PC teams

I liked it when you guys sent just a part of your crew off to Porozlo last session (although Jason didn't get the memo and brought all his guys and npcs).  I just think there's more role-playing and creative solutions when working with a handful rather than a throng.

So, I was thinking that perhaps we could semi-permanently divide the crew into three teams or sections.  Each player would have one character in each team.  You would decide which team is best for each mission and that group would go.

We almost have a clear division:

Team A (assault team):  Colonel Lee, Jack Murdoch, "The Remedy", and Dorkon

Team B (sophisticates):  Verdun Thul, Roland McGintley, Reginald Stuffington, Chum Lee[?]

Team C (streetwise):  Rat Lee, Yes Paul, Doc Spurlock, Skip Jockley

The only one who doesn't really fit is Chum Lee.  Maybe we can consider letting Marlon replace Chum the barbarian (who is perpetually caught bringing a knife to a gun fight) with a Space-oriented guy of some sort (maybe even swapping one of the NPC's and making Chum into an NPC).

Anyway, it's an idea for the "landing party" missions.

One thing I love about Traveller

One of the most interesting and fun things for me as a GM about Traveller is the UPP--universal planetary profile.  Each planet is described by a series of 8 numbers/letters.   It makes it very easy and fun to create a new world description instantly when the crew arrives.    I particularly enjoyed Garrincski and Notoko this past week.  The system also make for a different environment for planned adventures, that can be used for a framework or skeleton for adventure details, without running into the Chekov's gun situation where you are compelled to only give details that are plot driven.

Entertainment Update

Prometheus:   meh

Perception (new series on TNT):  poo

S.W.A.T. (from the 70's):  so terrible, it's good:   padding Joel, padding

North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock):   it would have been great if it were an hour and a half, but it was 2 and a half hours long:  IT WAS TOO LONG SIR

Son of a Diddly

I had a complete hard drive crash Saturday Night.   I'm really kicking myself for not backing up my documents last month,  I mean I did it for my work computer, but blew off my home computer.  Luckily, I had all my documents up to 3 years ago on CD's, and all the Traveller stuff for the last few months was on my flash drive.

What surprised me most was that I did indeed have all my old Traveller files on CD.  I thought I had lost them all 3 years ago when my last computer died.  So, I did find the Traytor's Raiders logs.

I guess the only thing I'm really missing are some of the Badlands info.  Much of it is still there on our wiki.  If there's anything from March of 09 until the start of the Badlands, that might be gone, but that shouldn't be too much.  Should it?

What you found out about Ace Nubunto

While various other things were going on, your characters found out the following important facts about Ace Nubunto and his current whereabouts: 

·         Ace is a well-known scammer, seems to be into the fake treasure map game for some reason now, but doesn’t charge for the various “maps”

·         Ace is working with the Invisible Transformation Assassins

·         Ace sent a large number of X-boat messages to a general delivery box on Garrincski

·         On day 75, the messages stopped. But another from “Mace Mubunto” sent later that day.

·         Ace ran a credit check on Dorkon the minute he landed on Rhylanor.

·         Huge uptick in missing small civilian ships in subsector (in the 200-400 ton range)

·         Ace seemed only interested in talking to ships’ captains.

·         A funny looking guy with orange skin has been asking around about Ace too.

·         Ace bought a high passage to Porozlo the day he arrived on Rhylanor

·         Steve Hitler bought one as well, 10 minutes later.

·         Ace transferred money to his new account from a company called Condor Exports

·         The Condor money was 200,000cr, and this closed the account.

The Results of the Space Denny's Shoot Out

Here is the legal upshot of the Space Denny's Shoot Out:

RHYLANOR PLANETARY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

TO:  Colonel Gun Lee, Detective Skip Jockly, Jax Tyvoid, Chum Lee, Doctor Horatio Spurlock,  Captain Travis Bentley ,  Bill Watson,  Simon Wahabi, Louis Fishbeen, Rodrigo Cortez, Albert Mufasa,  Francis Polaski, and “Big Lou” Williams.

FROM: Judge Randolph P. Sakamoro,  3^rd Circuit Court, Rhylanor

RE:  Incident in Space Denny’s 233, yesterday

DATE:  Year 1111---Day 117

Gentlemen, after consulting the Omni-Eye 10,000 crime monitoring computer, the criminal actions that occurred yesterday have been adjudicated and sentences have been passed.

Captain Bentley, Mr. Watson, Mr. Wahabi, Mr. Fishbeen, Mr. Cortez and Mr. Mufasa, you have all been found guilty of attempted armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and breaking the peace against the persons of Francis Polaski and his above named acquaintances.  You have all been sentenced to 15 years in the Magic Joyful Educational Fun Center, and have 7 days to report to the nearest police station to begin serving your sentences (once you have all been released from the hospital).

Doctor Spurlock, you have been found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon and armed robbery against the person and property of Francis Polaski and have been sentenced to serve 20 years in the Magic Joyful Education Fun Center.  You have seven days to report to the nearest police station to begin serving your sentence.

Colonel Gun Lee, you have been found guilty of receiving stolen property (namely a briefcase which you accepted into bailment by deactivating the circuits of your carrying robot).  You have been sentenced to 180 days in the Magic Joyful Education Fun Center, and have 7 days to report to the nearest police station to begin to serve your sentence.

Detective Jockly, Chum Lee, Mr. Tyvoid, Mr. Polaski, and Mr. Williams, you have been found innocent of all charges, having acted in self-defense.

The contents of the briefcase in question cannot be legally determined, since the court has no cause for a warrant to access the Omni-Eye to determine those facts.

Sentenced Felons are reminded that your I.D. codes, biometric data, facial recognition are on file across the planet and at the star port exit terminals and that flight of the jurisdiction is impossible.

OMNI-EYE:  There is No Unsolved Violent Crime on Rhylanor