Who are we?

[Timerover51]

I posted here a while back, but figure that it is time to update things a bit.

Name: Dale, aka Timerover51

Age: Approaching 68, had my 50th High School Reunion in July, 2019

Country: Far North Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, USA. I have not escaped from Illinois as yet.

Favorite version of Traveller: 1977 and 1981 Edition of Little Black Books with some Cepheus Engine mixed in, so best described as Home Rules for now. I also use The Traveller Book.

Military Service: ROTC scholarship in College, 3 years and 4 months as a U.S. Army Quartermaster Officer (see signature), then medically retired in July of 1978. Presently listed at 100% disabled.

Favorite Supplement: Toss up between Supplement 4: Citizens of the Imperium (additional careers and skills) and Supplement 7: Traders and Gunboats (I like a small ship universe).

Favorite Adventures: ANNIC NOVA, Research Station Gamma, Twilight's Peak

Favorite Sector: Piper-Norton Out Rim Sector that I am building (slowly).

Favorite Race: Human (I also like the Droyne.)

Favorite Empire: Empire, what Empire?

Started Playing Traveller: Bought the 1977 version of the LBBs in 1979, and working with them ever since.

Favorite Authors: H. Beam Piper, Andre Norton, James Schmitz, Murray Leinster, Robert Howard, J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Bruce Catton, U.S. Center for Military History "Green Book" series covering World War 2 along with their other publications

I also am a military historian, especially naval, from the Sumerians to modern day. I have done some work for the government. (see signature). Not a great fan of flyboys.

 

[JimMarn]

My update, kinda boring. But then I'm a boring person.

Name: Jim aka JimMarn

Age: over 70. My gray hairs had a kazillion kids, and they are glaringly white.

Military: 6 years in the US Navy as an electronics tech, radar repair. Vacuum tubes/valves. Only two equipment with transistors. Ship broken up for scrap around 15 years ago. I thought that happened last century, but apparently there was an effort to preserve it.

Still not gaming. Relatives keep promising to get interested.

Working on some maps for my Traveller site, one sub-sector mapped so far. This will be in Path 02, joining two galaxy arms.

And saw a semi-complaint thread on another gaming forum. OP said it was terrible he was getting old and didn't have much time left to game. He posted his age... I'm 20 years older than him. Maybe he just felt old. I know when I turned 40, I felt old. Now it depends on my day.

 

[AtlanticFriend]

Name: Yves, aka AtlanticFriend

Age: About to turn 51.

Country: Pre-Imperial France.

Favorite version of Traveller: 2300 AD, and MegaTraveller

Military Service: None. Almost worked for intelligence in my early twenties - emphasis on "almost". Since then, all my terms were dedicated to the Bureaucrat career.

Favorite Supplement: The Rebellion Sourcebook. Give me the narration of Emperor Strephon's assassination and some epic music à la Dream Cave (Set Sail in particular) and I'm itching for devious intrigue. For 2300AD, Aurore and Nyotekundu Sourcebooks.

Favorite Adventures: MT's Behind Blue Eyes (from Challenge Magazine) ; 2300AD's Ranger.

Favorite Sector: The Hinterlands, the Spinward Marches

Favorite Race: Humaniti and Hivers. The serious schemers. In 2300AD, the Ebers, for all the dark secrets they're ashamed of.

Favorite Empire: Dulinor's and Margaret's.

Favorite Authors: Terry Pratchett, Norman Spinrad, Liu Cixin, Pierre Boulle, early Tom Clancy and Frederick Forsyth, John le Carré, Alexandr Solzhenitsin, Maurice Druon, Gilles Perrault, Emile Zola, Raymond Aron, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle... and scores of historians ranging from François Kersaudy to Ian Kershaw and Peter Longerich or Joachm Fest.

 

[Bryan H Rombough]

Posted in this thread years ago (on another account tied to an email I no longer use), but here's an update.

Name: Bryan Rombough
Age: 47
Favorite version of Traveller: MegaTraveller (though I'm not very familiar with other versions, I just like MT supplements best)
Military Service: No
Favorite Supplement: Solomani & Aslan: The Rimward Races
Favorite Adventures: Dunno, haven't played any published adventures
Favorite Sector: Dunno, not familiar enough with any of them
Favorite Race: Aslan
Favorite Empire: None, really
Started Playing Traveller: Early aughts. First noticed Traveller in the early '80s, but it wasn't 'til about 20 years later that I joined a group playing a Traveller campaign.
Favorite Authors: J.G. Ballard; William S. Burroughs; Owen Hatherley; V. Vale; Philip K. Dick; Thomas King; Chelsea Vowel; Steven J. Gould.

