"Quo Vadimus GROUP -coffee, Darci, ffilz, Brumbar, JMiskimen

[Mighty Darci]

Time to do an update,
RE

Note that everyone should read the Experience rules in Book 2, but the gist for us is:
Pick one of the following programs:
Weapons Expertise: choose 1 gun combat and 1 blade combat skill, roll 8+ to commence the 4 year program, if you succeed that roll, you increase those two skills 1 level immediately, after 4 years, they become permanent if increasing from level-0 (every PC gets level-0 in gun combat and blade combat), or if increasing another skill, you must make a 2nd 8+ dedication roll to continue the program for 4 more years at which point the increase becomes permanent.

Skills: choose 2 skills that you have at level-1 or higher, roll 8+ to commence the 4 year program. Like the above, the increase is immediate, but it will take a 2nd 4 year program to make it permanent.

Physical Fitness: roll 8+ (DM +2 for Int 8-, DM +4 for Int 5-), increase Strength, Dexterity, and Endurance by 1 for the duration of the program.

Trying for skill improvement for Navigation-1 to Navigation-2 and Pilot-3 to Pilot-4.
Rolled a 10 to commence the 4 year program and rolled a 10 for the 2nd 4 year program to make it permanent.

Marci Boudreaux 377794, Scout (8 Terms), Age 50, home planet 0104 Penzance
Pilot-4, Computer-2, Vacc Suit-2, Jack-of-all-Trades-1, Gunnery-1, Zero-G-1, Navigation-2
Helicopter-1, Carbine-1, Rifle-1, Shotgun-1, Medical-1, Mechanical-1
100 000 CR, 10 000 CR Retirement, Scout Ship, Carbine, Broadsword, Dagger, Rifle
Funds 110 000 CR

Purchases
For the Carbine - 10 magazines - 100 CR
For the Rifle - 10 Magazines - 200 CR - Bayonet - 10 CR - Telescopic Sights - 200 CR
Body Pistol - 520 CR - 10 Magazines - 200 CR - Silencer - 200 CR
Shotgun - 160 CR - 10 Magazines - 100 CR
Cloth Armor - 250 CR
Reflec - 1500 CR
4 Daggers - 40 CR
Holsters, magazine carriers, belts, scabbards and cleaning kits - 150 CR
Atmosphere Tester - 150 CR
Radiation Counter - 250 CR
Reflectorized Tarpaulin - 400 CR
Medscanner - 1500 CR
Hand Computer - 1000 CR
Long Range Communicator - 500 CR
Light Intensifier Goggles - 500 CR
Cold Light Lantern (6) - 20 CR
Respirator(5) - 100 CR
Filter Mask(3) - 10 CR
Combo Mask(5) 150 CR
Cloth Heavy Protective Suit 1400 CR
TL 8 Heat Suit - 300 CR
Cold Weather Clothing (10) - 800 CR
Medical Kit (7) - 1000 CR
Mechanical Tool Set (5) 1000 CR - for the ship
Electronic Tool Set (7) 2000 CR - for the ship

Total Spent
14 700 CR
Remaining Funds 95 300 CR

Question for makofan , does the Scout Ship have the Triple Turret and the Missile Rack or do we need to buy one or both?

[makofan]

Trying for skill improvement for Navigation-1 to Navigation-2 and Pilot-3 to Pilot-4.
Rolled a 10 to commence the 4 year program and rolled a 10 for the 2nd 4 year program to make it permanent.

You don't roll for the second 4 years until 4 years of game time have elapsed

[Mighty Darci]

Nov 24, 2016 10:40:33 GMT -5 makofan said:

Trying for skill improvement for Navigation-1 to Navigation-2 and Pilot-3 to Pilot-4.
Rolled a 10 to commence the 4 year program and rolled a 10 for the 2nd 4 year program to make it permanent.

You don't roll for the second 4 years until 4 years of game time have elapsed

I wasn't clear on that from the way it is worded, seems obvious now that you said it.

The other questions I had were the TL 8 Heat Suit - not sure of the price??
Question for makofan , does the Scout Ship have the Triple Turret and the Missile Rack or do we need to buy one or both?

[Mighty Darci]

What else needs to happen so we can get started? Does anyone need to buy something, but does not have the funds? What do you need?

[ffilz]

If we are down Lui Wu for the moment, I suggest we resolve the Adele or Larissa decision by taking both. Larissa gets us an Engineer, Streetwise, and Admin, and Adele gets us Bribery, Streetwise, and Steward.

[coffee]

Nov 26, 2016 23:41:19 GMT -5 ffilz said:

If we are down Lui Wu for the moment, I suggest we resolve the Adele or Larissa decision by taking both. Larissa gets us an Engineer, Streetwise, and Admin, and Adele gets us Bribery, Streetwise, and Steward.

Sounds good to me!

I'm getting close to buying my equipment, but real life keeps asserting itself...

[makofan]

Sorry, Real Life got in the way. I hope to update a lot of stuff tonight

[makofan]

You have four staterooms. You have two men and 3 women. I suggest Lui Wu and Sir John Corrigan share, Marci and Abigail share, and Lady Leroux and her maid share, with one stateroom vacant, but I will leave it up to you

[makofan]

I'll throw in the Heat Suit, and you have 3x missile plus turret already installed

[makofan]

I believe missiles cost 5000 CR each. How many do you have?

[makofan]

With brumbar away for two weeks, and JMiskimen not knowing if he can contribute, we will assume a trio of coffee , Mighty Darci and ffilz for decison making. I am making the executive decision that you are taking Adele

Where do you want to go first? Once I know that, we can start

[ffilz]

Nov 27, 2016 19:12:18 GMT -5 makofan said:

I believe missiles cost 50 000 CR each. How many do you have?

Don't you mean 5,000 CR?

What cash do we have remaining for operating expenses and missiles folks? Marie has 23,000 CR

Adele could contribute about 30,000 CR to ship expenses.

The TL 8 Heatsuit is 300 CR.

[makofan]

right, 5000, I have corrected the post

[ffilz]

Adele will purchase similar equipment as Marie without the ship gear and with appropriate weapons. Will get actual purchases in the next day or two

[Mighty Darci]

Nov 27, 2016 9:56:26 GMT -5 coffee said:

Nov 26, 2016 23:41:19 GMT -5 ffilz said:

If we are down Lui Wu for the moment, I suggest we resolve the Adele or Larissa decision by taking both. Larissa gets us an Engineer, Streetwise, and Admin, and Adele gets us Bribery, Streetwise, and Steward.

Sounds good to me!

I'm getting close to buying my equipment, but real life keeps asserting itself...

Hi coffee ! The real life stuff has a tendency to do that. Hang in there! You too, makofan , I see you got bit by the same bug!

Nov 27, 2016 17:58:34 GMT -5 makofan said:

You have four staterooms. You have two men and 3 women. I suggest Lui Wu and Sir John Corrigan share, Marci and Abigail share, and Lady Leroux and her maid share, with one stateroom vacant, but I will leave it up to you

It is fine with me if Marci and Abigail share a room.

Per the COREWARD GROUP Reference Thread it was 5 people @4000/4 weeks = 20 000 CR, but we have 6 people total so it would be 6 people @4000/4 weeks = 24 000 CR for maintenance costs, plus the missiles that we buy.

Nov 27, 2016 19:33:33 GMT -5 ffilz said:

Nov 27, 2016 19:12:18 GMT -5 makofan said:

I believe missiles cost 50 000 CR each. How many do you have?

Don't you mean 5,000 CR?

What cash do we have remaining for operating expenses and missiles folks? Marie has 23,000 CR

Adele could contribute about 30,000 CR to ship expenses.

The TL 8 Heatsuit is 300 CR.

Marci, can kick in 50,000 CR, more if really needed. How many missiles should we buy? Is there anything else the group as a whole needs?

ffilz and coffee , any suggestions about where to go first? The three nearest planets all have gas giants and large bodies of water, two water worlds - one heavily populated, and one jungle planet.

[ffilz]

Did purchases for Adele. She did not purchase any of the survival gear.

As to where to go, do we have any rumors here? Any patrons?

Otherwise, I'd say perhaps we should also purchase some diving gear and maybe check out one of the water worlds. Purchase gear here where we have better tech.

[makofan]

I can generate patrons and rumors if you like?

[coffee]

Each of these worlds seems already settled. That flies in the face of exploration, seems to me.

But hey, if that's what we have, we might as well make the most of it. A jungle world sounds better to me than a water world, because the strange things that lurk in the jungle would be easier to discover/recover than the strange things that lurk under the waves.

For our first expedition, anyway.

Otherwise, I'd say lowest population/lowest tech level, because that way we'll be left alone the most.

[coffee]

Nov 28, 2016 9:09:40 GMT -5 makofan said:

I can generate patrons and rumors if you like?

Overlapped my post, so I missed it. 

Patrons are indeed the key to a Traveller adventure. I wouldn't say no to the possibility of patron.

