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You only leave them out for barebone budget boats.
Why are civilian ships operated with no insurance?
Damage control equipment lockers is one you never see. These would definitely exist on anything even quasi-military and one would probably be required on commercial vessels as well.
I always figured that would be included under the Ship's Locker equipment and basic engineering tools.
It's easily abstracted away at most levels, but should be remembered for ACS.
Because the risk level is much higher than modern shipping. Especially in non-CT rulesets.
Why are civilian ships operated with no insurance?
If the loss rate is that high, then why are lenders willing to finance ships for which they will never be paid for in full?
If the loss rate is that high, then why are lenders willing to finance ships for which they will never be paid for in full?
I always figured that would be included under the Ship's Locker equipment and basic engineering tools.
It's easily abstracted away at most levels, but should be remembered for ACS.
Wasn't the inability to get (or afford) insurance a big contributing factor in the Hard Times era of the MegaTraveller setting?Why are civilian ships operated with no insurance?
I've always thought it should also be a skill you can acquire. It isn't mechanical, electrical, or engineering of some sort but rather the ability to fight a fire, pug a hole that's venting the ship's atmosphere, rigging temporary systems or patching a system with a temporary means so the ship can continue to operate. It's really a different skill set from the ones mentioned.
Those skills above would emphasize what to do in an emergency like a fire or loss of hull integrity. They also wouldn't train someone on spotting ways to reduce the ship's vulnerability to damage from an accident or battle.
The equipment would have to include firefighting gear (even if the ship had automatic systems for this the possibility exists these could fail), equipment to strengthen or reinforce a bulkhead to prevent its collapse from damage, means to rig temporary power, etc. I don't see these as something you keep in a daily use area.
So what's your idea that a ship should have but doesn't?
Why don't ships have more robots?
So what's your idea that a ship should have but doesn't?
Why don't ships have more robots? Just a Roomba even, to do the floor cleaning?
Traveller is whatever you want...Traveller is a game of high ADVENTURE.
Traveller is whatever you want...
If you want to play a naval campaign, you do.
If you want to play a military campaign, you do.
If you want to play a scout campaign, you do.
If you want to play a merchant campaign, you do.
If you want to play with insurance, you do.
What's a "GEICO"? Feminine hygiene?There's a GEICO commercial in here somewhere... :rofl: