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Drax is begging for material.
http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=18574
Drax is begging for material.
http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=18574
What I don't like about the scout in MT, and in general of all the MT designs in the original three MT books, is that they are all built at TL15. In Book 7: Traders and Gunboats, the scout was TL9, as were the A2 and Sub Merchant. The Gazelle was TL 14 and the SDB was TL 12. A nice wide variety. I think it was also more realistic.
Yes there are a lot of ships on the seas today with the latest technology, but is it really up to military standards? For what it does, would the Imperium be lending out hundreds of TL 15 ships?
I think the scout should be redesigned at a lower TL around 12. TL 9 is just too low. But TL 12 the ships can get spare parts at so many more ports, and it is easier to operate in unexplored teritory.
Free Traders and Merchants under around 1000 tons should also be built at a lower TL for some of the same reasons. Plus, in the Marches, you need to travel a ways to find a TL 15 shipyard.
Military ships like the Gazelle should be built at TL 14 or 15. It's a military ship. The SDB should be built at least at the local TL limit. But how many planets have a TL of 15 Behind the Claw?
Dropping the TL changes everything really fast. Just dropping it to TL 14 doubles the PP volume as I recall.
Just food for thought.
-Swiftbrook
Yes there are a lot of ships on the seas today with the latest technology, but is it really up to military standards? For what it does, would the Imperium be lending out hundreds of TL 15 ships?
I think the scout should be redesigned at a lower TL around 12. TL 9 is just too low. But TL 12 the ships can get spare parts at so many more ports, and it is easier to operate in unexplored teritory.
Free Traders and Merchants under around 1000 tons should also be built at a lower TL for some of the same reasons. Plus, in the Marches, you need to travel a ways to find a TL 15 shipyard.
Military ships like the Gazelle should be built at TL 14 or 15. It's a military ship. The SDB should be built at least at the local TL limit. But how many planets have a TL of 15 Behind the Claw?
Dropping the TL changes everything really fast. Just dropping it to TL 14 doubles the PP volume as I recall.
Just food for thought.
-Swiftbrook
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Centurion13,
Oh quit teasing us and just post the damn thing already.
We'll all get to look at it then, some will love it, some won't, and you'll be out 10 minutes of typing. Besides, we need some good MT designs around here. MajorB can't handle the conversion load all by himself.
Regards,
Bill
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No, I am serious. MT conversion took an entire article in a fanzine (and I can post the link for those who want it) and the design of even a simple ship was, I confess, fiendishly complex.
http://www.securityleak.com/slm/issue_04/index.html
http://www.securityleak.com/slm/issue_05/index.html
Even when I wasn't being given a bum steer by the game designers themselves - who were telling me to assemble it in the wrong order! - the level of detail quickly took the wind out of my sails. This is what killed MegaTraveller - a level of detail no one really wanted, with no other options. High Guard was bad enough.
ISS Vega is Classic all the way. If there is no interest, I understand. That version of the game is pretty old, after all.
Cent13
http://www.securityleak.com/slm/issue_04/index.html
http://www.securityleak.com/slm/issue_05/index.html
Even when I wasn't being given a bum steer by the game designers themselves - who were telling me to assemble it in the wrong order! - the level of detail quickly took the wind out of my sails. This is what killed MegaTraveller - a level of detail no one really wanted, with no other options. High Guard was bad enough.
ISS Vega is Classic all the way. If there is no interest, I understand. That version of the game is pretty old, after all.
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Cent13,
You must be a descendant of Sally Rand the famous fan dancer!
Post it already. CT or MT it doesn't matter. We love ship designs.
Don't make me beg even more.
Regards,
Bill
P.S. Post the link to the magazine too.
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Centurion,
This is a Traveller fan site. somebody here will devour everything you post. You won't please everyone with everything you post, but you will please someone with everything you post.
Whatever obscure stuff you have, post it.
I'm interested to see someone else's take on TL16-30 (is that a club?) if only to compare with and appraise my own.
This is a Traveller fan site. somebody here will devour everything you post. You won't please everyone with everything you post, but you will please someone with everything you post.
Whatever obscure stuff you have, post it.
I'm interested to see someone else's take on TL16-30 (is that a club?) if only to compare with and appraise my own.
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