Traveller: Multiple Melee Attacks?

[Nathan Brazil]

Can a character attempt more than one melee attack in a combat round?

In the section on Combat, a character can attack once as a significant action. But you only get one significant action. By that rule it would seem the answer is no.

In the section on Skills, a character may perform multiple actions with a -2 penalty for each skill roll. The examples provided do not show performing same action twice per se, but one one of the examples is piloting and attacking. But maybe that is a move action and significant action.

So can a character perform more than one melee attack in the same combat round? Does it count as one significant action or more than that?

 

[barnest2]

There does seem to be a little confusion over this in the book.
I would say that the way I read it, you can only make one attack ever per round.
A pilot check is a move action (so minor) so it can be done alongside a significant action. However because it is a... major minor action? it gives a -2. Like if someone used first aid (apparently minor) and fired, I would count that as multiple actions.
Make sense?