How much does stuff cost?  What kind of stuff can and should we buy.  

Making my character I noticed that a sword was on the same table as a shuttle, or Membership in the TAS and I think I read that cost a million to buy.  

What kind of stuff should we buy?  Weapons?  Armor? Missiles for the space ship?  Servents.  Dogs and horses?  
Ring of protection +1?  Vac suit?  Tattoos?

Quote from: Headless;999686Making my character I noticed that a sword was on the same table as a shuttle, or Membership in the TAS and I think I read that cost a million to buy.  

Yes, rolling 1 isn't the same thing as rolling a 7 on the table. The different results are exponentially more expensive:).
Then again, a popular rule is that the GM lets you exchange further swords for Melee skill, and a million doesn't buy you that;).

Also, please, start without me, I can't engage it for now!
If I have the time and there is a free slot in a couple weeks, I might join, maybe using one of the houseruled careers on the FreeTraveller site. I expect things to lighten up a bit, but if they don't, I couldn't participate in another* long-term PbP!
If they do, I'd gladly play more Traveller, as most of you know:D!

*Well, technically, I am negotiating to start another one, but since I began that before seeing this thread, it's got priority.
I'm also going to try and send a couple more players your way.

Quote from: Headless;999686How much does stuff cost?  What kind of stuff can and should we buy.  

Making my character I noticed that a sword was on the same table as a shuttle, or Membership in the TAS and I think I read that cost a million to buy.  

What kind of stuff should we buy?  Weapons?  Armor? Missiles for the space ship?  Servents.  Dogs and horses?  
Ring of protection +1?  Vac suit?  Tattoos?

Stuff is typical sci-fi 'stuff'. Try to focus on things you could/would carry with you rather than the other stuff (and yes, there are in fact rules for servants and such like...) or you can just keep yer cash as cash.  Give me an idea what you want and I'll do the book work if necessary.

Okay, so we've got a bit of rough patch on final details back stage, but I'm set to take this sucker live with what I've got in... call it 10 hours.  Unless I oversleep... so lets not do that.   Anything not done yet will have to be done after... never let perfect preparation prevent the good gaming, eh?

So keep an eye on thus Subforum for the IC and OCC thread... I'll be putting in the Star-wars style opening crawl (I keed!!!!) in the IC thread to kick this sucker off for good and proper.

Quote from: Spike;999807Okay, so we've got a bit of rough patch on final details back stage, but I'm set to take this sucker live with what I've got in... call it 10 hours.  Unless I oversleep... so lets not do that.   Anything not done yet will have to be done after... never let perfect preparation prevent the good gaming, eh?

So keep an eye on thus Subforum for the IC and OCC thread... I'll be putting in the Star-wars style opening crawl (I keed!!!!) in the IC thread to kick this sucker off for good and proper.

Ok, I may not get a chance to purchase equipment until tomorrow, but I expect to purchase a weapon or two, some stuff like comms, and other reasonable personal gear.

Frank

Comm?   Oh yeah I want that too.  Should I get a tri corder?

No problems guys. Once I post you'll have hours to talk amongst yourselves and whatever else before I even check in, on account of real life and the expectation that PbP games run on their own, sporadic, schedule.

Sadly, there are no 'tri-corders', just a whole bunch of different sensors extrapolating (mostly) from real world technology.  I don't imagine you want to be festooned with a bandoleer of bulky sensor equipment like some sort of junk-merchant?

How close to our current smart phones would you approx Comms? How powerful is its computer/X? Any Sensors attached? Because our current phone tech could be TL 10+, yes?

Quote from: Opaopajr;999901How close to our current smart phones would you approx Comms? How powerful is its computer/X? Any Sensors attached? Because our current phone tech could be TL 10+, yes?

Eh, I forgot I was going to answer this question.