I'm an Architectural Technologist (aka: Architectural Draughtsman) living in Ottawa. I sometimes draft deckplans for ships in the Traveller games I play in.

 

[Tiikeri]

Who goes there

Name: Tiikeri
ge: 52
Favorite Traveller: Classic Traveller.
Military Service: US Army
Fave Supplement: DGP World Builders Handbook, Fire Fusion & Steel, Scouts & Assassins. I couldnt pick just one.
Fave Adventure: Night of Conquest
Fave Sector: District 268 and The Beyond
Fave Race: Solomani
Fave Empire: SolCon
Started playing Traveller: 1978
Country: USA,Westercoast.

Fave Authors: H Beam Piper, Jerry Pournelle, Heinlein, Herbert.

 

[vegascat]

Name: Jim
Age: 40 in a few days, Officially not young enough anymore
Home: Las Vegas NV. USA, when I am not deployed to who knows where
Military: 19 years Air Force AMMO
Location: USA,Europe, Mid East, Korea, Others
Favorite Traveller Version: CT
Favorite Supplement: High Guard, quite yellowed
Favorite Sector: Spinward Marches
Favorite Race: Vargr
Favorite Empire: The Darrians, they can keep a secret
Favorite Ship: Kinunir, lots of room to spread out
Favorite Character: Raider
Favorite Author: Lois Bujold, H Beam Piper
UPP: 676AB6
Skills: Archery-3
Explosives-2
Combat rifleman-2
Wheeled vehicle driver-2
Admin-2
Handgun-1
Sword-1
Aromor repair-1
Carousing-1
Leadership-1
Computer-0


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In the end, Murphy will rule

Update Feb 2021, after 18 more years of breathing
Name: Jim
Age: 40 in a few days, Officially not young enough anymore
Age; 58 now. Aging fails exist and are no fun, some survival fails catch up to us later with interest.
Home: Las Vegas NV. USA, when I am not deployed to who knows where
Update; Still Las Vegas, no more deployments
Military: 19 years Air Force AMMO
Update, 22 years USAF, retired, then 13 years Cable Guy, medical retired
Location: USA,Europe, Mid East, Korea, Others clasified
Favorite Traveller Version: CT
Favorite Supplement: High Guard, quite yellowed
Favorite Sector: Spinward Marches
Favorite Race: Vargr
Favorite Empire: The Darrians, they can keep a secret
Favorite Ship: Kinunir, lots of room to spread out
Favorite Character: Raider
Favorite Author: Lois Bujold, H Beam Piper
UPP: 676AB6
Update; 6647C7 TBIs do catch up
Skills: Archery-3
Explosives-2
Combat rifleman-2
Wheeled vehicle driver-2
Admin-2
Handgun-2
Sword-2
Armor repair-1
Carousing-1
Leadership-1
Computer-1
Electronics-1
Engineering-1

 

[PeelSeel2]

Name: Scott
Age: 50
Country: USA, Nebraska
Favorite version of Traveller: CT & Mongoose
Military Service: 6 Year Army Reserve, NBC Specialist (54B), PSYOPS (37F), Air Assault, Airborne, Artic Light Infantry Training, & PLDC. Fond memories.
Favorite Supplement: Mongoose 2e High Guard.
Favorite Sector: Trojan Reach or Spinward Marches
Favorite Race: Bwap
Favorite Empire: 3I

 

[vegascat]

Looking at the ages in the post, I wonder how many of us have drawn their last breath. The cumulative life experience lost over the years, maintained in these threads, is amazing. We surround this planet with a wide variety of backgrounds able to communicate freely contributing to a common cause.

 

[AtlanticFriend]

Looking at the ages in the post, I wonder how many of us have drawn their last breath. The cumulative life experience lost over the years, maintained in these threads, is amazing. We surround this planet with a wide variety of backgrounds able to communicate freely contributing to a common cause.

Yep, what a crew of troubleshooters this forum's members would form indeed!

 

[Aokhir]

New forum member.
Name: Aokhir
Country: England (Scot)
Military: No
Age: 53
Fav Traveller: CT (and MT)
Fav Supplement: Droyne
Fav Sector: Reaver's Deep
Fav Race: Humaniti
Fav Empire: Sword Worlds
Fav Scifi: Clifford Simak 'Way Station'
Ursula Le Guin 'City of Illusions'

 

[BlackBat242]

Welcome aboard... nice preferences.

Here's mine. http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showpost.php?p=28906&postcount=524