Kinunir Session 5: Into the Dome

Our intrepid group of 4 was down to 2 last session for reasons. Deciding the 2 would stay in the research pinnace while Jake and Moses entered the dome.

Moses tried to communicate with Professor Plutonis and his lovely assistant, Yvonne. Who for some reason I just picture as the character from Star Trek: Voyager's Proton holodeck series:

Yvonne

Plutonis was glad to hear from his comms: while he and Yvonne had been imprisoned for the last 2 weeks or so, and he had lost weight due to the bland seafood diet, he was okay. But his Mightiness was still debating whether to flush them out the nearest waterlock, or see if he could extract information and technology from them. Plutonis said they were on the same level as the sub but was not sure how far away. From a technical note: the Oollarians did not recognize the comm-dots, and those things have an amazing battery life!

Sinking the pinnace to what seemed to be the level of the moonpool, Jake and Moses get into the gel suits and get loaded with 2 spare gel suits and their weapons. It was decided that being submerged would not hurt the gauss rifle and things that could get damaged were placed in the convenient dry bags that Professor Cosmosis had brought along. He of such foresight. The might of the infinite ship's locker perhaps. 

outside the moonpool. The sub is the escape pod.

Swimming across the 10 or 20 meters, they got into the moonpool. There was a ledge and ladder going up to the double sea doors. The sub mas amber and red lights and is badly damaged.  After changing back into their armor (though not specifically mentioned I think leaving the gel suits either on the shelf or in the sub?), they ease their way past the doors. Rolling on my tables from the previous post, there were a few Greenies way down at the end of hall. Fortunately, the 2 that saw them, while they were His Mightiness' guards and police, were part of a nascent freedom league. They closed the doors behind them, and one trotted towards our two suspicious heroes. Keeping his arms well away from his large (and single shot) sidearm, he whispers that the prisoners are 3 sections away, past two pumping stations. He has to whisper pretty loudly as this is one of the engineering levels, and the pumps make a lot of noise. The guard backs up, and Jake and Moses start moving through the various sections towards the prison area.

In the middle of one of the pumping stations, they meet Jason and Thriss. The two agree to lead the characters to the jail. Jake gives Thriss his taser. Who immediately pulls a Luke Skywalker and stares down into the needles. Jake quietly pulls it back and explains how it gets used. Moving to the prison section, which according to Plutonis has not been fully guarded the last week or so after the initial surprise of illegal aliens wore off. His Mightiness or one of his counselors was concerned with spreading information about the rest of the universe and wanted to minimize contact with the professor and his assistant. 

Opening the hatch to the prison section, Thriss tries to shoot the guard with the taser. Rolling a 3, and with his -3 for an unfamiliar weapon, they were lucky he did not shoot himself! Rolling out of the way as the guard got up, drawing his gun, Thriss did not feel like a hero. Moses shot him in the back with a tranq shot, putting the guard to sleep. Grabbing the keys, they sent up and found Plutonis and Yvonne in adjacent cells. Putting the sleeping guard in there, they started to retrace their steps back to the moonpool. 

Unfortunately, I keep rolling 3s on the encounter table, and the tangle with 5 more Greenies. As they were pulling out pistols to shoot, Moses decided enough was enough and the gauss rifle came out to play. While our group was shot at, the players are fortunate the dice gods hate me even as a referee, and not a single shot landed (one roll was even snake eyes). Moses took down two of them, and I think Jake did as well. Unfortunately, gauss needles, while making hamburger of the guards, also ruptured the pump tanks behind the guards. Water was gushing out like a fire hose. Jason started to worry as automatic locks would quarantine each section, so they had to hurry to the next section. They got out as the water was above their ankles and rising. 

Thriss really wanted to leave Oollar, and said that his life expectancy as a sea miner is measured in a few years. Jason's wife had been killed by the dictator in one of the purges. He wanted outsiders to help arm the resistance but had no idea what Oollar could trade for. This discussion went on as everyone got into their gel suits. Thriss got into his suit, fortunately stored in the locker next to the moonpool. Without an air hose he ony had a couple minutes of air, but Jake and Moses maneuvered him to the air lock of the research sub. 

Thriss' diving suit.

And that is where we left the session. I'll need to fluff out the various NPCs, Plutonis, Yvonne and Thriss, a bit more, and poke around for some images other than Yvonne's above. Still no idea why that is how or why that was the image I had of her. Oh well - my brain works in strange ways!

Work update

The computer equipment shows up tomorrow, and I need to finish cleaning off that section of my desk to get it set up. The paints and minis will just have to be moved to the 3rd section only instead of being spread out. And of course, I have my normal jitters and nervousness about a new position. I've been that way since junior high school: the strangest and most uncomfortable dreams so I don't sleep well. Especially as I am not entirely (or even partially!) sure of what the expectations of this position are. Despite 73 items so far in the onboarding (all bureaucracy stuff), the software onboarding (source control trouble tickets, wikis and all the stuff around being a developer on a team) is yet to happen. So - I am nervous. Even after doing this stuff for 40 years, I still question myself. Which I think is a lot better than when I was being an arrogant a-hole and thinking I knew everything!

