TL9 Basic Crew Vacc Suit 2200
Continued from Vacc Suit musings at TL9 One needs to explain that the way we think of suits as changeable set of clothes is NOT the way people who have…
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Vacc Suit Musing from TL9 and implications. Survival Rolls in Hard-Scifi Travel
I’m bothered by Vacc Suit and Combat Env Suit Stats of MgT2E. one is 10kg the other is 2kg and in the setting End+Str+Athl in Load capacity before Bane. I…
Read more →MgT2E Problems with Equipment
what i like doing with my spare time. Armor Piercing and Armor Piercing Discard Sabot Rounds were not Factored in how battle strategies and practices change as we ramp…
Read more →Another Project, when the Other Lost Steam. This time Post Pandemic Philippines 2020 using Traveller SRD.
Doing a simple write up of observations into a Traveller type mechanic. If you are familiar with Mongoose Traveller, I made a “Laborer” Career. It represents a type of “class”…
Read more →Traveller SRD to Philippines 2021
the equivalent of – livelihoods that are not “Careers” if I convert Traveller SRD character Gen to Modern 2021 Philippines. Note in Traveller “Livelihood Time” is 4 year increments. So…
Read more →TL9 Habitats, Vacc Tape, and Repair Wraps.
Stuff that I find frustrating when I’m prepping for our Traveller Game. After Delta-V and Seveneves I realized that versatility and emergency resources: like the collapsible tanks and emergency life support…
Read more →Walled Garden of Apple – the Vilani Nobility’s Tech Monopoly and Cartels
In Gurps Traveller Interstellar Wars (2200 to 2300s; 2100-2299 ) the Vilani being an Imperial Monopoly and Cartel going crazy will allow for REALLY expensive but good tech. Black Boxing…
Read more →Alternate Jump Constraint, Near Space
Its a minor thing but because I made Fuel Tanks reaction mass for Intra-stellar travel. what allows multi-jumps? What is the constraint for jumps? I’m planning Crew and Machine Work…
Read more →A shuttle sketch
Used GURPS vehicles and ISW to sketch out the ideas. This is something I wanted to know when I decided that I’ll keep reaction mass. and Change how travel works.…
Read more →Criteria to make my Careers Consistent.
I realize that anyone can tinker with this, and change the “Controlling Stat” depending on the “Culture” of the Entity/Institution. Someone can just change the INT to a CON and…
Read more →Ships and Dimensions. Relearning Blender and some basic flight science.
I was really distracted wanting to know what the layout would be if the ship was blended wing and if it was a hex tube. I got influenced by “The…
Read more →Tinkering around with CE SRD Spreadsheets
Having a chance to Sleep on it, it being the Spreadsheet for CE ship building. The great thing about SRDs is that fixing loose ends are easier without the distraction…
Read more →Schelling Points – Space combat – Same as a real life project at work or a bid, except for the lethality
In COADE or some of these space combat mechanics (Non-Dog-Fight Mechanics) can be simplified as ONE shelling point. The GM works back from that shelling point. There are limited kinds…
Read more →Taxes and Margins – Ways the GM can simplify his Job
I realize that not everyone enjoys the Books keeping, but the problem with not doing the books is CONSISTENCY that bites us in the ass. Novels and Stories are more…
Read more →Trade off of Older Ships: usable in GURPS, MgT2 and CE.
This Exercises the Sense of Technical DEBT of the GM and the Players. If you want to exercise your Total Cost of Ownership Calculations which includes Factoring Technical Debt ( as well as…
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2020-05-14
Traveller
2020 May 13 Review of Old Traveller Notes
Digging up my old Traveller notes is a pain. Classic Traveller ship spreadsheets, Mongoose Traveller, Interestellar Wars, and now MgT2. The more detailed I go the more assumptions I find.…
Read more →Cepheus Engine Tinkering – Scale, Size, Range, and Velocity.
So there are some Tailoring (PMBOK term) I want to do with CE to make it easier for me to run. Every GM is different as they all have their…
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2020-05-03
Traveller
Spreadsheets and Gaming. Cepheus Engine and MgT2.
Lessons Learned after reviewing Traveller and Cepheus Engine after my long hiatus. Traveller is a game where you make a Biz Plan as part of due diligence. Unfortunately, when you…
Read more →Update in Homebrew Traveller SRD, Careers
An exercise of categorical thinking and how I understand my world. This Traveller homebrew has more stats. Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Cha, and Soc (social status). Unlike regular traveller…
Read more →Booklet Creation
Things you can only do with an Open SRD Type System: Splitting up Booklets so that its modular and can be printed as needed for Convention or Escallating Player skill.…
Read more →Scope of reworking the Ship Creation System
I did some of the calculations and initial research and here’s what I got. Step 1: Hull, Costs and Tons tables. I also made a formula for it. Basically its…
Read more →Scope of Making a Sci-fi Reaction Drive Doctrine
In reaction to the Rob Garrita’s Reaction Drives discussion I’ve done some basics research. So i’ve inputed some of the formulas from GURPS Spaceships into a Calc Spreadsheet. I realize…
Read more →A scope of the impossible, now to trim it to something doable.
So I have to stop right now and focus on the adventure for the Mini-Con in Nov 27. But I did figure out some of the stats of the project.…
Read more →Progress update of Traveller SRD, Character sheet Draft
Draft of the Traveller Character Sheet I made. Its meant to be folded as a Booklet (spine on the left side). Inside is the basic rules. Progress: Pretty much need…
Read more →IMTU: Defensive Doctrine Spitballing
Common features in Star Systems that have a built up Defense. This is in settings with no FTL communications and no “stealth in space“ Underground Vaults. IMTU giant worms or…
Read more →IMTU: Panspermia, Phylogenic Tree, “Democratic Republic”
Bouncing ideas off +Nick de Vera when I learned this term. For lack of imagination I will move the panspermia IMTU back to early biologicals instead of “human” transplantation. So…
Read more →Pantropy in my Traveller
I had a terrible time finding this word: Pantropy and of all the search I did I could always rely on Atomic Rockets to have exactly what I needed. So…
Read more →My Review of GURPS Spaceships
It deserves its glowing review and ratings. It simplifies a lot of work when creating ships in GURPS. I have one big problem tho, its that you have to still…
Read more →After my first article
Wow, it was my first time to earn anything outside my income. I’ve never been successful selling my art, much more getting anything I’ve written published. Although looking back at…
Read more →The GM just blew up our Ship!
The Pathfinder Chronicles: So Last Nights Game of Traveller Hit Hard: I do not normally do this as I figure that I record the sessions so if you are keen…
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