08-02-2011, 07:53 AM | #11 |
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Re: Where are the Play-by-Post GURPS Traveller games hiding?
So, I guess we seem to be leaning toward a "free trader" kind of game?
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08-02-2011, 03:20 PM | #12 | ||
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Re: Where are the Play-by-Post GURPS Traveller games hiding?
Great! I hope we're ALL up for it. :-)
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Let me ask some questions of everyone to get some more information about the kind of game that we want this to be: There would hopefully be some ongoing conflict going on in the region where the PCs are trading to add an element of danger and uncertainty to everything that you do. Who should the conflict be against? It could be an ongoing conflict between the Imperium and the Zhodani Consulate, or it could be skirmishes with a faction in the Vargr Extents, or it could be a purely internal conflict between portions of the Imperium. The PCs could be conducting peaceful trade among the warring worlds, or they could be trading in military goods and supplies. I guess an even more basic question is: What race/species do the PCs want their characters to be? Will you be all or mostly of the same race? And will you be on the side of that race in the conflict, or will you be working for the opposite side? Or maybe you would prefer to be working for a third party race who has no direct interest in the conflict, but rather, you wish to make money by selling to both sides of the conflict. Perhaps selling bullets to one side and guns to the other side? I'm interested to hear everyone's thoughts about this, doulos05, sn0wball, and MisterJuan. Last edited by pup67vargr; 08-05-2011 at 06:00 PM. |
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08-02-2011, 03:31 PM | #13 |
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Re: Where are the Play-by-Post GURPS Traveller games hiding?
I have to admit I need to reread the Traveler soucebook... it's been a few years since I've had a PC roaming around in that universe ;)
Right of the top of my head, I can already state I would probably be creating a Terran PC, racial template wise. Probably some kind of ex Terran Navy officer. That's pretty much as far as my brain takes me right now! I'll probably chip in a little more once I reread the book. Beside that, I'd be willing to roll with anything story wise. |
08-02-2011, 05:11 PM | #14 |
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Re: Where are the Play-by-Post GURPS Traveller games hiding?
Okay MisterJuan, that sounds good! Terran, eh? One wonders whether he was an officer in a Terran-based, System or Sector-wide navy, or the Imperial Navy, and, for that matter, what his attitude is toward Imperial-types in general, not to mention more 'alien' aliens!
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08-02-2011, 05:58 PM | #15 | |
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Re: Where are the Play-by-Post GURPS Traveller games hiding?
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Would you be open to having said character have a rather well known reputation? And I don't really mean as a war hero... more like the infamous kind (which could explain the "ex-navy" part). Somehow, I wouldn't mind a few "Hey, aren't you the one they call The Butcher of XYZ?" Anyways... I'm just throwing ideas around. |
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08-02-2011, 06:11 PM | #16 | |
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Re: Where are the Play-by-Post GURPS Traveller games hiding?
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As for the record-keeping portion... Pup, if you're interested, I'm a bit of an amateur programmer and I'm hacking together a program that will generate lists of cargo between two planets. It probably wouldn't be hard to make it 'select' the cargo and put it in our 'cargo hold.' In that case, I don't mind running the 'party face'/ businessman character, giving me a good reason for being the one who knows (alternately, if nobody wants the captain slot, I can run that one instead/too since the captain ought to know what's on his ship). As for character, I'm up for any era, any race (though I'll probably run one of the Humanati). Once I know what berth I'll be filling on the ship, I'll roll up a character. |
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08-02-2011, 07:11 PM | #17 |
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Re: Where are the Play-by-Post GURPS Traveller games hiding?
So, if we're thinking free trader, let me just clarify what we're thinking as far as era and ruleset so I can start building a character.
Ruleset: 4E or 3E? Era: ISW, Rule of Man, pre- or post-Long Night? Location: Definitely someplace with lots of conflict, I'm down for that. |
08-02-2011, 08:36 PM | #18 | ||||
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Re: Where are the Play-by-Post GURPS Traveller games hiding?
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Era: let's say post-Long Night. Everybody cool with that? Location: How's about -- 1204 Mongo/Jewell/Spinward Marches, (Starport: Class V, Diameter: 3,201 miles, Atmosphere: Std. O2/N, Surface Water: 80%, Climate: normal, Population: 6.206 M, Gov: Civil Service Bureaucracy, Control Rating: 2, TL: 9.) Please don't respond to this post here -- follow the link in the next post. Thanks. Last edited by pup67vargr; 08-02-2011 at 08:49 PM. |
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08-02-2011, 08:47 PM | #19 |
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Re: Where are the Play-by-Post GURPS Traveller games hiding?
Let's move this discussion to This Thread. I've copied the above long post over to there, so we can pick up the discussion right where we left off.
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