But: this may mean I don't get as far as I'd like in this game. I do want to get them to the asteroid belt, so that the player who dropped out can at least have his character check his claim. Perhaps joined by the engineer, who knows. But I may get caught up with work for a bit and need to concentrate on that more. We'll just see how that goes.

Kinunir Session 4: Off to Oollar

Still calling this the Kinunir as there are a couple more scenarios that can still play out. And it is easier to tag a set of games so we can find all the posts.

Our crew meets up with the Professor at O'Leary's O'Lasers, who explains why they are taking a slight detour to Oollar. Professor Plutonis had chartered a ship (a 600-ton merchant) to transport himself, his assistant Yvonne, and a 4-person sub that could be transported in a 50-ton shuttle to Oollar. He firmly believes that there is an alien city in the depths, and despite the inherent dangers of that system, went anyway. The pilot's story:

We were researching at the edge of the Eye, looking for remains of an alien city Dr. Plutonis believed existed there. He was in a pocket sub with Yvonne when an explosion rocked the sub. I think they used some sort of underwater explosive device. It killed the controls of the ship and they towed them to one of those big floating domes. Think they said it was St. Yon City - each of their cities I think are named after their saints. The comms still worked but I was in the cutter waiting for them to return. I saw some surface boats heading my way, and Dr. Plutonis said to leave and get help. That was almost 10 days ago. He did have some comm equipment, and I know which dome he was taken to before I was out of range. 

The group does some shopping (I had posted the extensive Consolidated Equipment list to a resource channel in Discord), I stock the lab ship as well, and the next day they fly up to the lab ship, Tyrell piloting the research pinnace up. Fortunately, Pascal can also pilot the shuttle, and Jake can fly the air/rafts. 

They make a quick tour of the ship, and meet the rest of the crew and scientists:

• Navigator Sir Wor Weura
• Engineer Ben Cramer
• The Boffins

Getting their stuff loaded, and Tyrell flies out to the 100-diameter mark to make the jump to Oollar. It was an uneventful week, though Moses does have a habit of cleaning his weapons in the small lounge. 

Coming out of jump near Oollar, they make a few orbits around the planet. There are no radio, radar or other electromagnetic signals. Moses gets a faint reading on the sub's beacon system. Loading into the pinnace, they go to take a closer look. The very thin atmosphere is clear over the Eye, so I did not make them do any piloting checks. They did zero in on the dome.

the Eye of God

Getting closer, Moses managed to get the feeds from the sub. It was sitting in what appeared to be a moon pool. The engines were inactive, and the explosion damaged the hull so that it was no longer seaworthy. On one of the flights search they also noticed what appeared to be a telescope, so it would appear that they had been spotted via the old Mk1 Eyeball. 

And this is where we left the session. I've a few notes on the lab ship and estimate it will take 8 trips of the pinnace to refuel the ship (which has fuel purifiers even if the original ship did not list those). 

Lab Ship Info

Refueling: 90 tons, shuttle as 12-ton fuel capacity, will take 8 trips to refuel. From a water world, 1 hour on land and round-trip time is about 2 hours. No idea how close this is, and it could go faster if they use a collapsable fuel bladder that would give an extra 8 tons or so of fuel per trip.

Staterooms:

9: Pilot / Tyrell

10: Navigator / Sir Wor Weura

11: Medic / Pascal

12: Engineer / Bevin Cramer

19

20

21

22

23

24

25: Aurora Oaks, lead scientist

26: Tora Beauchamp, student/scientist

27: Ivo Bardot, student/scientist

28

29

30: medbay, with Medtech autodoc & medical stuff

31: gym - treadmill, compact weight machine

33

34: Lounge

38: Professor Victor Cosmosis / Engineer, scientist

Ship’s Locker:

2x respirators A

Disposable vacc suit x2

2 shotguns, loads for shells, rubber bullets

2 handguns, auto-pistols

Other items as needed depending on story (things get lost in that locker and found much later. Just like my pantry at home)

Air/Rafts (x2)

Beacon, small (500km range)

Comms, TL-12 continental range

Air filters x4

Filter canteens x4

Emergency blanket x4

Trench knife x4

Vehicle survival kit

Labs (main and aux)

Hazmat suits x2

O2 masks (1 hour) x4

Other

Vacc suits (TL12) x4 (2 in the spoke)

Medtech AutoDoc (stateroom 30)

6 gel suits suitable for the cold of Oollar

2 harpoon guns

I am also using vacc-rated air/rafts. No need to wear a vacc-suit. Unless you plan on disembarking in a vacuum. I'll also note that grave vehicles can only get to about 10 diameters out from the planet before the grav drive no longer has enough to push against. At 10 diameters effective gravity is about 0.1m/s or 0.01G. Flying a grav vehicle to orbit the pilot will notice things slowing down as they get further away. 

