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[not-so-newguy]

IANAL is a terrible acronym.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Inbox zero two days before vacation even starts. Let's see how close to zero I am at 4:30 on Friday.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

IANAL is a terrible acronym.

And a worse Asimov story.

 

[RealAlHazred]

My Traveller game is getting ready to enter the Sword Worlds, which they didn't really visit during my previous 12-year campaign. Now I'm considering how much I want to lean into the "Star Viking" trope, and how much I want to go "that's just Imperial propaganda!" for stuff. Among other things, Traveller (at least in several iterations) has built-in economics -- the reason different starship construction things cost what they do is because it makes economic sense, and if you try to extrapolate from one thing to another it usually makes sense at any point you choose to look. But if I go hard "Star Vikings" I can introduce indentures for starship crews, drop the cost of operating a starship in the Sword Worlds, and really mess with the PCs (who will not be doing that) when they inevitably have rivalries with SW-based merchant crews...

 

[dragoner]

My Traveller game is getting ready to enter the Sword Worlds, which they didn't really visit during my previous 12-year campaign. Now I'm considering how much I want to lean into the "Star Viking" trope, and how much I want to go "that's just Imperial propaganda!" for stuff. Among other things, Traveller (at least in several iterations) has built-in economics -- the reason different starship construction things cost what they do is because it makes economic sense, and if you try to extrapolate from one thing to another it usually makes sense at any point you choose to look. But if I go hard "Star Vikings" I can introduce indentures for starship crews, drop the cost of operating a starship in the Sword Worlds, and really mess with the PCs (who will not be doing that) when they inevitably have rivalries with SW-based merchant crews...

It's been a long time since I read Piper. Various iterations of the rules have made it possible for the Sword Worlds to be a threat, and some, as one TL difference makes ships better, not a threat.

 

[Deset Gled]

IANAL is a terrible acronym.

Don't knock it till you try it.

 

[Autumnal]

I’d lean on the Star Viking motif, looting heavily from actual Viking culture - perfumed beards, easy divorce, and all.

 

[overgeeked]

I’d lean on the Star Viking motif, looting heavily from actual Viking culture - perfumed beards, easy divorce, and all.

Actual history, not the Hollywood version.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Actual history, not the Hollywood version.

But what about all the Horned Space Suit Helmet art i commissioned?

 

[Old Fezziwig]

But what about all the Horned Space Suit Helmet art i commissioned?

Some things never go out of style. (At least relatively speaking. That art's going to be as popular later as it is now.)