[makofan]

Here is the way I look at it: Most of these worlds are under-settled. Spend some time reading the entries for each planet (library data!). 0202 Miscatoon has a population of 3000.

Population Size 3 - There is a loose coalition of trappers and scientists in an area just beneath the starport that hovers over the south pole. These approximately 3000 people live in log or pre-fabricated cabins and trap exotic beasts and sell their furs, or sell pets to rich connoisseurs on Muskatoon (0101). Living among them are biologists searching for rare drugs, zoologists, botanists and other scientists.

That is what you call a tenuous foothold. Who says that the MISC corporation owns the planet? It is free for the taking/exploitation/exploration

Can you ingratiate yourself with the scouts at 0107 Wayaway? This could become a secondary pirate base if you played the cards right. Maybe you can make something of the Rhadamanthus hellhole. Brodyr has some potentiial...

[makofan]

When I get off work tonight I'll send each character a background briefing or a rumor. Then you can discuss your situation, and see if you still need a patron

[Mighty Darci]

Nov 28, 2016 15:11:37 GMT -5 makofan said:

When I get off work tonight I'll send each character a background briefing or a rumor. Then you can discuss your situation, and see if you still need a patron

While I am waiting on these pms, here are some thoughts.

Nov 27, 2016 22:31:52 GMT -5 Mighty Darci said:

ffilz and coffee , any suggestions about where to go first? The three nearest planets all have gas giants and large bodies of water, two water worlds - one heavily populated, and one jungle planet.

Possible Primary Destinations, 0202 Miscatoon looks promising. There may also be something that we can trade for between the Kalamari or Aquaria and Miscatoon in both directions.

0203 Kalamari B 949986-6 Gas Giant, Scout Base Industrial

Atmosphere Type 4 (Thin, tainted) - The oxygen levels in the atmosphere are similar to those found in the high plateaus of the Terran Himalayas, and the corrosive fluoride in the air means all who live out of the water must wear protective suits with breathing masks.

Population Size 9 - There are 7 billion inhabitants on Kalamari, and they almost all live on the bottom of the oceans, or in floating mid-depth cities. The sentient species is amphibious, having adapted to the necessity of fleeing the surface eons ago.

0103 Aquaria C 779695-7 Gas Giant Non-Industrial

Atmosphere Type 7 (Standard, tainted) -The oceans on this water-dominated planet give off chlorine gas vapors, forcing all inhabitants to need filter masks to live normally. Of course, the indigenous fauna have long since adapted to the unpleasant atmosphere. Any human who goes more than a day without a mask risks contracting a life-shortening breathing condition. More than a week will kill a person.

Population Size 6 - Aquaria has two million inhabitants on the northern continent, with some tens of thousand hardy souls that live on the island chain.

0202 Miscatoon B 665322-7 Gas Giant Non-Industrial

Atmosphere Type 6 - Standard atmosphere, excellent for Earth-standard lifeforms, this planet is very humid due to its closer proximity to its sun than is usual for an inhabitable planet. Temperatures can get up to 70 degrees Celsius at the equator, and the poles average zero degrees at best.

Population Size 3 - There is a loose coalition of trappers and scientists in an area just beneath the starport that hovers over the south pole. These approximately 3000 people live in log or pre-fabricated cabins and trap exotic beasts and sell their furs, or sell pets to rich connoisseurs on Muskatoon (0101). Living among them are biologists searching for rare drugs, zoologists, botanists and other scientists.

Notes - Miscatoon is a virgin planet, unexplored and hostile - imagine the Amazon basin and rain forest multiplied 10 or 20 times. There could be untold riches, resources, medicinals, and lifeforms on the planet.

Possible Future Destination, places with unrest usually have opportunities of one kind or another.

0301 Bazont C 6A4456-5 Gas Giant, Scout Base

Atmosphere Type A - This planet has an exotic atmosphere with about nitrogen (75%), oxygen (7%), carbon dioxide (5%), Sulfur Dioxide (5%), Methane (3%), Ammonia (3%), argon (1.8%), and then trace amounts of neon, helium, krypton, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, xenon, ozone, iodine, carbon monoxide. Since humans have been on this planet some of the simple organisms (flora and fauna) that can survive in this atmosphere have been introduced and eventually the atmospheric composition will change in combination with advanced methods being researched that will eventually remove the Sulfur Dioxide, Methane and Ammonia from the atmosphere.

Population Size 4 - At this point there are about 35,000 people with a mix of military and science personnel, along with about twenty - five man exploration teams. There are also five full 10 man scout ship teams. There are currently no colonists.

