Ackehece
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most of what has been said has already been paraphrased by myself above. I will see if I can get a transcription (or at least an Image of the Combat example) to post here.
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most of what has been said has already been paraphrased by myself above. I will see if I can get a transcription (or at least an Image of the Combat example) to post here.
Ackehece
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combat example as promised:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwugrKXH5B_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
QA:
Q: why isn't the bridge knocked out.
Marc:
Space Combat is Schrödingerian. A hit may put a location OOA Out-Of-Action, but only after the battle do you find out if it is Destroyed. Or, during the battle, Damage Control may Brigit back into operation.
Schrödingerian. It's a word. I think it's a word.
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mike wightman
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You are an absolute star, thank you for that.
Space Combat
"Murphy catches Gryphon unawares"
...at 50km.
"...the attacker moves close, about 5km"
Nice to know that star ship combat will be taking place at ranges Lord Nelson would be comfortable at.
coliver988
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I saw that as well - not sure how you can sneak up on someone in space...maybe they just don't use their sensors and peer out of the windows...
ShawnDriscoll
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Space Viking had long-range ship battles. Ships positioned in areas where sensors would picked up more interference.
It could be that one of the ships just jumped in from out-system, though that would still be quite the stroke of luck to be at 50km range, even if you conclude that in-jumping ships' emergence points tend to cluster within a particular spatial region @ ~ 100D relative to their destination, depending on where they are jumping in from.
Of course, one ship could have been hiding behind an asteroid or in another sensor blind spot as well; the example text does not give the background details of the encounter.
Note also that in T5, ranges of "R=" tend to be used for planetary/ground combat; space combat and detection ranges tend to use "S=" and are much longer ranges than "R=" ranges, so this is in itself an unusual encounter example.
AnotherDilbert
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Where's the problem?
The Trader is aware of the Scout, just not that it intends to attack?
The Trader is aware of the Scout, just not that it intends to attack?
AnotherDilbert
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Should be 22?
Without the sensor DM it will be very difficult to hit at anything but very short range, as shown in the example...
Seems the whole AV × 100 vs. Heat is removed, thankfully.
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I have Pilot - 0 so I don't know what minimum traffic separation is supposed to be.
But, given the impossibly vast reaches of space, if another ship starts closing to within 50 km uninvited and with no reason given, my first reaction is that something's up.
Obviously we'll need to see the complete rules to make a judgement, but if you asked me "what ship-to-ship combat example starts at 50 km and closes distance from there" I don't know if I'd have picked any flavour of Traveller. Harpoon, maybe.
AnotherDilbert
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Completely agreed, but it is a contrived combat example, not SOP.
Thanks!
And, to the next guy's post: I will be shortly. I just kept forgetting to re-up.
Very true! Here's looking forward to working out a few more typical cases.
Well, it's not working yet. I'll check again tomorrow. It probably takes some time.
Ackehece
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Perk for T5.1 -> Crew Cards
Marc
As we approach May Day, and the upcoming Kickstarter for the T5 reprint, we have a variety of rewards. One is Crew Cards: a small set of pre-generated crew for a Free Trader. We have been experimenting with cards for the past couple of years, and they really add to the table-top experience, and give players something to handle as they play.
http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/images/c/c6/T5-Crew-Marc-Miller_28-April-2019a.jpg
QA on this subject
Q: Michael Davidson I have a wife and two daughters who play: can I specify a (mostly) female crew?
A:Marc Miller Yup
Marc
As we approach May Day, and the upcoming Kickstarter for the T5 reprint, we have a variety of rewards. One is Crew Cards: a small set of pre-generated crew for a Free Trader. We have been experimenting with cards for the past couple of years, and they really add to the table-top experience, and give players something to handle as they play.
http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/images/c/c6/T5-Crew-Marc-Miller_28-April-2019a.jpg
QA on this subject
Q: Michael Davidson I have a wife and two daughters who play: can I specify a (mostly) female crew?
A:Marc Miller Yup
Ackehece
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New introductory Adventure with kickstarter...
Sorry I didn't mention this sooner.
Marc
The New Kickstarter will include an introductory adventure set: The Voyages of the Free Trader Insert-Name-Here, covering operations on Regina subsector.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/traveller5/traveller-5th-edition/posts/2488646
As for Era. :coffeesip: At this point I can only guess, and I won't!
Sorry I didn't mention this sooner.
Marc
The New Kickstarter will include an introductory adventure set: The Voyages of the Free Trader Insert-Name-Here, covering operations on Regina subsector.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/traveller5/traveller-5th-edition/posts/2488646
As for Era. :coffeesip: At this point I can only guess, and I won't!
I thought I'd read 1900...
Yes, M1900 is the presumed era for the core. It's not detailed in the core, but it's mentioned, and the galactic map is for M1900. Also known as the Galaxiad era.
