Missing Size Traits (Could Richard Harris Have Suvived Orca (1977) )?

Nathan Brazil

Nathan Brazil

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How is that for a Movie Callback? šŸ¤£ . A rules question:

Since Traveller Core Rules had Animal Sizes from the get go and Traveller Companion has the Gigantic Trait, shouldn't these size traits be posted with some sophonts? Or being "Animal Traits" they don't count for sophonts?
Orcas from Aliens of Charted Space Vol. 3 are missing what I consider a necessary, inherent Large (+X) Trait (+4?+5?+6?). I think Orcas are bigger than elephants.
The same with My Little Ponies of Thunder not having a Large (+1) Trait. In Aliens of Charted Space Vol 1. Steppelord Rainbow Dash would never acknowledge it , but I am sure that she and yet to be child Anv!ullā€™lxux (who will be destined for great things in 140 years or so) appreciate that more battle brothers and sisters live to get their "cutie marks" (combat braids) because they are harder to hit?

Conversely, Shouldn't Big and Tough be listed in Traveller Companion section Animal traits? That Trait gives the Ponies a better shot at destroying all their enemies, real or imagined. YEA!
 
Fluffy Bunny Feet said:
Looks like African elephants are bigger than Orcas
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So it seems. Simulation of reality or not, it would be good if some definitions were consistent, such as sizes, between animals, sophonts, starships and vehicles. By definition, Gargatuan Trait animal receive benefit of being Starship Scale and damaged as Starship Scale (I'm looking at you Arrakis Sandworms! and Known Space Bandersnatch). but no stated bonus to hit these "Gargantuan" mostrosities, yet those poor, poor dumb Large(+6) Whales (not counting those super, super agile Orcas) are toast.

Makes for a good argument to reduce the law levels of weapons:
Customs Officer: "I appreciate you openly declaring your weapons. But Tanjit, why in the cosmos are you all declaring multiple PGMP-15?"
Me: My friends and I hear the sentient Bandersnatch make for good hunting here on Jinx, but we're not gun crazy morons...
 
Orca are comparable to the Indian elephant, with males being larger than the average elephant and females being smaller than the female elephants.
 
Orcas are used as a size example in the Robot Handbook, at size 8 (4 vehicle spaces) at the same size as Virushi (and as rhinos, incidentally). P.13.
 
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