Notes - This world has a very limited variety of life forms, mainly large pockets of plant life in the more lush areas and aquatic plants, algae, etc. So far no animal life or fish have been discovered. Several off world groups have infiltrated the scientific and military personnel and are currently fomenting unrest and each has different goals.

[Mighty Darci]

Nov 28, 2016 10:26:12 GMT -5 makofan said:

Can you ingratiate yourself with the scouts at 0107 Wayaway? This could become a secondary pirate base if you played the cards right. Maybe you can make something of the Rhadamanthus hellhole. Brodyr has some potentiial...

0107 Wayaway A 000242-F Asteroid Belt, Vaccum, Low Population, Scout Base, Gas Giants

0107 Wayaway A 000242-F (Asteroid home for retired scouts)


Planetary Size 0 - Asteroid belt, the starport, Jonsu, is located on one of the larger asteroids, where about half the population reside. The rest of the population is either prospecting, or living in smaller communities or individual homes on other asteroids.



Population Size 2 - 593 inhabitants


Notes: Wayaway was colonized by a group of retired Scouts. Since retired Scouts may be called back to active duty, they have built their class A starport to Imperial Scout Base standards. Many of the retired scouts have converted their Scout Ships to Type J Seekers for exploiting the asteroids. The starport, scout base, and claims office is operated by a council of retired scouts who have been elected. While anyone may settle in the system, only retired scouts are eligible to be elected to the council. The current council structure is six members (moderator - Ben Harper, starport director - Johanna "Jonsu" Salomaa, scout base director - Peter Häkkänen, claims director - Laura Mosely, security director - Jenny Julia, and secretary - Hoiger Howgendoogen).

This looks to have a lot of potential. Looking forward to learning more about travel and how many jumps it takes to get places. What is reachable from where and so forth.

[makofan]

Het darci, take a look at the map of the subsector. Each hex is jump-1, so your scout can jump 2 hexes per week

[Mighty Darci]

Nov 28, 2016 16:29:02 GMT -5 makofan said:

Het darci, take a look at the map of the subsector. Each hex is jump-1, so your scout can jump 2 hexes per week

makofan , if I understand correctly we could jump from 0203 Kalamari to 0305 Brodyr and refuel and then jump to 0206 Rhadamanthus and refuel again as an example?

And if we had a ship that could do jump-5 then we could go from 0305 Brodyr directly to 0408 Vandor, is that correct?

[makofan]

That is correct. And you only need jump-4 from Brodyr to Vandor

[makofan]

I have sent PM's to all five players. Hopefully that should be enough to spark decisions, discussions and plans

[ffilz]

Nov 28, 2016 9:10:46 GMT -5 coffee said:

Each of these worlds seems already settled. That flies in the face of exploration, seems to me.

But hey, if that's what we have, we might as well make the most of it. A jungle world sounds better to me than a water world, because the strange things that lurk in the jungle would be easier to discover/recover than the strange things that lurk under the waves.

For our first expedition, anyway.

Otherwise, I'd say lowest population/lowest tech level, because that way we'll be left alone the most.

With Traveller worldgen, there is rarely an unsettled planet (1 in 36), but there are plenty of low tech planets and low population ones too. Think of exploration not as exploring never settled areas, or not even never visited (otherwise there would not be starports on worlds less than TL 9). Rather a sub-sector is not well travelled and doesn't have significant regular trade with more settled areas.

Now we are a ship with PCs FROM this sub-sector rather than cruising out from some empire, but what we have to look at is still much the same. Penzance does have some contact with nearby worlds, but I suspect even the nearby worlds are not fully known and there is sure to be opportunities for discovery even there.

[coffee]

Okay, I'm looking at Miscatoon. Low population, plenty of scope for exploration. And the atmosphere isn't actively trying to kill us!

Sounds like our best plan, at the moment.

And a Class B starport is nothing to sneer at.

[Mighty Darci]

makofan, in reference to

Notes: Wayaway was colonized by a group of retired Scouts. Since retired Scouts may be called back to active duty, they have built their class A starport to Imperial Scout Base standards. Many of the retired scouts have converted their Scout Ships to Type J Seekers for exploiting the asteroids. The starport, scout base, and claims office is operated by a council of retired scouts who have been elected. While anyone may settle in the system, only retired scouts are eligible to be elected to the council. The current council structure is six members (moderator - Ben Harper, starport director - Johanna "Jonsu" Salomaa, scout base director - Peter Häkkänen, claims director - Laura Mosely, security director - Jenny Julia, and secretary - Hoiger Howgendoogen).

How many of the ruling council do I know personally? and how many other people do I know personally or by reputation?