Who are we?

[Ptah]

Welcome SpacerX, well said. I like how Traveller seems to attract the mil crowd bringing to the boards a level of reason and an ability to get along well in groups. Myself only a "vet" by proxy (my father spent 24 years in the USAF) and work with the AFOSR for several years.

 

[Voidstar]

Name: Jess "Voidstar" Scappaticci
Age: Getting Old (40)
Country: Denver, Co. USA
Favorite version of Traveller: MegaTraveller w/ Expansions and tweeks
Military Service: None, Civilian Consultant to MANY military enviromental projects.
Favorite Supplement: All of them.
Favorite Sector: Foreven
Favorite Race: Darrian
Favorite Empire: The Korrellian Empire...

Crazy Old GM from the LBB days...

 

[JockStrapp]

Name: Martin 'T' alias Jock "Itchy" Strapp
Age: On anagathics (46)
Country: England (near Bath)
Favorite version of Traveller: Classic + Beer
Military Service: None, Civilian Consultant to military projects (just like previous poster)
Favorite Sector: Terra (Background? Just get the camera out)

Haven't played face-to-face Trav for 25-odd years, but always wanted to do so again.

 

[hydrozoa]

Probably should have posted here first - but better late than never I suppose.

First of all, this is an amazing site and a pleasure to visit on a (almost) daily basis - and a big hello to all the members.

Name: Alan Obrezavic
Age: 35
Country: USA
Favorite Traveller Version: TNE
Current Date (IMTU) : 1406
Favorite Adventure (other than our own): Twilight's Peak
Favorite Suppliment: FFS for TNE
Favorite Sector(s): Antares and surrounds
Favorite World: Defiance (formerly Kasas/Fornast) and Efate/Regina
Favorite Race(s): Terran Humans (versatility) and Vargr (especially with the DGP expansion of the Vargr race)
Traveller since: early in the LBB era

 

[Plankowner]

OK, another late comer...

Name: Richard Hazlewood (yes LE not EL

)
Age: 43 (NO I can't be that old! )
Country: USA
Favorite Traveller Version: CT (the only one I have played/seen)
Current Date IMTU: 2467 (Pleiades Cluster)
Favorite Adventure: Becoming Count of Lunion just as the 5FW broke out (D*mn that GM!

)
Favorite Supplement: Trillion Credit Squadron
Favorite Sector: Spinward Marches
Favorite World: Collace (District 268)
Favorite Race: Aslan (Vargr are close second)
Traveller Since: October 1977
Military Service: US Wet Navy, Submarines for 2 terms.
Education: Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Welcome, you two! Plankowner has really jumped right in with both feet! Enjoy!

 

[Pickles]

That's it guys, keep pushing up the average age so I don't feel too old (except for that spring chicken in there, hydrozoa)!

 

[BillDowns]

Guess I'll throw in here.

Name: Billy Downs (ok, its Billy Joe, but no jokes, please)
Age: 51 (anda birthday in 2 weeks)
Country: Texas
Favorite Traveller Version: CT (the only one I have played/seen)
Favorite Supplement: Spinward Marches (#3)
Favorite Sector: Spinward Marches
Favorite World: none, really
Favorite Race: Vargr
Traveller Since: 1977 or 1978
Military Service: US Wet Navy, Trained "bubbleheads" in tactics for 3 years
Education: BS Computer science, Texas A&M

GIG 'EM AGGIES !!

 

[hydrozoa]

The "Spring Chicken" comment (which made me feel a little younger after a rather hard and haggard work week, thank you for it!

) made me think, I hope some true spring peeps discover our beloved game and find the decades of enjoyment that we all found! Hell, I've been "travelling" since I was literally 8 years old (bought the LBBs because of the cool sci-fi stuff, which I'm proud of because as you all know the LBBs weren't art heavy - although I didn't actually game until I was 12). I've always found Traveller as one of the greatest pressure-release mechanisms that didn't involve slaughtering brain cells and it remains the same to this day.

Oh yes, many thanks to Fritz88 for the welcome!

(Had to edit - almost forgot to mention, when not on Pavanne or Nulinad, I'm not too far from you Fritz88 - southern PA, not far from Point Marion if somehow you've ever heard of it. If so, I'm simply in shock)

 

[Fritz_Brown]

So, BillDowns, did you go somewhere else for the computer part of your degree? Or, did you learn programming on "Speak and Spell"? (Sorry, I had to take a swipe at the guy who admitted he was an Aggie! )

hydrozoa, I don't know where Point Marion is, but I've probably been close by at some point in my wanderings (all 50 states, 2 territories, ~30 countries).

 

[BillDowns]

We know y'all are jealous

Are you from the Great Republic of Texas, too?

Maybe from the University of Sodom and Gomorrah over there in Austin?

 

[Fritz_Brown]

I grew up in the DFW area. (Went to school at a small boy's school - well, it used to be - in the Rockies.) Welcome, again!

 

[robject]

Welcome Bill.

I'm from the Great and Sovereign Republic of TX, grew up in AZ, currently in the big D.

Neither an Aggie nor a Longhorn. Sun Devil.

 

[hydrozoa]

[FYI if you've been to Pittsburgh, you've accidentally been fairly close to Point Marion PA (if you've been to Uniontown even closer)]

 

[Chuck Anumia]

Originally posted by hydrozoa:
[FYI if you've been to Pittsburgh, you've accidentally been fairly close to Point Marion PA (if you've been to Uniontown even closer)]

I was in Uniontown just 4 years ago for Christmas.
Great place to spend the holidays.
I went to mass at that big old Catholic church down town. Standing room only and the place seats more than 1,500.

I Also visited that Frank Loyd Wright house "falling water" just down the road while it was in the preservation mode. Very cool place.

 

[hydrozoa]

I've only been to Fallingwater once, believe it or not - a bit pricey but worth it if you can afford to take the tour.
So at least one person has seen little Uniontown.

Not a bad place, Summit Mountain and the Laurel Highlands provide some great scenery and outdoor enjoyment.
BTW Johnnie, have you been to the Gettysburg battlefield (your name and rank make me ask)? One of the must-see places in the United States IMO. If you ever find yourself there, look at Pickett's Charge from both perspectives. Looks much shorter from the Confederate perspective; looks like eternity from the wall.

 

[Chuck Anumia]

I am sorry to say that I missed that little adventure. I plan on taking my wife there sometime in the next few years (after a trip to Cancun and one to Ireland).

I love visiting battlefields. I lived for many years Down in North Carolina near the Kings Mountain and Cowpens Battlefields. Both American Revolution war battle fields. Such peacful looking places for so much violence to have occured there.

 

[Gruffty]

I went to the D-Day landing beaches for 2 weeks when I was at school. Now that was extremely sobering and thought provoking. Looking up at the bluffs those guys had to get up was an experience.

Looking down on the same beaches from the german pillboxes was weird.

 

[DuckyDan]

Name: Dan Eveland
Age: 5 Terms (38)
Country: Longwood, FL USA
Occupation: Other
Favorite version of Traveller: Classic Traveller
Favorite Supplement: The Traveller Adventure, Library Data
Favorite Sector: Spinward Marches
Favorite World: Aramis
Favorite Career: Scouts
Favorite Race: Humaniti (Vargr close second)
Favorite Empire: 3rd Imperium circa 1105
Favorite thing about Traveller: Depth of background
Traveller Since: 1980
Non-Traveller Games: To numerous to mention, with gigs (and notebooks) of campaign material developed, but never used.

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Welcome Dan!