Other updates

I've not done much with the Traveller software. I did add a .NET 1 page repo for what are essentially scripts. Smaller in scope, and runs on Macs, PCs, and Linux systems. And no need for an internet connection. Which was also the point of the larger, more complicated version. But I got disheartened watching what others are doing, even though my stuff had an entirely different intent. I may get back to it, but with the news below, not sure when I'll have time and interest simultaneously.

I'm also employed again, starting Aug 3. Working for a large, international company which I've never done before. So I'll admit to being nervous. But if I decide I do not like it or fit in well, I will go ahead and retire. But I really like writing software, and as long as the fun outweighs any potential issues I'll go ahead. I even have a fancier title: Principal Software Engineer. Which is also alarming (me and my Peter Principle / imposter syndrome issues!). 

Shu Nidurninni - Lab Ship Tour

The Shi Nidurnni is a 15-year-old Lavalier Class Lab ship owned by Professor Victor Cosmosis. 

from Double Adventure Death Station / Argon Gambit

From the journal of Aurora Oaks:

Tora and Ivo were watching from behind the pilot's couch as the Shu's pinnace slowly slotted into the docking ring. As the lab ship was not rotating it was a simple maneuver, mostly automated. The loud clicks against the hull and the green light over the airlock indicated we were locked and air pressures synced up. Shutting down the pinnace controls, Johan slid out of the pilot's seat, saying "This is my last trip here - moving on to the Freebooter. The prof is looking for some new crew as most of our contracts are up." He cycles open the airlock and we get into the small lift vestibule. We were used to the zero-G here as ship's gravity was at a 90-degree angle from the pinnace's. I always thought this was a strange thing, and while both Ivo & Tora managed not to get space sick, I did the 1st time. It was embarrassing. Pressing button the lift doors opened. It had clear arrows pointing to what would be down, and copious handholds. Pulling our bags in, we all grabbed the handles and pressed the down button. The door slid closed and we jerked a bit up as the lift started moving. In a few seconds weight came back and our feet and bags landed on the floor. 

The lift opens up to the reception area, a pretty spacious area with some worn furniture and a ship's plaque on the wall. I always enjoyed reading the "Knowledge is the surest vector" part. And noted the hatch next to the lift that led to the ladder that climbed the spoke. Johan made sure to point that out on our first visit here. Grabbing our bags, we left the reception area and passed several staterooms until we got ours. Mine was adjacent to the iris valve that led to the crew quarters, and Tora was next to me, and Ivo next to her. There were 4 empty staterooms as this ship could handle a lot more people than just us. But Montca University was fully funding our research, so we had the primary lab to ourselves. Victor was using the aux lab for his own research, and we were looking forward to getting to the Xyman system for first-hand research in that most interesting belt.

While we were still in orbit, and had some time, we decided to walk the ring. Just like the spoke was an interesting design choice, a ring ship just seemed so quaint. But being able to spin for pseudo-gravity was important for some research where grav systems can interfere with some experiments. The access button next to the iris valve was green, and the doors slid into walls as we walked forward. The crew quarter section was quiet, and the emergency bridge doors were locked as we passed the 2nd drive pod. The carpet underfoot was worn, and other than the signs on some of the doors it was easy to just see this long corridor curving up as some sort of tunnel. But then we got into the aux lab, and there was a good bit more space. Victor's computers seemed to be running some sort of simulation, and we passed the various empty stations. I saw the emergency nooks where survival bubbles and emergency vacc suits were stashed, along with basic fire-fighting gear. Though I've been told that in case if a real emergency the atmosphere could be vented. Which is why there were emergency vacc suits and balls. I keep thinking maybe we should train a bit on that, just in case. 

The iris valve to our lab was open. I noticed the warning paint over the floor hatch. This is how some of our larger equipment got moved in a few weeks back. The floor here was also covered with a thin carpet of an odd orange color. We checked the lab equipment, and somehow Tora managed to scratch herself on something. I have no idea how she survived childhood - she is always having some patch on her from some scrape or cut. But she designed some of the equipment and knows her stuff. Most everything was on standby, though we would start up the main computer and some of the equipment to analyze some of the specimens we have. We just need to get to the Xyman system to get some in its natural state. Or unnatural as Victor keeps telling me.

MagMagMag from COTI somewhere in this thread

Continuing on past the 50+ meter lab we pass a closed iris valve to the cargo bay. A few crates are here, and various supplies. The next iris valve is also closed but opens on our touch, and we pass the other air/raft bay and drive pod 1. The bridge is dark as we are in orbit, and we all wonder who the next pilot will be - Joahn was nice enough but we barely knew him as he ferried us up here half a dozen times and helped with our equipment. Past the bridge were the crew staterooms, blandly anonymous. Another iris valve and we were at the galley. A little bit further and we had gone full circle, back to the reception area.

