Stargate with Traveller

[Kelcin]

Anyone used Traveller for any sort of Stargate game?
Seeing there's a new show on the horizon made my creative juices start firing

 

[MasterGwydion]

Anyone used Traveller for any sort of Stargate game?
Seeing there's a new show on the horizon made my creative juices start firing

Never have, but no real reason why you couldn't. It is TL-8/9 Earth with Stargates being TL-23+ Artifacts

 

[shirgall]

Frankly Pioneer would be a good jumping off point, as it has rich detail around TL7+ and Traveller mechanics otherwise. Pioneer is a good jumping off point for a number of "near future" science fiction scenarios... which is exactly why it was written, no?

 

[Sigtrygg]

Traveller can comfortably handle anything from neolithic hunter gatherers, through any historical age, near future, far future and beyond.

For early Stargate scenarios then you have state of the art TL7 special forces, scientists and engineers, then add the sci fi tech as it feeds in from the scenarios.

 

[Vormaerin]

I have run a Stargate like Traveller campaign, but not any time recently. And not specifically Stargate, as I haven't watched much of that show (I'm bad at watching TV shows). But the general idea of gates from world to world rather than spaceships, yes.

 

[Takei]

Anyone used Traveller for any sort of Stargate game?
Seeing there's a new show on the horizon made my creative juices start firing

Google "Andy Slack Traveller Stargate SG-13" and you'll find Andy Slack's GURPS Lite document from 2001 which has an appendix on how to convert to Traveller and 2300 AD. I've got a vague memory of there being a Traveller only document as well, but my Google Fu is failing me on that one.

There's another one called "Stargate RPG for Traveller" written by Stouty with a link on these boards:

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Post in thread 'Stargate RPG for Traveller'

Oct 31, 2009

New update. Did some updates on Goa'uld ships and added 3 new ones, including pictures.

Ra's old style pyramid ship
Goa'uld troop carrier
Osiris' old transport

Updated links in all previous posts as well.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ttmmyj1kmwe

Stouty

• stouty

 

[To Tha Moon!]

Anyone used Traveller for any sort of Stargate game?
Seeing there's a new show on the horizon made my creative juices start firing

No, but depending on the feeling you want the game to have, there's Screams Amongst The Stars. You could incorporate ideas from that into Traveller.

Screams Amongst The Stars by Diogo Nogueira - Old Skull Publishing

Minimalist Weird Space Horror RPG

diogo-old-skull.itch.io

Mothership is similar to ALIEN, but again, you can get good ideas from it.

The Doctor Who game could give you ideas even. And it's a 2d6 system. A little different than Traveller's 2d6, tho.

There is so much in Sci-Fi that's right on the edge of Horror that you could design an adventure as Horror and just back it off a little to make it 'not Horror'.

For Stargate, you are looking at 20th-21st Century Twilight 2000 era characters up against Space Gods. I'd put Ra and other denizens of the Stargate universe right at the edge of Horror. Action-Adventure, yes. And just enough Horror to make it scary.