thanks guys

I’ll pile on Sam, congrats and welcome to the wonderful (and hectic, and gloriously infuriating and confusing) world of parenthood.  Take care of yourself, your wife, and your family ... and try to get some sleep!

In reply to Sharik Kaagira (msg # 47):

Hey Reese--regarding your thoughts about Habitation Modules....

You're on a large asteroid station that services a very large asteroid miner population.  Habitat Module construction would be a major industry, locally.  Maybe not big enough for exportation purposes, but HabMods are what everyone is living in, y'know.

So I'm pretty sure you could easily find some if you went looking...

In reply to Vonon Ronkunu (msg # 48):

The question isn't whether or not I could come by one, the question is how much cargo space the ship can spare for me to assemble it; partially assembled (sans support legs), it will still take more than six squares on the map..

Might have to wait until there is free space in the hold. Every meter of cargo space is taken, including space on the launch at this time.

In reply to Walter Zeller (msg # 50):

So no beds and no place to put one. Your character's open hostility towards mine coupled with this info make it seem like this ship doesn't need a medic.



Evelyn Darque & Valeska Brandenberg (who's supposed to be my contact) haven't posted in a month and Montgomery Ashburn & Pablo Esteban Ryzov haven't posted in 2. I only read back as far as the arrival at this station, is that common in this game? For players to go AWOL for such long periods of time?

In reply to Reese Hardsimm (msg # 51):

Eh...so-so.  We have slow periods, but we manage to keep puttering along.

Valeska & Pablo are Orphans--the Players disappeared, without notification, at a point where it was inconvenient to have the Characters just disappear, so the GM is NPC'ing them.  It's his policy to keep Orphans around for a while, just in case the Player disappearance was some IRL incident preventing them from communication, rather than that they've...abandoned us *sniff*

Vonon is behind you, though!  It's everyone else he's barking at ^_^

Heh, I think Reese may be gender fluid, but species? Not so sure..

In reply to Vonon Ronkunu (msg # 52):

Okay, wait.  I was just doing some thinking--and Vonon must have had his head up his butt (he's a Canine, they can do that, you know), 'cuz I just realized that some of the things I thought were happening on the ship, maybe aren't...

First, I thought we were drowning in Engineers, but now that I look at it again, I don't think so.

Valeska had been "helping out" in Engineering, but now she's being assigned as the Geologist/Ship's General Science Geek.

Evelyn had been "hanging out" in Engineering--well, in the Air Ducts, mainly--but I had been thinking of her as a kind of "Junior Engineer".  She's now been assigned to Ship's Steward and Sir Walters Shipboard Assistant, 'cuz it fits her skillset better (in Vonon's opinion, at least).  If she's really disappeared...maybe she ran off 'cuz her new position would make her have to meet and deal with people, instead of being able to hide in the air ducts??

Khea, of course, is the Chief Engineer.  And a couple of the rest of the Crew have a few Engineer skills such that they could help out on a task, if needed, but that's it.

Why did I think we had a full Engineering Crew?

So, now Valeska & Evelyn are out of Engineering.  Sylvester has been brought in, Marcus will probably be brought in soon--both to Engineering.  I'm not sure I'm remembering this right, but didn't Horatio, initially, try for an Engineering job?  Before I shoved him into Drone Operations, pretty much making him Chief of Mining Operations, under Valeska?

Anybody know what Montgomery is/was building?  Another Engineer, or something to threaten Sam's position as Chief Pilot?

Hey, Serge!  You're not the "New Guy" anymore!  Congratulations!  In celebration, I'll give you a new set of duties--you are now (along with all your other duties) the Shuttle Pilot.  That means, unless the Chief Pilot wants to do the job, you get to fly the Ship's Boat and shuttle our butts around...wait, I already said that was part of your job, here.  Okay, then, now it's Official!

Reese has Pilot: Small Craft 2.

SKILLS
Ship's Boat 1
Computer 2
Engnrng 3
Vacc Suit 2
Sensors 1
Comms 1
Engnrng (Maneuver) 1
Engnrng (Jump) 2
Mechanics 0
Remote Operations 0

Astrogation - 1
Broker - 1
Comms - 1
Computers - 1
Drive (Other) - 0
Drive (Wheeled) - 1
Engineer (Power)- 2
Engineer (M-Drive) - 1
Gun Combat (Energy Pistol) - 1
Gun Combat (Slug Pistol) - 1
Investigate - 1
Language (Aslan) - 1
Mechanic - 4
Persuade - 2
Pilot (Spacecraft) - 1
Science (Biology) - 0
Science (Chemistry) - 0
Sensors - 1
Survival - 0
Swimming - 0
Vacc Suit - 1
Zero-G - 1

*Athletics (Dex)           1
*Drive (wheeled)          2
*Streetwise                  3
*Survival                     0

Electronics (Computers) 2
Medic                          4
Broker                         1
Deception                    3
Flyer (gravity)              1
Gun Combat (Slug)       4
Investigate                  1
Persuade                     1
Pilot (Small Craft)        2
Recon                         2
Stealth                       4

In reply to Reese Hardsimm (msg # 58):

Guys, there is a thread for UPP's

Aye-aye, Capt'n!
BTW, my Pilot (spacecraft) skill will be upgraded to 1 now.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:17, Mon 24 June 2019.

Yes there is. It's locked too.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:01, Mon 24 June 2019.

Sorry for cutting you of Marcus, but as some people have already posted about the next day I figured I should move the conversation there instead of continuing in the past.

That's ok. I know how RPOL goes

In reply to Kheaiftouaw (msg # 62):

Sorry, my fault for going to the next day. :-(

FemBot delivered an hour before liftoff! That's harsh! Assuming Reese actually makes it on to the crew, He will rush out at the last minute to pick up a couple of outfits for the scantily clad figure.

In reply to Reese Hardsimm (msg # 65):

On such short notice and time frame, all Reese could purchase was a simple outfit and a medic shipsuit.  I'm guessing around Cr2,500 for the pair.

https://sta.sh/0141j5qjusq1

I was waiting for Walter to post, but she's dressed in a dark gray tailored business suit.

As it has been a while, do you want us to roll in the skill advancement section?

Having come up with the Skill Advancement rule three years ago, all I can say is that it seemed like a good idea at the time.

I don't remember anyone having any complaints against it, though, but now I'm thinking it was a bit more complicated than it needed to be. My biggest concern is that it doesn't necessarily let a player advance the skill for his character that he wants.

I've come up with a different system in my other Traveller games.

So, I'm wondering if everyone--including the new players--is happy with this system of Skill Advancement.

Where is the Skill Advancement system?