And no, no robots like that in MTU. And I asked AI for a dedication plaque and it was pretty interesting - it got W.H. Keith as the chief architect! While this lab ship was originally for the IIS, after almost 15 years of use Dr. Cosmosis became the owner of it. He may want to change out the plaque! I did a couple minor edits on it 

IMPERIAL INTERSTELLAR SCOUT SERVICE

LABORATORY VESSEL — TYPE L (LAB SHIP)

SHU NIDURNNIS  

“Knowledge is the surest vector.”

Commissioned: 1087

Registry: IISS-LS-7712

Class: Type-L Modular Research Vessel

Displacement: 400 tons

Primary Mission: Deep-space biological, chemical, and xenological research

Secondary Mission: Survey support, anomaly investigation, orbital laboratory operations

Constructed at: Gashidda Orbital Yards, Regina Subsector  

Chief Architect: W. M. Keith  

Lead Systems Engineer: Dr. Sula Hedin  

Hull Configuration: Ring-Habitat with Central Spindle

Drive Systems: Model/4 Jump Plant • Triple Redundant Maneuver Grid

Power: Fusion Pile Mk VII

Crew Complement: 12 (plus up to 20 research specialists)

Motto:  

“To seek the unknown, to map the unseen,

to carry the light of inquiry into the long night.”

Presented on behalf of the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service  

Regina Directorate — Spinward Marches

Kinunir: Scientists and the Shu Nidurninni

I've already said we have 3 scientists on the Shu Nidurninni, and now I need to generate them! As the Montca University is paying for 6 months of lab time aboard the ship for the Xyman system. Perhaps some anti-matter research? Going old-school with Citizens of the Imperium Scientist career.

Aurora Oaks, Lead Scientist

876B9A, 6 terms, age 42

Computer-3, Gravatics-1, Mechanical-1, Navigation-1, JoT-1, Leader-1, Admin-1

Working with strong computer models of the standard gravatic model, Aurora Oaks still has not achieved her PhD but is undeniably intelligent. She believes that the natural contra-terrain of the Xyman system may lead to a breakthrough. She has convinced the Montca University at Enris to charter the Shu Nidurninni to the Xyman system and is bringing along 2 of her graduate students. Easy going about anything other than gravatics, Aurora has procrastinated for her thesis work and thinks this trip whe will get a definitive paper to defend and finally get around to getting her doctorate. 

Tora Beauchamp, Student

7447A7, 3 terms, age 30

Computer-2, Electronics-2, Medical-1

A loud yet clumsy woman, Tora has the perpetual imposter-syndrome. She is somehow loudly meek with a large voice for such a small woman. She also always has a bandage on somewhere as she is always getting hurt working on various projects. With her fellow scientists, she is hoping to get a paper out of this project and get her PhD.

ArtStation - Characters02

Ivo Bardot, Student

8758B5, 3 terms, age 30

Computer-2, Gravatics-1, Grav-Vehicle-1, Carousing-1. 

A boisterous man leaning to over-indulging and having the beginnings of a beer belly to show for it, Ivo already has his PhD but has been a student of Aurora Oaks for the last several years. He is really the one driving her to finally get her PhD. He gets along well with everyone it seems, though Tora seems to shrink down a bit around him.

Ship Patch

I also decided to make a ship patch. I made the basic idea then unashamedly got AI to clean it up.

original via Google Draw

modified by CoPilot

 

The character generation process

Note: scientists get Computer-1 automatically, so the final info includes that bump.

started: 734797 ended: 7447A7, age 30

Term 1: Survived, and gets Electronic-1, Computer-1. She is leaning to the technical side and perhaps is the wone keeping the computers in shape. But she barely survived this term - maybe crossed the wrong wires!

Term 2: Survived, receiving Medical-1, +1 Education. No self-medication here, but as she is working on potentially dangerous projects, she took some medical training!

Term 3: +1 Dex, Electronic-2. Working a bit to be a bit less clumsy. And We'll leave her here at age 30, working on her PhD.

started: 876A7A, ended: 876B9A, age 42

Term 1: Survived, Leader-1, Admin-1. This looks like she will be the lead scientist.

Term 2: Survived, Gravatics-1, Computer-1. Specializing in gravatic theory?

Term 3: Survived, +1 Education, Mechanical-1. Learning to work on the machinery.

Term 4: Survived, +1 Education, +1 +1 Intelligence. Just getting smarter and learning more.

Term 5: Barely survived, JoT-1, Navigation-1. Several generic skills, oddly gets Navigation skill. Hoping to work on a lab ship I think!

Term 6: Barely survived, no aging effects, Computer-2, +1 Education. Leading her cohort on the ship.

started: 665A78

Term 1: Barely survived, +1 Intelligence, Gravatics-1

Term 2: Barely survived, Gun Combat/Body Pistol-1, +1 Intelligence

Term 3: Died. And the only one who actually picked up a weapon skill!

Started: 8756B5, ended 8758B5

Term 1: Survived, Carousing-1, +1 Intelligence. He must have been partying with the smart crowd.

Term 2: Survived, Grav Vehicle-1, +1 Intelligence. Well, someone needs to be able to pilot the air/rafts!

