10+ Questions You Would Ask MWM

[RainOfSteel]

Ok, it worked twice before . . .

If you could ask MWM ten or more well thought out questions, what would they be?


I started this topic when I saw: State of the Imperium Address: Post #9

 

[flykiller]

just one. how do I send you a bottle of champaign? like to say thanks for the game.

 

[Hal]

Hal's Top three questions:

What exactly is the subsector Navy - who funds it, who commands it, and how is the subsector Navy different than the Imperial Navy

How does he see for his "OTU", the sovereign rights of the Imperium versus the sovereign rights of the member worlds?

Is a common citizen of Regina considered a citizen of Regina or an Imperial Citizen?

 

[Spinward Scout]

You're just trying to draw him out of hiding, Chris. I think he made a pocket universe for himself. Hehe I second the bottle of champagne, tho.

my turn!

#1 Why the Rebellion?

#2 What was the idea behind the jump travel time?

#3 When are we going to see an Art of Traveller book?

#4 Or a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Traveller Universe?

#5 Why is all the "good" technology set above Imperial standard? (i.e. Artificial Intelligence, Disruptors, etc..)

#6 What is the reasoning behind the bias against Psionics?

#7 What do you think of the direction that GURPS Traveller took?

#8 Do you have a Recommended Reading List?

#9 Are you a time-traveller who came back in time 3500 or so years to tell us these stories?

#10 Have you ever been abducted by Aliens?

#10+ Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

Ok, ok, I'll stop,

Dameon Toth, Knight of the Order of the StarRise

 

[RainOfSteel]

Originally posted by Sir Dameon Toth:
You're just trying to draw him out of hiding, Chris.

Dameon Toth, Knight of the Order of the StarRise

Who, me? Nahhhhhhhhhh . . .

 

[deadlock]

Greetings and salutations,

Here are my questions.
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1. Are there any sectors and/or subsectors that are not part of the OTU?</font>
2. Will more details be given of the Solomani Rim War such as breakaway components of the Solomani government and people; ships used in combat or in developement by the warring parties?</font>

Some of the answers:

from Hal:
What exactly is the subsector Navy - who funds it, who commands it, and how is the subsector Navy different than the Imperial Navy

The subsector navy is a unit assigned to a specific subsector. Since there are sixten subsectors, there are sixteen subsector navies per sector. The subsector navies are components of the Imperial Navy. Like the 75th Ranger Regiment is a component of the United States Army. As far as who commands it, I do not have my T20 material handy, but if you have a copy of TA7: Fighting Ship of the Imperium, it will have the information you seek. Where does its credits come from, taxes.

from Sir Dameon Toth:
#6 What is the reasoning behind the bias against Psionics?

I think the bias extends from the Frontier Wars with the Zhodane and there use of psionics during each one.

from Sir Dameon Toth:
#10 Have you ever been abducted by Aliens?

Yeah, but I think I made them angry after our last poker game. That whole winning the scout ship thing really made the captain angry. Now they won't come around me anymore.

 

[kaladorn]

I like Hal's Question #3 (though he didn't number them).

I also like the Bottle of Champagne suggestion. It ought to be something that would act as an 'incentive'.

Toth's #6: Answer: Because they're a bunch of mind-bending, thought-reading, privacy-destroying freaks of nature? <*grin*>

My questions:

1. Does Marc view the history of the Imperium (and perhaps real world history) more as a series of actions by "Great Men" or by "Societal Forces" where the Great Men are merely the guy in place at the time? Or something half-way between?

2. What's the single biggest mistake you thing CT contains? (ie something you'd take back if you could, in retrospect)

3. What's the single best thing in CT? (The thing you are most proud of)

4. What's the single thing you most wish you had added or done with CT that you did not?

5. Looking back, all these years after, would you do it again, knowing what you know about the personal costs and the time involved and the fall of GDW, DGP, etc? Has it really all been worth it to you personally? (I'm not really talking money, but that may fall into it - I'm more interested in the personal side of things, I actually find the human dimension behind the game as interesting)

6. Did you ever have a reason or logic for what made Yaskodray any different than every other Droyne?

7. Have you been surprised by the die-hard fan base of aging grognards (yes, that's me you're thinking of...) the game's various iterations have spawned? And if so, was it a pleasant surprise?

8. What would you like to see for the future of Traveller? Where do you see it or yourself with relation to it in 5 or 10 years?

9. What are your thoughts on the whole sub-licensing experience? Have you generally been happy with the results/quality/effects? Or have you wished that you had more control of the licensee's output? Or have you been pretty happy with it? (This isn't a matter of taking shots at old licensees, more I'm curious about the general experience from an IP rights holders perspective)

10. Having made Ye Olde Game, do you ever get to play it? If not, do you play any other RPGs? And if you do play Traveller, what's your favorite career path and race?

