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Captain, actually (commission=1 rank, promotion=2). You earned 4 skills this term: 2 for surviving, 1 for commission, 1 for promotion. You also got Rifle-1 and SMG-1 by dint of rank

Shalvenay

ooh!

nitsua60

so the four others you get to pick which table to roll on: ACQUIRED SKILLS TABLE(s)

(though advanced education II isn't available to you, because EDU's too low)

Shalvenay

2 on Service, 2 on Advanced Edu I

4d6

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4:26 AM

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Shalvenay

Blade is ehhh, but I'll be stuck with 1 point in that I suppose

nitsua60

for "blade" you'd pick some species of bladed weapon from the equipment list; "gun" likewise for a firearm.

(looking them up now)

Shalvenay

yeah, i'm thinking some sort of hand-axe for a bladed weapon

nitsua60

dagger, machete, foil, cutlass, sword, broadsword (though we could re-skin any as a b-axe if you'd like)

Shalvenay

@nitsua60 harhar.

that sounds like a...spot of silliness on the designers' part ,if you ask me

nitsua60

4:29 AM

pistol, automatic pistol, revolver, carbine, rifle, automatic rifle, shotgun, submachine gun

Shalvenay

either carbine or a 2nd point in SMG

nitsua60

if you choose rifle or SMG for "gun" you'd just increment that skill

Shalvenay

I'll say 2nd point in SMG

their gun classifications aren't that great either :P

nitsua60

ranks in each skill will be a straight-up modifier to any relevant die roll

Shalvenay

the weapon-category selections are one thing I'd house-rule if I was running this system, I can tell that right off

nitsua60

4:32 AM

Sure. And it may have been one of the things that was greatly changes in the early 80s. I just haven't played any of the later versions.

Then the two skills off of advanced-ed: gun and tactics.

so you can grab another rank of either rifle or SMG, or grab a new firearm

Shalvenay

I'll go with shotgun

(fun factoid: Germany actually petitioned during WWI to have shotguns banned from the battlefield)

nitsua60

(btw, ranks are a steep curve: rank-1 is already strongly-proficient, rank-2 is practised proessional, rank-3 we're looking at world-class)

Shalvenay

yeah -- that's probably not too far off from EVE skills with their exponential training time growth

nitsua60

okay--the hard decision: do you want to reenlist for another 4-yr term? (you're 22 now)

Shalvenay

I think one more term's good

nitsua60

4:35 AM

so it's 2d6 unmodified, 'cause you don't like school

Shalvenay

2d6

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nitsua60

(never mind--it's 2d6 unmodified because there are no modifiers for reenlistment)

sorry, cappy. Downsizing.

Shalvenay

rats.

I'll go for the draft roll

d6

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Shalvenay

4:36 AM

RATS!

bigtime downsizing -- time to find a PMC!

nitsua60

nope--that's it. This is your prior service.

(draft roll would have been if you failed the enlistment roll)

Shalvenay

yeah. :)

ah. you can't get drafted off a re-enlistment.

nitsua60

but you get benefits... (MUSTERING OUT TABLES)

you get two rolls, choose which table. (you can choose one roll at a time)

"high" and "mid" are travel coupons, 1st-class and coach, respectively

Shalvenay

since he didn't serve long enough to vest in the pension plan....is the mustering-out cash bonus option all he gets for starting cash?

nitsua60

yup

Shalvenay

4:39 AM

I'll roll on each table once then

2d6

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nitsua60

personal equipment tends to run in the dozens-to-hundreds of credits ballpark

(50 for a rifle, 200 for a vacuum suit, &c.)

vehicles get expensive

spaceships get stupid-expensive

Shalvenay

yeah

nitsua60

so you get an actual gun--free equipment--from the first, and 20Kcr from the second

Shalvenay

this is the one huge difference between say this, and EVE.

right. one PDW -- whatever the 'verse's equivalent of a FN P(S)90 is, please

nitsua60

4:42 AM

what's that?

Shalvenay

FN P90

The FN P90 is a personal defense weapon (PDW) designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium. Created in response to NATO requests for a replacement for 9×19mm Parabellum firearms, the P90 was designed as a compact but powerful firearm for vehicle crews, operators of crew-served weapons, support personnel, special forces and counter-terrorist groups. Designed by FN in conjunction with the FN Five-seven pistol and FN 5.7×28mm ammunition, development of the weapon began in 1986, and production commenced in 1990 (from which the "90" in its name is derived), whereupon the 5.7×28mm ammunition was...

nitsua60

"body pistol"

so that's the chargen game in classic traveller. If you don't like ol' Captain One-Term, you'd roll up another character and turn cappy over to me as an NPC for my back pocket.

Shalvenay

a bit more than a pistol -- the P90 is a SMG -- full-auto, 50 (!) round mag, and a good cyclic rate. (the PS90 is the civvie variant -- longer barrel + semi-auto only + possibly a restricted mag depending on jurisdiction)

righty-o

nitsua60

Gotta head out--see you 'round.

Shalvenay

@nitsua60 cya

@nitsua60 we can talk ships next time, alright?

nitsua60

4:48 AM

sure--whenever that ends up being. My wife and I are traveling this weekend, so it'd easily be mid-next-week

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