Term 3: Survived, Computer-1, Gravatics-1. Some actual scientist skills! And we'll have him at this point as well

Kinunir Session 3: Finishing the 1st Arc

Pascal had visited the injured shuttle pilot in the hospital. He found the following information:

He's in the Waygin Hospital (outside of the port in the startown) as his injuries were not too bad. No guards or anything and he'll be released in 2 days. A couple of broken ribs and a broken arm. Healing pretty fast as the hospital has Medstar auto-docs and bone grafters.

He'll say that he was just carrying General Products engine couplers. He was re-routed due while de-orbiting to pad 17 as normally he would have landed at the General Products landing field near the shipyard. But as reported, about 200 meters up the m-drive seemed to stutter and have uneven thrust. He managed to avoid the concourse and fortunately the safety systems cut in and he was not too badly hurt, but somehow the drives were on fire. The emergency shuttle was there and they got him out but the cargo and shuttle were almost entirely destroyed.

And in related news:

Dateline 357-1105

SPA and the Ministery of Safety have removed the last pieces of the downed shuttle from the pad. Engineers have resurfaced the landing area, and pad 17 will be open for business by 360-1105. The investigation continues. Kane Howe has been released from the Waygin hospital, and currently is not considered responsible for the drive failures.

In related news, the SPA has been unable to confirm why the General Products shuttle was rerouted from the General Products private yard to the Montca Downport. Our investigative reporter is digging into the facts. 

Before Treena shows up, 2 players placed bets on the 11 teams in the Race to the Bottom. And I had not fleshed that out, and so we have another news update:

Dateline 358-1105

The 43rd Race to the Bottom has finished. SeaAdventure’s Quicksilver 2 person submersible won the race in 5 hours and 13 minutes. Race results:

1. SeAdventure Quicksilver, 5 hours, 13 minutes
2. Otterbanks Maritime, 5 hours, 19 minutes
3. General Products FastSub III, 5 hours 45 minutes
4. Deepsea Hulls Orca, 5 hours 59 minutes
5. Montca Motors Little Squirt, 6 hours 13 minutes
6. Enri Engineering Sealcraft, 6 hours 18 minutes
7. Famille Spofulum FS Torpedo, 6 hours 47 minutes - disbarred from illegal fuel source
8. Ritchie Subwerks Gogetter, 6 hours 51 minutes
9. WunderSubs Proto-I, 7 hours 3 minutes
10. Flinks Works Minnow, DNF
11. Asteria Work Group Shark, DNF

Team Famille Spofulum was disqualified after team officials tested the fuel which was highly dangerous to the environment. Racer Mitzie, dressed in her trademarked red gelsuit, had to be forcibly removed while having what witnesses say was a major hissy fit. 

Treena shows up, two auto-carts following her. They gear up for Montca's thin and tainted atmosphere and walk to the halfway point between Montca Downport and the General Products Shipyards. Moses and Tyrell accompany here while Jake and Pascal stay in Concourse 17 to keep an eye on things as much as they can.

The drones fly to the ship, apparently undetected. While one plays guard and is viewing the fireworks that are now starting at the race, the other releases the spider-bot. Which opens the airlock door. With Moses' and Tyrell's help, the drone crawls around and identifies the black globe fittings, then starts mapping out the fuel tanks.

This is when Jake sees red alarm lights flashing over the GP Yards and contacts the outside team. I'll also note that comms between them are, by default, encrypted. We're talking future WeChat or whatever, and with their comms they can actually communicate directly and not need to go through Montca TelCo. Though the can. Jake starts out from the airlock as the drones lose communication with Treena and the boys. These drones are also semi-autonomous, and they had preloaded the directions, so they can operate on their own. Once the job is completed, they will return to base. While they have GPS, they also have inertial guidance systems that are independent of the network. We think it is intentional jamming on the part of GP, and someone can see a security air/raft going through the yards when communications is restored. Moses, our ex-pirate, has the drones head north towards the last of the fireworks rather than straight back to them.

As the drones are coming back from the swarm of news and blogging drones also covering the start of the race, the security air/raft shows up. The guards ask about drone license, and Treena just scowls and says they don't have that authority. Moses manages to persuade them that yes, they were streaming the fireworks and has the video proof. And at that point Jake was calling about the after party to get to. Begrudgingly the guards got back in and flew back to the GP yards. 

It was late at night as they all reconvened at O'Leary's. Treena handed over the crystal memchip with all the recording information, and, after Jake got her an algae sandwich, she and her powered luggage trotted back off to the transit system to go wherever she was going. They tried to call Mr. Grey, as they are calling the Oberlines executive, and got a message service. Saying that his catering pickup would be ready at 9am the next morning, the group turned in.

We also had a quick flashback when Jake tailed our mysterious executive as he was leaving the port. He got into a very expensive speeder and left on his own. Jake also visited his old precinct and talked with Officer Fran, who he has known for 6 years. She was one of the 1st responders to the shuttle crash, and she saw what looked to be computer parts.

At 9 sharp, Mr Grey shows up. Data is verified, cash is left behind and Mr Grey takes his data, and like Treena the evening before, heads off to wherever he was heading off to.