Traveller TLs, like most games made more than, say, twenty years ago, tend to be a bit on the wonky and old fashioned side... and I'm also doing a sort of 'multiple track' thing with them, so that having gravity drives (say) doesn't also mean having... I dunno... sentient computers? Vice Versa?

So the simple answer is... its internally consistent to Traveller, which sounds like a cop-out, but stick with it for at least the computers.  For Comms, assume a modern Smartphone to be basically a TL 8 comm. Audio and Video, plus a simple computer (computer/0 in traveller), while a TL10 is 'multiple forms of data' plus a more powerful computer... and more importantly is much more flexible in design... ergonomics in action basically.   Yours would be repurposed asteroid mining equipment fixed up for more rugged (somehow) military demands. Probably an ear-bud and eye-lens framework (half a smart-glass?) plus a wrist-unit for input, with lots of pre-configured channels and designed for the worlds perfect idiot to not screw up.  On the up side, you've got decent encryption for your channels as standard and its really hard to break.

But no real sensors.  


Computer ratings (such as Comms), covers how many programs of what complexity it can handle. A computer/1 (such as TL 10 comms have) can handle an essentially infinite number of rating 0 programs (data display, simple translators, and low level security), and 1 rating one program... probably security by default for you, an upgrade from the security/0 program.  

I should be ashamed I had to look that up for a refresher. But that would imply I know what shame is...

Finally looked up the meaning of elegy.

THat means you're smarter than me... I just have a vague sense of hte meaning from context. For all I know I'm broadcasting my ignorance across the galaxy right now...

Google man.  

el·e·gy
-phonetic spelling not allowed.  So much for free speach.
noun
1.
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
synonyms:   lament, requiem, threnody, dirge; More
2.
(in Greek and Roman poetry) a poem written in elegiac couplets, as notably by Catullus and Propertius.

yay, I wasn't wrong!  Google is for the weak! Real men just roll the dice and hope for the best!  

Ok, so I just got some shiny new character sheets and a form fillable PDF for ships, so I should have all of your characters sheets redone tonight. Looking at my printer I'm thinking it doesn't scan just copy but I'll play around with it and see if anything pops.  

I'm pretty much prepared to give you the entire ship info, rather than wait for you to wander around looking at everything, seeing that it took a week to walk a dozen meters to the bridge... no deck plans mostly because I suck at art, which is terrible! I want to give you Deck Plans. Maybe someone will chime in with someone who does commissioned deck plans? Probably not, but...

The good news is, even if I can't scan, I'll have a ship-sheet up (form fillable!) on Google-docs, and you won't have to read my crappy hand-writing!

And yes, I am still accepting new players, despite the rather specific start to the campaign...  I'm thinking due to posting speeds and 'self generated' content maybe a bigger group than might work on a table top is acceptable? Hmm... not a problem yet.


Also: If anyone playing has an issue with pacing... say you want me to assume more action from your characters rather than waiting for explicit statements or something... let me know.  Learning curves, etc...

Bah. I'm going to have to rework the Ship Design a bit. I designed it in 2nd Ed and I would have posted it that way, damn the consequences, but it turns out my shareable sheet is 1st ed, and pretty much designed to be incompatible... what with all the check blocks and all.

So I'm going to post the working version, which is incomplete... but you've got some discovery to do anyway... and re-calculate the ship entirely and post an update later.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9BFB0-XJ8vaTUN3ZWRRUnAzN3c/view?usp=sharing


Hmm... my 'link' button on the browser tab seems kerfucked... this is the second time I've tried to use it and... nope, just copypasta in the text and hope it works.


EDIT::: For the curious, among the various issues coming up is that I made it a 'close structure' ship, which is a distinction that doesn't exist with 1e, but does in many versions of Traveller, and then there was the issue of Power Plants... to whit, fuel economy tanked badly for daily operations for some reason.  There are some other minor fibs here and there along the way that I'll have to address. The basic design and layout shouldn't change much... but for layout! Well, I can't draw fer shit, so I'll have to word pile you, I guess.