No worries, and thanks.

Greetings from beyond the void.

Hey there Alwin!

How'd creation shake out for you?

As is so often the case in Traveller, what the character has planned for himself at 18 and the path he wound up taking turned out to be rather different.

(not unlike real life)

I can't complain.  Got a good, well-rounded character that can serve in any number of multiple capacities aboard a starship.  Not that great in a fight, to be honest, but I'm certain that others can fill that role.

How the "Ally" Benefit works:

If you have "ally" as a benefit you need not decide on the details immediately.  Nor is it random.  It is of little help to the game if your character's ally is 20 star systems away and has nothing to offer.

Instead, consider it more of a Plot Card you can play at some future time.

An Ally can be:

An expert who happens to know about something you have questions about.
A mechanic who is really great at fixing the whatever.
A lawyer who can get you out of trouble. (My Cousin Vinnie In Space??)
A colonist who can give you a place to hide and rest.
A bureaucrat who makes your application for something go smoothly.
A broker who can get you a good deal on something.
A law enforcement officer who can give you tips about the underworld.
A gangster who can give you tips about law enforcement.

Etc etc etc.  They do not become employees, party members, etc.  (although, a fair use of an Ally is Someone Who Knows About Recruiting Talent)

Strength   6
Dexterity  7
Endurance  7
Intelligence  8
Education  8
Social     6

Communications  0
Engineering     0
Gun Combat      0
Melee           0
Wheeled Vehicle 0
Admin           1
Steward         1
Medic           2
Computer        3
Broker          3

Broker, computer guy and medic. An Admin type.

I know what you mean, I got out of high school 40 years ago back in June. Life has been an incredible experience!

We're almost there, although one player has not checked in since joining.  Always one of those.  I am going to give this another pass through the players wanted board, and then we will go with what we have, because it's just enough.  All the characters are basically space veterans, although with some differences.

Noah: the tough stained overalls mechanical type.
Alwin:  the doctor and computer guy.
Horace:  The deal making corporate whiz

Einar... in process.

Between a few characters, there has been enough luck in Equity and Ship shares to justify starting with a ship with a reasonably manageable debt!

If this sounds good, the opening scene will take us to the Lyonesse Pre-owned Spacecraft Yard, to look over the offerings available.  We can assume the four characters we currently have already met, understood that the current crisis and slowdown in demand means getting hired by a ship is tough, and so might have decided they have enough resources between themselves to go into the frontier transport business on their own.

Works for me.

Sounds great.

Excellent

All for it!

Nice beard Noah!

And Einar is more or less done.

He's a crusty Salvage Tech, a career spacer of 34 he's smarter than a looks and a Jack of all Trades, and master of one. Vacc Suit/Zero-G.

I was tempted to give him a term of Rogue, but I did not want to push my luck!

But a limp would make you more colorful though!

Looks like Alwin and Horace have similar skill sets, not the same, just similar. I have Steward and Medic too, also broker.

I'd say we need a few more players maybe. Ships are a bit salty, Light Years a Cepheas Engine thing? I know Jump a bit better. I'll learn. I have 8M Credits but am loathe to use it all. Never had money in a Traveller game before, nice change.

Cepheus Engine has rules for several different alternative ship drive ideas.

I like cruising around rather than a simple one week jump.  Better feel, just my opinion.

You will find that you will cover a little more space here faster but since the Points Of Interest tend to be further apart the game effect is similar.

That's one thing that always bugged me a bit with Traveller.  "The Imperium is huuugee... but you have a Jump-1 ship so will die of old age before you cover 1% of it."
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:41, Wed 13 Nov 2019.

True, the Imperium was too big of an empire. I'm game!

I'm here. This is me being here and checking in. Life and work have been sheer madness of late but things have calmed somewhat. I'm ready!

Welcome, glad you made it!

I've got a whopping three points of equity to contribute to purchasing (or more likely, getting a loan for) a ship.

My supposition is that in the far future, there will be criminal syndicates comprised of hipster-belters.  Noah's the kind of guy who uses small batch, hand-crafted clubs to break knee caps; he rejects mass marketed nightsticks.  He can also make series of great Victorian-era cocktails and has large collection of ironic t-shirts of various companies who are no longer in business.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:05, Thu 14 Nov 2019.

Shall we hold off for player 2? or get to shopping and he can catch up?