When Jake mentioned the computer parts, and Pascal said that Kane Howe, the shuttle pilot, said it was engine couplers, they realized what was reported did not match first-hand accounts. And that a GP shuttle landing at the Downport vs their own port was unusual as well. 

Before much more conversion came up, the Professor came in, worried and in a hurry. His good friend was doing research on Oollar and has gone missing! As it is on the way (sort of) to Xyman, he has decided to take that detour and leave in the next 48 hours. Giving time for the new crew to spend the Cr15K on weapons for the ship armory, as well as spend their own credits for any gear they want. With Cr60K in their pockets, and being on a high-tech world, though one with a high law level as well, they can pick up all sorts of goodies. I just need to know what they want. I will fill out the ship's armory (probably a converted stateroom as the lab ship does not have an armory!). I also need to flesh out the 2 scientists that are paying for the ship for their research. Probably not the Death Station research!

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GM Notes

Info related to some of the background things here, so the players may not want to read from this point forward! Though a good chunk of this is actually available in Library Data should they choose to research any of the companies involved here. Just not all

Oberlindes Lines pulled some strings to get the shuttle re-routed and was testing a projected energy device that can disable m-drives. The executive paying the group is part of a small group in the megacorp that is doing some industrial privateering basically, trying to get General Products. From wiki  Oberlindes Lines - Traveller And I may flesh out Mr. Grey a bit more - he could well be a recurring character for something, nefarious or otherwise.

347-1105: The Bloodwell, a 1000-ton merchant owned by Oberlindes Lines, is destroyed by Imperial naval fire. (Adventure 03 - Twilight's Peak, GDW, 1980, p. 42.)

361-1105: The TNS at Dentus (Spinward Marches 2201) receives word that the "Kinunir" class colonial cruiser Adamdun mistakenly destroyed the merchant craft Bloodwell. (JTAS #05, GDW, 1980, p. 05.)

1105: Great concerns are raised over the destruction of the Oberlindes vessel Bloodwell by the Imperial battlecruiser Adamdun after the incident is attributed to the failure of a recently fitted tamper-proof transponder. (Behind the Claw, SJG, 1998, p. 08.)

1105: Oberlindes Lines passes the 200 ship mark.

Kinunir Session 2: Some Action and Progress

We started in the Purple Hootch, a startown dive bar where starship yard workers tend to hang out after work. Jake, our ex-policeman, did not roll well on his streetwise, so the patrons seemed to be avoiding him as a recognized outsider. Tyrell, seeing a small group of General Products shipyard workers, introduced himself and was asking about getting employed at General Products. Going to the main office in Enris, the capital of Montca, was the solution. Todd (rumor C) mentioned he used to work there and remembered the days of building the Kinunir. This thread was not followed up, though Tyrell did meet get to know Matt and Julie a bit better. I pointed out that they could see the ID cards on the employees, and while I had the scene set up for a bar fight to see about the IDs, this group for some reason plays the Traveller RPG a lot different from a fantasy RPG. Where I am pretty sure a fight would happen. 

ready for a fight that never happened

Regardless, deciding to hack into the corporate offices, Jake finds a contact from his police days, Mike. They get there, and Mike is very anti-Imperial. For Cr2000 he helps Moses by supplying some anti-tracking and infiltration software. Between that aid, his own computer skill, and this player usually rolling really high, they get all the information they need: the actual placement of the black globe fitting, and the actual fuel tankage. Given an extra tip, Mike also gives them connection info for Treena, a drone pilot who also does not like the Imperium.

They meet up with her the next day in the park, and she has 2 drones flying around to keep track of her surroundings. She agrees to the job, with Cr2500 up front, and Cr2500 after the job. She has drones that can fly in Montca's thin atmosphere, and spider bots that can probably get into the Kinunir. Pascal and Tyrell notice the drones flying surveillance. They are probably aware that the drones carry full, high-def holographic cameras and microphones. Treena said that this evening would be a good time to do this as the 43rd Dive to the Bottom is starting right outside the port, and between the drones reporting on that and all the activity, there will be a lot of false positives for the General Products yards. Giving her a better chance at success. 

Treena

Later that morning, the Oberlindes Lines executive shows up, asking if they will do the job. They agree as they have half the required info already, and with Treena's work should have the corroborating data.

And let it here as it was about 9, and despite not being employed at the moment, I still get up at 4am to get to the gym. 40-year-old habits are hard to break, and I want to keep doing that regardless. Health is important!

Equipment

Stuff the players will have bought already or had.

• Comm dots: short range comm devices that fit behind the ear. By themselves they are like a walky-talky with about a 1km range. But they can interface in the standard networks (and standard charges will apply) and be basically a cell phone. The League uses standard Imperial codecs and interfaces as well as their own, and the League comm dots can work across both networks. Cr100, battery recharges wirelessly in most starships, or there is a small charging pad that can plug into various sources
• Communicator. Something between a cell phone and walky talky. Range is 500km and can be used as a base station for comm dots as well. Includes audio and a slide out vidscreen, and like most smart phones of today, is a small hand-held computer as well. It can record in holo, flat and audio, and if connected to the local GPS system can be used as a mapping system. Cr500, TL14
• portable computer. For those requiring more oomph in their computing power, portable comps (aka laptop) give a full keyboard and holographic screen and can connect wirelessly to League of Imperial networks. Additional software can be loaded on it, and in a ship can be used to interface with the main ship computer.
• Drones. There are all sorts, from rotorcraft for atmospheres to much more expensive grav drones that can work with no atmosphere. Usually have a full raft of sensors, including audio, holographic cameras, 2D cameras, thermal imaging. Prices vary from a few hundred credits to tens of thousands depending on types. For Treena, she has several, but all are rotary craft designed to work even in Montca's thin and tainted atmosphere. She also has several spider drones that use legs to walk about and have manipulators. 

The players will also have their guns if they bought any or mustered out.

Characters Met

Mike - hacker, anti-Imperial bent. Helped hack into General Products servers for plans of the Kinunir

Treena - drone pilot. Will attempt to get into the Kinunir via drones

Todd - ex-General Products shipyard worker. Aka rumor C in the book. 

Matt, Julie - current General Products shipyard workers, met at the Purple Hooch.

Oberlindes Lines exec - name has never been given, will pay Cr240K for the info. 

Professor Victor Cosmosis - scholar who wants to hire the team for a trip to Xyman. Which, entirely coincidentally, is where Pascal has an asteroid claim. The universe works in mysterious ways.

News Feeds

In case the players did not notice, I do have news feeds that (a) give some flavor and (b) can give help to planning and doing things.

https://traveller-ct.blogspot.com/2026/07/montca-news-6-distraction.html

https://traveller-ct.blogspot.com/2026/06/montca-news-5-painting-imperium.html

https://traveller-ct.blogspot.com/2026/06/montca-news-4-anti-imperial.html

https://traveller-ct.blogspot.com/2026/06/montca-news-3-seadventures.html

https://traveller-ct.blogspot.com/2026/06/montca-news-2-meditech-and-imperial.html

https://traveller-ct.blogspot.com/2026/06/montca-news-1-shuttle-crash.html

Kinunir - The Professor

The professor was introduced in session 1, basically taking one of the rumors and making it also a patron. Realizing I need to create the actual character, I started rolling up. Oddly, my 1st set of rolls worked out well: 543CAA, so really smart and educated but not a great physical specimen! 

Using the Mongoose rules, he went to the University of Tryonas in the League where he got more educated, especially after graduating. Though he did not get honors. Joining the scholar career as a scientist, he spent 5 terms there and got a fair number of skills as well as exercising regularly. Mustering out went well, getting Cr60,000, +1 social to become a knight, the lab ship 3x so it is 75% paid off, 14 years old so 15% cheaper as well. And as I mentioned the University is also helping out, so we will not have to worry about some payments at least due to an educational stipend.

Professor Victor Cosmosis

563CDB age 47, 5 terms Scholar, rank 6

Language (Vilani-0), Drive (Grav-0), Medic-0, Science (Linguistics-0, History-2, Planetology-2, Archaeology-3), Engineer-2, Investigate-2, Admin-2, Computers-1, Diplomat-1,

Graduated University of Tryonas

Cr60,000, Lab Ship (75% paid off, 14 years old)

Graduating from the University of Tryonas, Victor immediately started working for the university itself. Bureaucracy created a mess after his first few years, and Victor learned to weave between the administrative jungle with aplomb. He met with Thomas Plutonis, a very eccentric scientist whose ideas of the Chirpers and how they related to the Droyne created a rift in the scientific community. However, those years taught Victor the value of diplomacy. Not long after that, Victor had his first breakthrough on the correlation of planetology and history and transferred to Montca to further his ambitions. His investigations lead to his first published paper. On Montca he took some advanced training on planetology. His next breakthrough on ancient cultures came not long after, and his publication on Planetological Explorations of Ancient Cultures was well received by the scientific community. The last few years of working with the University on a secret project furthered his planetology studies. 

After 20 years, Victor decided to work on his own. His years of service got him a Lavalier class lab ship which, thanks to both his years of service, is 75% paid off. He has spent the last several years on Montca, but is ready for the next leg of his journey to Xyman as he believes, based on his investigations and research, that the belt may well be the remains of a pre-human culture that destroyed its home planet. 

Victor Cosmosis

Lab Ship

Based on the Mongoose book, as I have that open at the moment, the lab ship costs MCr135.9018 (though the Wiki says MCr158) taking 15% off that gives MCr114 (we'll round for simplicity) and then 75% paid off gives a balance of MCr28.6. Operating costs are Cr11,325/month. With his Cr60,000 he can cover operating expenses for a bit, but I'll make the backstory be the Montca University of Enris is also supplying 3 scientists that also want to do some research in the Xyman system, so they are going to pay the monthly maintenance for at least 6 months, as well as the mortgage to cover the expenses. The professor is still on the hook for fuel, and who knows who the scientists really are (okay, not going to go bra-hah-hah-hah and twirl my mustache, but if the game needs something like that, well, there we are!) But that will simplify the accounting aspect of things as my players really do not enjoy that part of Traveller. 

