Traveller: Tales From the Dragon Empire
Nov 27, 2016 19:33:26 GMT -5
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Post by Ronin84 on Nov 27, 2016 19:33:26 GMT -5
I have my own home brewed quadrant (for now) using the 2e rules from Mongoose. I suggested to my sons during Thanksgiving that we should play some more Traveller...they agreed but wanted to add three of their own friends. These kids have been gaming with me off and on for the better part of 5 years. I agreed, arrangements were made and off we went.
I created six new characters: Aris (Navy Flight/Pilot), Porter (Scholar/Field Researcher), Walker (Army/Infantry), Sebastian (Scout/Explorer), Logan (Agent/Intelligence) and Nigel (College Graduate/Rogue/Thief-Specializing in the theft of Spaceships). I also added an NPC Scout named Geeson (hard G).
I didn't have a whole lot of time so I co-opted the Annic Nova module through GDW and reprinted in an old Signs and Portents for Mongoose 1E. I told them that they all had to come up with a connection to the "ghost ship" that keeps on appearing and disappearing....they had to take turns and could build off of something that someone had already offered within reason.
Logan: Had copies of Intel and files about the ship...limited scans etc...Also had some raw data on predictions where the "ghost ship" might appear next.
Walker: Explained that his sister had been part of a three person scout team that had boarded the ship BUT the ship jumped away with the team still aboard...that was four years ago. The only people to have been known to get aboard.
Geeson: Jumped in here and he had been the fourth member of the scout team who was waiting on the scout ship while the team was aboard.
Sebastian: Claimed Geeson as his mentor and since Geeson had been chasing the ship, now he was as well. Scout camaraderie and all.
Porter: Scientist who had help work on the predictions that Logan had AND was an Archaeologist/Xenologist/Sophontologist. HE had to see this possible "Alien" ship.
Aris: 16 years ago as a junior officer on a supply run had found the "ghost ship" and the senior officer had gotten aboard and was there for a little over an hour detailing what he saw...until there was a scream and an order to Aris to leave...leave now! Aris left and the "ghost ship" jumped away....he regretted it ever since.
Nigel: Geeson had recruited him since if you are going to try and steal a ship...it made since to have a good thief.
I was really happy with the kids for coming up with some good motivations...of course it couldn't just start that easy so I decided that Geeson had been arrested after having relations with the Baroness..who was married to the Baron. Local planet but now they had to break him out of a political prison, ala Mission Impossible...I changed a few things of course.
More later I am just to zoned right now to type any more....
I created six new characters: Aris (Navy Flight/Pilot), Porter (Scholar/Field Researcher), Walker (Army/Infantry), Sebastian (Scout/Explorer), Logan (Agent/Intelligence) and Nigel (College Graduate/Rogue/Thief-Specializing in the theft of Spaceships). I also added an NPC Scout named Geeson (hard G).
I didn't have a whole lot of time so I co-opted the Annic Nova module through GDW and reprinted in an old Signs and Portents for Mongoose 1E. I told them that they all had to come up with a connection to the "ghost ship" that keeps on appearing and disappearing....they had to take turns and could build off of something that someone had already offered within reason.
Logan: Had copies of Intel and files about the ship...limited scans etc...Also had some raw data on predictions where the "ghost ship" might appear next.
Walker: Explained that his sister had been part of a three person scout team that had boarded the ship BUT the ship jumped away with the team still aboard...that was four years ago. The only people to have been known to get aboard.
Geeson: Jumped in here and he had been the fourth member of the scout team who was waiting on the scout ship while the team was aboard.
Sebastian: Claimed Geeson as his mentor and since Geeson had been chasing the ship, now he was as well. Scout camaraderie and all.
Porter: Scientist who had help work on the predictions that Logan had AND was an Archaeologist/Xenologist/Sophontologist. HE had to see this possible "Alien" ship.
Aris: 16 years ago as a junior officer on a supply run had found the "ghost ship" and the senior officer had gotten aboard and was there for a little over an hour detailing what he saw...until there was a scream and an order to Aris to leave...leave now! Aris left and the "ghost ship" jumped away....he regretted it ever since.
Nigel: Geeson had recruited him since if you are going to try and steal a ship...it made since to have a good thief.
I was really happy with the kids for coming up with some good motivations...of course it couldn't just start that easy so I decided that Geeson had been arrested after having relations with the Baroness..who was married to the Baron. Local planet but now they had to break him out of a political prison, ala Mission Impossible...I changed a few things of course.
More later I am just to zoned right now to type any more....
