Garyius2003
SOC-13
Halfway through the first season on Netflix. Very Travelleresque. Our main friend circle described it as Firefly like, but they have never played Traveller.
Main differences from Traveler: Interstellar com, but that can be spotty. The Jump Drive is replaced with an FTL drive that they can go in and drop out of, after some setting/calc time. They have some internal forcefield tech. In a few areas their med tech is past Traveller TL15, including scanned clones which can live for a few days. The ships have more wasted space than a Traveller ship, without good reason I could see. The ships have more self repair ability than GDW/SJG ships, but it seems within the Mongoose model.
One of the main characters is an android, much like the one in the Traveller Adventure. However, she is less lifelike in mannerisms and is mostly tied to operating the ship. It is nice to see that done well. She does not come off as a ripoff of the sexy robot in Andromeda.
The special effects are good for a SyFy/Netflix show.
The characters are basic stock/RPG types, with two eye rolling exceptions. Two of the main characters are actually the worst sort of game PCs. One is the gun nut jerk who wants to rule the party and steal all the treasure, even when it hurts the adventure. The other is the super goody goody guy, who wants to play Super Saint even when it ruins the adventure.
Main differences from Traveler: Interstellar com, but that can be spotty. The Jump Drive is replaced with an FTL drive that they can go in and drop out of, after some setting/calc time. They have some internal forcefield tech. In a few areas their med tech is past Traveller TL15, including scanned clones which can live for a few days. The ships have more wasted space than a Traveller ship, without good reason I could see. The ships have more self repair ability than GDW/SJG ships, but it seems within the Mongoose model.
One of the main characters is an android, much like the one in the Traveller Adventure. However, she is less lifelike in mannerisms and is mostly tied to operating the ship. It is nice to see that done well. She does not come off as a ripoff of the sexy robot in Andromeda.
The special effects are good for a SyFy/Netflix show.
The characters are basic stock/RPG types, with two eye rolling exceptions. Two of the main characters are actually the worst sort of game PCs. One is the gun nut jerk who wants to rule the party and steal all the treasure, even when it hurts the adventure. The other is the super goody goody guy, who wants to play Super Saint even when it ruins the adventure.
