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Traveller: Life in the Marches - A ship of our own
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OOC : there's a level of tech that deals with limb regrowth. But it's pretty high. I think 9 or 10 offers robotic prosthetics. Gun Combat =/= Gunner. Gunner is the Ship Pew Pew skill.
I think it's fair game that the characters would talk about their capabilities to divvy up the jobs. First time you're asked to roll on something we'll find out what your skill is anyway, and I assume you're all like me and have been writing down who got which static resolutions
Bear in mind, any skill at 0 is the difference between "I can <skill>" and "I can't <skill>". 1 or higher is where you 'git gud'. Level 0 is 'Roll without penalty'. So for example Pilot-0 means you know how to fly the ship but say under pressure you might drop the landing gear instead of venting aft thrusters and crash. Pilot-4 would be Han Solo. Also, if you have Astrogate-0 you can read a star map. And comms-0 so you can work the radio. You were born to sit in the drivers seat.0 -
OOC : there's a level of tech that deals with limb regrowth. But it's pretty high. I think 9 or 10 offers robotic prosthetics. Gun Combat =/= Gunner. Gunner is the Ship Pew Pew skill.
I think it's fair game that the characters would talk about their capabilities to divvy up the jobs. First time you're asked to roll on something we'll find out what your skill is anyway, and I assume you're all like me and have been writing down who got which static resolutions
Bear in mind, any skill at 0 is the difference between "I can <skill>" and "I can't <skill>". 1 or higher is where you 'git gud'. Level 0 is 'Roll without penalty'. So for example Pilot-0 means you know how to fly the ship but say under pressure you might drop the landing gear instead of venting aft thrusters and crash. Pilot-4 would be Han Solo. Also, if you have Astrogate-0 you can read a star map. And comms-0 so you can work the radio. You were born to sit in the drivers seat.
OOC: Thanks for explaining that Banjo. As it happens, I have a PPL in real life, so those three skills (Pilot, Maps and Comms) had to be learned!
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"Keep your hands to yourself, I'm sure we'll all be just fine. OK, now we know how big everyones' dicks are, lets tackle the situation at hand. The ship needs a pilot - assume thats your or Glenn, Verne? We need an Astrogator - anyone want to volunteer? We need an engineer, I'm happy to continue doing that if you're all happy to stay the **** out of my way while I do it. Medic is already ably filled by Nestor. We could run into trouble, it would be good to know who's going to man the guns if it happens rather than bicker about it while we're being filled full of holes and rads. Also, Comms and Sensors - anyone got any experience there?"
OOC : In other words, cards on the table time. My key skills are Engineer (E-2, 1 point each in Power and Electronics - hence the home-made taser gloves and other devices which you'll find all about if you assault me again), Language, Streetwise and Carousing. Only one of them is useful in space really My key attributes are intelligence and education. What have the rest of you got?
"I can sing a song or recite a poem" Seneca says to no-one in particular
Ooc: Still trying to get my head around stuff and my character's characteristics. All help gratefully received.0 -
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OOC : Disclaimer - I AM NOT A DM! Or the captain, apparently So take this with a pinch of salt. But I am an enthusiastic reader and an imaginary war criminal.
Go back to your character creation report. If you were given a skill, eg Drive-0, you get Drive-0. If you were given Drive with no number, that's either Drive 1 or if you already have drive it's Drive+1. (i.e Drive 1 goes to Drive 2.) If you had Drive 0 and then got Drive, it just goes to Drive 1 I think, which is a kick in the nards.
If you have a skill at 1 or higher, you can specialise where available. E.g. I had Engineering 2, I split that into Engineering (Power) and Engineering (Electronics) - because when would I ever need that M-Drive speciality, eh?
I started putting the skills into my character sheet. Here's a blank version :
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EOYRllCFejSzaadtAydea1wgEkzmDOIfHF2tKp_RkHQ/edit?usp=sharing
Note : when you chose your career, you were given a set of skills at 0 in the first year, this is to represent your basic induction training - the competence you need to do your job at entry level. As you went along, you may have earned a few skills from rewards / promotions - those tend to be the ones with no number on them. The more careers you had, the more Level 0 skills you have.
Four confirmed that once we got the ship we could choose a skill pack - a generic set of skills we choose as a team that all of us get. We all get the same pack though so there's bound to be redundant stuff in there.
Finally, if you chose a homeworld, I think you get to pick 3 relevant skills that you would have picked up on that planet. Dunno if we're doing that. e.g. Evan is from Tyrfing in the Sword Worlds sector. It has a thin atmosphere, so he would probably have Vac Suit 0. This is just an example, I'm not desperately trying to get relevant skills before you throw me out an airlock 0 -
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Professor Moriarty wrote: »Seneca observes Milt looking tres cool doing all sorts of techie stuff. Feeling utterly inadequate and anxious that he may be seen as excess ballast, he says "I'll clean the toilet".
OOC: Dont forget to replace the 3 shells.
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"Keep your hands to yourself, I'm sure we'll all be just fine. OK, now we know how big everyones' dicks are, lets tackle the situation at hand. The ship needs a pilot - assume thats your or Glenn, Verne? We need an Astrogator - anyone want to volunteer? We need an engineer, I'm happy to continue doing that if you're all happy to stay the **** out of my way while I do it. Medic is already ably filled by Nestor. We could run into trouble, it would be good to know who's going to man the guns if it happens rather than bicker about it while we're being filled full of holes and rads. Also, Comms and Sensors - anyone got any experience there?"
OOC : In other words, cards on the table time. My key skills are Engineer (E-2, 1 point each in Power and Electronics - hence the home-made taser gloves and other devices which you'll find all about if you assault me again), Language, Streetwise and Carousing. Only one of them is useful in space really My key attributes are intelligence and education. What have the rest of you got?
[OOC: Verne is a 0 in these traits: Athletics, Drive (all), Electronics (all), Flyer (all), Mechanic, Melee (all) and Survival.
Verne has 1 in the following: Gun Combat (energy), Heavy Weapons (Man Portable), Leadership, Pilot (small craft) and Recon.
And he has a solitary 2 in Melee (blades) and a **** off mahoosive reaver's axe to go along with that.
So with his **** off axe strapped firmly to his back, he heads back to the bridge [lets call it that] to retake the helm and try to figure out where they are and where they can get to.0 -
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Nestor heals up Dhinor's wound beautifully. There is some slight burn marks remaining, but they will fade over the week.OOC: Rolz Med check gets me a 15. Guess I did a nice job whilst pretending to be a shaman.
Dhinor slots the last piece of the replacement focusing crystal into the blade and connects it up.If Dhinor still have bits of it, he attempts to repair The Negotiator using the blade repair training he gained earlier on in the adventure.0 -
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