Next Career Book?
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Twin Agate Dragons
Mongoose
Scholar please. Love playing intellectual types.
The next one could be about Citizens and Merchants (and/or Scholars).
There needs to be a book for the workers, professionals, and guys just working to make an honest credit in the Imperium.
But a book on the Nobility and how the political apparatus works in the Imperium would be welcome. A more in depth look at the divisions of power from the planetary, system, subsector, sector and domain models. What the 'moot' is and how it reaches its decisions. How someone becomes a member of the Nobility (heriditary? appointment?), what they are expected to do etc. What is the difference between a Count and a Marquis and a Baron and so on. Where do Knights/Dames fit in. What level of Huscarle troops is considered appropriate for a Noble to have, what they're supposed to do, etc.
There's heaps to consider for Nobles. Are they just spoilt rich people or are they raised to become leaders (reality would vary between the two)? Does a world get to choose its noble or is it chosen for them (again, probably somewhere between the two)? You can get examples of Representative Democracies in the Imperium who vote for their Noble to represent them in the Duke's court. You can probably also get Captive Gov't planets or Dictatorships where the Noble basically got there through force of arms or was appointed by the Imperium. Heaps to expand on.
There needs to be a book for the workers, professionals, and guys just working to make an honest credit in the Imperium.
But a book on the Nobility and how the political apparatus works in the Imperium would be welcome. A more in depth look at the divisions of power from the planetary, system, subsector, sector and domain models. What the 'moot' is and how it reaches its decisions. How someone becomes a member of the Nobility (heriditary? appointment?), what they are expected to do etc. What is the difference between a Count and a Marquis and a Baron and so on. Where do Knights/Dames fit in. What level of Huscarle troops is considered appropriate for a Noble to have, what they're supposed to do, etc.
There's heaps to consider for Nobles. Are they just spoilt rich people or are they raised to become leaders (reality would vary between the two)? Does a world get to choose its noble or is it chosen for them (again, probably somewhere between the two)? You can get examples of Representative Democracies in the Imperium who vote for their Noble to represent them in the Duke's court. You can probably also get Captive Gov't planets or Dictatorships where the Noble basically got there through force of arms or was appointed by the Imperium. Heaps to expand on.
Rikki Tikki Traveller
Cosmic Mongoose
Nobles would be a good one too.
I want one about citizens, a separate one about scholars and also another separate one about merchants.
The merchant book would have options for civilian starships, the scholar book would have options for labs on a planet/asteroid, lab stations and lab ships and the citizens book would have books about planetary/asteroidal facilities such as factories, banks, hotels, houses and office buildings, among others. Indeed, the citizens and merchants books could have info about megacorporations.
(Also, the citizens book could make SPL's CB1 semi-official by referencing it...)
The merchant book would have options for civilian starships, the scholar book would have options for labs on a planet/asteroid, lab stations and lab ships and the citizens book would have books about planetary/asteroidal facilities such as factories, banks, hotels, houses and office buildings, among others. Indeed, the citizens and merchants books could have info about megacorporations.
(Also, the citizens book could make SPL's CB1 semi-official by referencing it...)
G. K. Zhukov
Banded Mongoose
Rikki Tikki Traveller said:
I agree wholeheartedly.
Techno-Guru
Mongoose
AndrewW said:
Merchant Prince would definitely be a good one for a Noble/Merchant supplement. I'm personally chomping at the bit for a "working man" book myself but I do see potential for nobles careers...
Bygoneyrs said:
Already on the cards!
I can really see Merchant Prince on its own, as well as stand alone books on Scholers, then Nobles, and then Citizen. From another thread in this forum talking about magic in Traveller being in Strontum Dog (did I spell it right). what do you think of "Traveller Book 13:Sorcerer" which would do at least 2 things 1 it would expand on the magic system in SD, and 2 give balanced rules for anyone wanting to use magic in traveller or do a fantasy setting style game. I understand the OTU doesn't have magic and I'm not saying it needs it just the option would be interesting.
Techno-Guru
Mongoose
msprange said:
Sounds mysterious and encouraging all at once. =P
Brutorz Bill
Mongoose
Techno-Guru said:
Most interesting!!
thepugilist
Mongoose
I'll take whatever career books Mongoose sells so long as the quality remains this high and the rules don't get too complex.
Merchant Prince would be fun, and I'd love Scholar or Mongoose's take on Citizens and Nobles. Since Mercenary was, well, about mercenaries, I am looking forward to them breaking tradition by producing Army and Marines.
\/\/I'd actually like them to be separate, or maybe like the Classic "flip adventures", half-Army/half-Marine (all Cop! (sorry)).\/\/
Merchant Prince would be fun, and I'd love Scholar or Mongoose's take on Citizens and Nobles. Since Mercenary was, well, about mercenaries, I am looking forward to them breaking tradition by producing Army and Marines.
\/\/I'd actually like them to be separate, or maybe like the Classic "flip adventures", half-Army/half-Marine (all Cop! (sorry)).\/\/
Techno-Guru
Mongoose
thepugilist said:
Citizens and Merchant Prince would definitely be fun, Scholar I would probably have to see what they're doing first. Nobles... it depends. Hmmm, a military supplement for the two big groundpounders? Might be interesting.
alex_greene
Guest
I think you can lump in Merchants and Citizens into one book, same as Drifters and Rogues - whereas Merchants make their trade by buying and selling goods, Citizens make their living by hawking their own trade skills (so, for instance, a Citizen with a free trader could set up his ship as a mobile tailor's studio and convert part of the cargo bay into his workshop).
Likewise, you could, in principle, llump together Entertainers and Nobles - both are larger-than-life personalities with vast egos that can only be assuaged by the adulation of millions of Little People. Only one difference: Entertainers work hard at entertaining the people, and Nobles only work hard at irritating them.
I forgot Scholars. They would seem to warrant a supplement all of their own - including a section on Research in Traveller, bringing the old rules up to date by incorporating rules on the online research process.
H'mm. Since journalism is considered an Entertainment sub career path, you might need to include a bit on investigative journalism in the Entertainers book too - and if so, because they're essentially both research and investigation tasks, and since journalists and scholars both rely upon their notes getting published, maybe then you could throw in Scholars with the Entertainers and Nobles, too.
You've done Psions, of course, and the military and quasi military careers of Army, Navy, Scouts and Agents. So really, the above pairings are the most logical ones available for the next careers books, IMO.
Likewise, you could, in principle, llump together Entertainers and Nobles - both are larger-than-life personalities with vast egos that can only be assuaged by the adulation of millions of Little People. Only one difference: Entertainers work hard at entertaining the people, and Nobles only work hard at irritating them.
I forgot Scholars. They would seem to warrant a supplement all of their own - including a section on Research in Traveller, bringing the old rules up to date by incorporating rules on the online research process.
H'mm. Since journalism is considered an Entertainment sub career path, you might need to include a bit on investigative journalism in the Entertainers book too - and if so, because they're essentially both research and investigation tasks, and since journalists and scholars both rely upon their notes getting published, maybe then you could throw in Scholars with the Entertainers and Nobles, too.
You've done Psions, of course, and the military and quasi military careers of Army, Navy, Scouts and Agents. So really, the above pairings are the most logical ones available for the next careers books, IMO.
