy. This is something most interesting and useful the characters of my campaign can discover in an abandoned Precursor outpost or buy from an alien species which is not a super-powerful weapon or other combat related gear.

Thank you. I was particularly pleased by how this article turned out. Disintegrator Therapy in particular, though I have many more little quirks scattered throughout the text. This article, both parts of it, was a pleasure to write.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

I was a bit disappointed that the Planetary Supplement article wasn't a planet in the OTU. Since S&P is a Mongoose publication, I'd hope for some OTU material. Maybe next month

Mike

S&P publishes what is submitted.

Write up a planet in the Marches and submit it. A 21st Century Traveller Landgrab if you like...

 

[Sturn]

Write up a planet in the Marches and submit it. A 21st Century Traveller Landgrab if you like...

But can you do this with the current developer's pack notes? Doesn't it limit you to the Foreven Sector when developing the OTU?

 

[EDG]

Doe S&P count as being a venue in which to publish OTU material because it's done by Mongoose?

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

I seem to remember somewhere that a Mongoosite answered that and S&P CAN have OTU stuff because it is an official Mongoose Publication.

So, if you write it up for the OTU and get S&P to publish it, it's OK. You just can't publish it yourself unless it is under the FUP or FFSLL.

I don't know how MUCH Mongoose wants to publish OTU stuff in S&P, but they certainly can legally.

I would expect that if it is published in S&P, that it would not necessarily be "Canon" though. That may create a problem.

 

[alex_greene]

Would it be canon if you got published in a Mongoose Traveller sourcebook? I'm hoping they ask for me to write stuff for one of their sourcebooks. The ambition to have something written for Traveller, and to have it accepted as canon, is something I have had for a long time.

 

[Jame Rowe]

I liked the article too (though admittedly I skimmed it).

My only problem is that bioscanners are TL-15 as opposed to TL-9 (at TL-15, they ought to be the size of my little finger from tip to first knuckle, and be utilized by hand computer). But nevertheless, it is a useful article.

 

[Alan Hume]

Well Done Alex 8)

My friend Marc and I were planning to write up an article for S and P on Medics in the Third Imperium but we never had the time, so I am
glad that you put this out there for everyone to share

I think it is a valuable contribution to the Traveller canon, and, yes, I think it must be canon now if it is in S and P 8)

I havent been able to keep up to date with S and P or hardly anythng at all of late, too much to do a nd too knackered and lazy half the time anyway :lol:

 

[simonh]

I think it is a valuable contribution to the Traveller canon, and, yes, I think it must be canon now if it is in S and P 8)

Bear in mind that Mongoose have already published Traveller material in S&P that is clearly not intended for OTU use and can't be considered canon (the intergalactic lizard men, for example).

I would expect any clearly OTU material in S&P to count as OTU canon as it is published by Mongoose , but this is inevitably going to create grey areas for canon lawyers to argue over incessantly and/or discuss calmly and rationally.

Simon Hibbs

p.s. How come bbcode strike-through doesn't work?

 

[Alan Hume]

ah, that's a fair point
I still consider it canon though :lol: