[ooc]Traveller T20 - Full

[Wilphe]

thnx

Question for Maerdwyn.

Is it worth buying Gvegh to go with Irilitok, or is one major Vargr language going to be enough?

As it stands he'll go for:

K'kree, Gurvin + Gvegh or Vilani.

 

[Maerdwyn]

thnx

Question for Maerdwyn.

Is it worth buying Gvegh to go with Irilitok, or is one major Vargr language going to be enough?

As it stands he'll go for:

K'kree, Gurvin + Gvegh or Vilani.

There will likely be more sentients who speak Vilani encountered than vargr who speak only one if the vargr dialects - but that doesn't mean people who only speak Gvegh, for example ,won't sometimes show up. Not much of an answer - sorry.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Thanks.

Actually, the secondary world thing works well for me. Not that it really matters I suppose, I just like it. It kinda fits the feel of the description I wrote.

Could you give me the stats for the Sauma Forain mainworld?

Sauma Forain was settled by Vilani and Luriani from Daaramm during the Ziru Shirka, and later by Solomani colonists.

UWP: D664875-6 905 V5
Starport: Poor Quality Installation
World Size: 6000 mile/dia
Atmosphere: Standard
Hydrosphere: 40%
Population: 900,000,000 (65% Luriani, 20% Mixed human, 6%Solomani, 4%Vilani, 5% Other)
Government: Balkanized
Law Level: Personal concealed weapons prohibited
Tech Level: 1940-1970


Kansas was settled by Solomani refugees fleeing Sauma Forain during the famine of 613. The planet has enough water to support its people's agriculture, but it relies on trade with Sauma Forain for just about everything else.

UWP: D351353-6
Starport: Poor Quality Installation
World Size: 3000 mile/dia
Atmosphere: Thin
Hydrosphere: 10%
Population: 7,000 (Mixed and Solomani humans)
Government: Feudal Technocracy
Law Level: Military weapons prohibited
Tech Level: 1940-1970

 

[doghead]

Ah. Thats quite a change. Pop 7000. TL 6. No wonder he wanted off. Can you have a world without mobile phones, personal computers and satelite communications in a universe with space travel?

Would it be possible to add a small Aslan community. It plays a part in his background which has fairly significantly influenced his actions.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Ah. Thats quite a change. Pop 7000. TL 6. No wonder he wanted off. Can you have a world without mobile phones, personal computers and satelite communications in a universe with space travel?

Would it be possible to add a small Aslan community. It plays a part in his background which has fairly significantly influenced his actions.

No problem - I can increase the size of the planet's population too if you'd like, as I'd just generated it randomly. We'll say the Aslan were there when the Solomani arrived - could be som tension there, or it could have been smoothed over over the last few centuries.

TL level stays though The TL just represents what's available to the average citizen - leaders would certainly have better stuff, and it's not like the locals wouldn't have seen spaceships, etc - they just can't get access to them easily. But yeah - no wonder he left.

 

[doghead]

7,000 people on the planet. Thats not even a decent crowd at a football game. Nah, leave it as is. It could be interesting. Do you mind if I fill in some of the details? I should alter my homeworld stats as well I suppose.

I kinda figured the TL represented something like the local manufacturing technology level. Sure, you could always get something better shipped in if you had the readies.

OT: Tonguez, Graf has reappeared in the LEW game.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Everyone - is the color coded language thing working out? (I changed the color of Luriani to a lighter blue, but It still may not be great.) Any other suggestions on how to portray different languages with a minimum of fuss?

We could
a)keep doing colors
b)use pseudo HTML tags like (Trokh) Hi there (/Throkh)
c)underline text and state what language it's in afterwards
d) anything else that's better?

 

[Seonaid]

I don't mind colors; if they're too light/dark, I just highlight it to read it. No big deal. However, I tend to forget what color means what. :-\ I don't have a good solution, but the pseudo-HTML might be the best for me. I don't like option C, though; I think that might get messy and possibly confusing. Also, I don't like scrolling down (or glancing down) to see what is in a note. I honestly can't think of a good solution, though, so whatever.

 

[doghead]

Personally, I don't like colours. Particularly the bright ones can be hard on the eyes.

Being an old fart, my preference would be for straight italics for thoughts and "talking marks" for spoken language. The actual language spoken can be indicated in the text, but pseudo HTML tags is an easy alternative.

 

[Seonaid]

I agree about the italics and quote marks, completely. That's the easiest way. I also agree about using the language in the text itself. That makes sense.