Tarsus...good starting point?

[Renard Ruche]

Oh trust me Robject, I have been thinking about it...I like the 'prto-traveller' idea a lot. I have thought about making the rift and corridor the next sector coreward from the SM...what's done-is-done, but I have newbies!

I, too have been toying with my own version of PT (thanks for the inspiration!), working with just a sector map. The Ziru Sirka taking up about four sub-sectors (C,D,H, and G. G & H are semi-colonized.) and a fairly new 'Imperium' founded after some-kind of colonial rebellion against Terra; about two settled subsectors and two-three frontier sub-sectors (K,L,N,O,P). The Rift runs down sub-sectors B-F-J-N. The Vegans are hanging out in subsector E. There is one corridor in sub-sector J (which is why the Vilani decided to go checking out the area, and ran into the Terran Alliance {or whatever}. Interstellar war ensues, but the Vilani weren't prepared for taking on an interstellar nation, peace gets written, colonial rebellion enues, and now a state of tension exists.

Thers is a fairly newly discoverd corridor in sub N, the Trojan Reach (named after the explorer....plus, I thought I could have some tounge-in-cheek fun with system names <g>)

Not sure how far I'll get with it, but it is fun!

 

[Renard Ruche]

Oh trust me Robject, I have been thinking about it...I like the 'prto-traveller' idea a lot. I have thought about making the rift and corridor the next sector coreward from the SM...what's done-is-done, but I have newbies!

I, too have been toying with my own version of PT (thanks for the inspiration!), working with just a sector map. The Ziru Sirka taking up about four sub-sectors (C,D,H, and G. G & H are semi-colonized.) and a fairly new 'Imperium' founded after some-kind of colonial rebellion against Terra; about two settled subsectors and two-three frontier sub-sectors (K,L,N,O,P). The Rift runs down sub-sectors B-F-J-N. The Vegans are hanging out in subsector E. There is one corridor in sub-sector J (which is why the Vilani decided to go checking out the area, and ran into the Terran Alliance {or whatever}. Interstellar war ensues, but the Vilani weren't prepared for taking on an interstellar nation, peace gets written, colonial rebellion enues, and now a state of tension exists.

Thers is a fairly newly discoverd corridor in sub N, the Trojan Reach (named after the explorer....plus, I thought I could have some tounge-in-cheek fun with system names <g>)

Not sure how far I'll get with it, but it is fun!

 

[Renard Ruche]

opps...I think I missed a credit....did Sigg come up with proto-Traveller? Sorry about that!

 

[Renard Ruche]

opps...I think I missed a credit....did Sigg come up with proto-Traveller? Sorry about that!

 

[mike wightman]

No, it wasn't me.

It was Jeffr0 who made the first post, here.

I just became a very "vocal" supporter of the concept.

The next game I run will be a CT+ powered proto-Traveller setting.

 

[mike wightman]

No, it wasn't me.

It was Jeffr0 who made the first post, here.

I just became a very "vocal" supporter of the concept.

The next game I run will be a CT+ powered proto-Traveller setting.

 

[mike wightman]

Originally posted by Renard Ruche:
so...can you jump to a hex w/out a planet or not? I know that this has come up before, and it seems to be a YTU/MTU thing...

Yes, you can jump to an empty hex according to Traveller canon.

Some people don't allow it in their 'verses, but it is part of the OTU.

 

[mike wightman]

Originally posted by Renard Ruche:
so...can you jump to a hex w/out a planet or not? I know that this has come up before, and it seems to be a YTU/MTU thing...

Yes, you can jump to an empty hex according to Traveller canon.

Some people don't allow it in their 'verses, but it is part of the OTU.

 

[Renard Ruche]

Thanks Sigg!

 

[Renard Ruche]

Thanks Sigg!

 

[parmasson]

Just one suggestion,
If the players are new to Traveller generate the characters yourself and give them a choice. Saves time and then you know the characters will fit the adventure.

 

[parmasson]

Just one suggestion,
If the players are new to Traveller generate the characters yourself and give them a choice. Saves time and then you know the characters will fit the adventure.

 

[aramis]

Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Renard Ruche:
so...can you jump to a hex w/out a planet or not? I know that this has come up before, and it seems to be a YTU/MTU thing...

Yes, you can jump to an empty hex according to Traveller canon.

Some people don't allow it in their 'verses, but it is part of the OTU. </font>[/QUOTE]Just so you can look it up, the first reference for it I can find being explicitly permitted is from The Traveller Adventure, in the chapter "In Search of Longer Legs".

 

[aramis]

Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Renard Ruche:
so...can you jump to a hex w/out a planet or not? I know that this has come up before, and it seems to be a YTU/MTU thing...

Yes, you can jump to an empty hex according to Traveller canon.

Some people don't allow it in their 'verses, but it is part of the OTU. </font>[/QUOTE]Just so you can look it up, the first reference for it I can find being explicitly permitted is from The Traveller Adventure, in the chapter "In Search of Longer Legs".

 

[Murph]

Tarsus is a superb module, one of my favorites. It makes a good starting place for adventures in the far frontiers.

 

[Murph]

Tarsus is a superb module, one of my favorites. It makes a good starting place for adventures in the far frontiers.

 

[sinistral]

I've never read the printed material but Tarsus was my favourite module.

The longest campaign I ever played in started on Tarsus - after finishing the printed adventures (with a diversion to Prison Planet), we became members of the Tarsus Port Authority's External Threat Division and that took us all over the Marches.

It's a great place to start and a good one to rest between adventures - My character had a permanent base there for many years.

If they're 1st time players you can always start them on Collace and rolepay the journey to Tarsus as a "shakedown cruise", get used to each other without doing anything serious to the plot.

 

[sinistral]

I've never read the printed material but Tarsus was my favourite module.

The longest campaign I ever played in started on Tarsus - after finishing the printed adventures (with a diversion to Prison Planet), we became members of the Tarsus Port Authority's External Threat Division and that took us all over the Marches.

It's a great place to start and a good one to rest between adventures - My character had a permanent base there for many years.

If they're 1st time players you can always start them on Collace and rolepay the journey to Tarsus as a "shakedown cruise", get used to each other without doing anything serious to the plot.

 

[hirch duckfinder]

Just a couple of other suggestions, I have had great sucess running "snowfall" by joe webb (available free on freelance traveller website) as a first outing. also twighlight's peak is excellent for a buildup into a great dungeon crawl climax and seems to have something for everyone in it.

 

[hirch duckfinder]

Just a couple of other suggestions, I have had great sucess running "snowfall" by joe webb (available free on freelance traveller website) as a first outing. also twighlight's peak is excellent for a buildup into a great dungeon crawl climax and seems to have something for everyone in it.