 

[Hal]

Hi Marquis,
Unfortunately, despite re-reading the TA #7, I still have not been able to determine who funds the subsector Navy, what their command structure is like, etc. Subsector fleets are labled as "reserve" fleets and are staffed by reservists. Praytell, how does one fulfill reservist duty? Rather than continue this thread here, I'm going to start it up in the FLEET section and see where it takes us

Hal

 

[robject]

Originally posted by kaladorn:

10. ... what's your favorite career path and race?

I think one of his favorite characters is Eneri Dinsha, who owns an A or A2 Trader.

 

[kaladorn]

One very important one I forgot:

11. QLI has made their PDFs available sans obnoxious DRM. I understand the choice to go with DriveThruRPG was 'someone helped us get them scanned'. Is there any chance you'll convert the materials available through DTRPG to the 'watermarked' format rather than the Adobe DRM'd format? As Hunter posted somewhere else, the only thing DRM does is drive some of us into not buying the product. (FWIW, I respect IP rights rigorously, but I dislike being coupled to proprietary solutions whose lifespan may not be dependable - I want to be able to read my PDF 10 or 20 years from now....)

If there is an issue in PDF production strictly related to manuscript scanning, is this something that some of the fan-base could help with? I mean, good quality scanners are now dirt cheap and if the issue is the investment of some time to do the scans and OCRs, perhaps some of us could assist? (But that's material for a separate discussion perhaps).

 

[rancke]

Originally posted by Marquis Deadlock:
The subsector navy is a unit assigned to a specific subsector.

Ah, no. Subsector navies are mentioned briefly in HG and are navies that are raised and funded on the subsector level. They are distinct from the Imperial Navy. They are not mentioned in MT. Instead, MT substituted reserve fleets which are, indeed, elements of the Imperial Navy.

Since there are sixten subsectors, there are sixteen subsector navies per sector.

In many cases some of the subsectors of a sector do not have fleets (not navies) assigned. Thus there are often less than 16 fleets assigned to a sector.

...I do not have my T20 material handy, but if you have a copy of TA7: Fighting Ship of the Imperium, it will have the information you seek.

I don't have TA7, unfortunately. I'd be very interested in hearing what it has to say about subsector fleets (or navies).


Hans

 

[Chuck Anumia]

Question # 1 Is there now (Or will there be) a guide to the UWP's of all systems in all sectors of the Imperium circa 1100?

Question # 2 Is there now (Or will there be) a guide to the financing of the Imperium from gathering taxes to paying the fleets and all Imperial employees?

Question # 3 Is there now (or will there be) a comprehensive guide to all Starships used throughout the Imperium?

Question # 4 Can we get them soon?

 

[RainOfSteel]

Attention CotI Shoppers!

I would ask that debate on the nature of the IN be removed to: Sector, Subsector, Planetary navies.

 

[RainOfSteel]

I'll also post my questions:

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• What is your vision of the future of Traveller?</font>
• How do you plan to implement that vision?</font>
• What is your Name?</font>
• What is your Quest?</font>
• What is the airspeed velocity of an unladden Scout/Courier?</font>

(Answer: What? What do you mean? Standard or Serpent class?)
(Response: What? I don't know that. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!)

 

[deadlock]

Greetings and salutations,

From RainOfSteel:
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladden Scout/Courier?

Imperium or Solomani?

 

[Jame]

My questions would be: (1) where did the inspiration for it come from, if you remember? and (2) how exactly does the CT, books 0-3, task system work? Roll a number or better, but what are the modifiers, and how do skills and attributes factor in? Ooo! and also, may I shake your hand and have my Starter Set books autographed?

 

[kaladorn]

Funny Jame, I thought that Books 0-3 outlined that exact answer (for question #2). I also think if you read Joe Fugate's thread, I get the impression that the MT era was the first formal systematizing of the de facto task system that had arisen 'underneath' CT. I don't think this was a Newtonian attempt to hide one system under another (Principia anyone?). Rather I think it was an evolution from not really a system but having enough body of data to look like there might be one hiding in there to having a system.

Of course, MWM could comment on whether this is in fact what happened over time

 

[Jame]

I've got the Starter Set, not the three LBBs, so I wouldn't know...

 

[Spinward Scout]

Jame, I beat you to it at GenCon 2001 and got my copy of T4 signed! If I could find a hardcover The Traveller Book, I'd ask him to sign that one, too. That's what started me on Traveller.

Dameon

 

[Blue Ghost]

My question; "Do you ever still play Traveller for fun?"