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Asteroids and the economy in Traveller?

Started by Spinachcat, August 03, 2019, 03:41:10 AM

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Crawford Tillinghast

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August 09, 2019, 11:51:49 AM
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;1098732Is there a sci-fi movie that has all the characters wanting to get rich quick in it?

I've never seen Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but it seems to be one of the major inspirations for Traveller.  "You're washed up on some forgotten port with enough money for one drink, one meal, OR one night at a flophouse - pick your choice:  Then some loon shows up looking for a few tough men who figure they can't eat morals..."

Also, while we're at it...
"You're the captain (and crew) of a scow.  You've been hired to get a VIP to a location on the other side of hostile space..."
"You live on an occupied planet and an old contact shows up trying to get out of the Red Zone..."
"You're living from day to day, when a group of treacherous cut throats show up with what they claim is the map to a fabulous lost treasure..."

Somebody really likes Bogart.
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