We also need some NPC crew as the players only fulfill a couple of the positions. The professor, having had this ship, and having engineering skill, will be one of the 2 engineers it needs. The navigator also acts as a backup engineer in case the professor gets busy. And really, outside of setting up jump plots, what does the navigator do the rest of the time?

• Pilot: Tyrell Adanac, ex-Space Patrol (pilot-2) [Player]
• Navigator: Sir Wor Weura (Navigation-1, backup engineer-1) [NPC]
• Medic: Pascal Esperan, ex-Belter (Medic-2) [Player]
• Engineer: Professor Victor Cosmosis (Engineer-2) [NPC, also owner and lead scientist]
• Engineer: Bevin Cramer, ex-Belter (Engineer-2) [NPC]
• Ship Security (new roles): Jake Rockwell, ex-police [Player]
• Ship Communications (new roles): Moses Cook [Player]

And as these are paid positions, what do they get paid? Again, with the rates from Mongoose which I think match classic) this is the monthly rate:

• Pilot: Cr6000
• Medic: Cr3000
• Ship Security (same as gunner or marine): Cr1000

To be honest I always thought it odd that the medic did not get paid as much as the pilot, but that position is not a doctor. And I will add that the medbay will have one of the Krim high-tech auto docs. 

Two of the NPCs are characters from the character challenges I've done in the past, as is one of the player characters who changed his mind about his initial character. And he may know of Bevin Cramer, another belter. Or not - the universe is a huge place. I'll have him roll a reaction roll when they eventually meet and if it is high, say 9+, then they know of each other. 

And using a Vilani generator, we'll go with naming the ship the Shu Nidurninni which we'll say translates to Planet Culture Search. Because Victor only has linguistics 0 it may not be correct!

I'll have to roll up or find 3 scientists (I know I have a few from those character challenges) and why they want to go to Xyman - perhaps anti-matter research or belt gravitational theories. 

Kinunir Session 1: Slow Start

 Our first session had a lot of talk, few rolls, and lots of ideas but little action. First, we have our 4 characters:

• Jake Rockwell, ex-cop of Montca (native to the current world)
• Moses Cook, ex-pirate. Co-owner with Jake of O'leray's O'Lasers. We never asked about homeworld, and he may or may not be a citizen of the League of Independent Planets
• Tyrell Adanac, ex-Space Patrol. Citizen of the League, but not sure which home system he is from
• Pascal Esperan, ex-belter from Helfom. Has a claim in the Xyman system

Pascal

Moes

Tyrell

Jake

They divvied up the basic Traveller skill package, and the scene was introduced. They were all sitting in Concourse 17, which due to the shuttle accident 2 days ago, was empty of passengers and customers. While Jake and Moses are apparently cousins, Tyrell had just mustered out of the Space Patrol due to an injury (failed survival roll and we opted to not use the Iron Man rules) and Pascal was in transit to get to his claim but for some reason was stuck here. 

The middle-aged gentleman from Oberlindes Lines shows up and makes the proposal: for Cr200,000 he needs info on the black globe fitting location and actual fuel tankage capacity of the old Kinunir Colonial Cruiser. Of which there happens to be one in the General Products yards that was supposed to have been scrapped but has not yet. Pascal bargained a bit and we managed to get that up to Cr240K and then he left, to come back the next day to see if they agreed to his plan. He did say that the server at the General Products terminal as well as the main office in Enris (capitol city a few hours away) would also have that information. 

There was a lot of talk about breaking into the yards to get into the physical ship, getting forgers to fake the IDs as a General Products worker, even getting a job there. I had to try & steer them a bit to finding more information and research outside of talking amongst themselves. Plus I've added a lot of news feeds to help set up some of the possible rumors and info they need to move forward. Post 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 

After a while, I broke it up by bringing in the professor who is rumor I, and also now a source for a job in a week or so. A regular at O'Leary's as he loves the greasy astroburger, he was doing some research on Xyman and Q'auntar and pre-human cultures that lived there. He mentioned the collapsed culture of Pax Stellar as well. He's been pushing the University for a research ship to visit Xyman and Q'auntar to further his thesis and will be needing a crew. Setting up 2 things here as Pascal probably wants to check out the claim he got when leaving the Swift Rock Group.

Tyrell heads back to the Explorer's Hostel at the edge of the port, where he has been staying the last couple of weeks. Leo, who has worked there for the last 1 years, does say that a lot of the wrenches for shipyards tend to hang out at the Purple Hootch, over on Line J, Intersection 15, Avenue Q.

Getting back with the others, they all go to the Hooch but come in at different times. Jake fails his streetwise roll so the regulars seem to notice that he may be a cop. Tyrell, good at carousing, makes small talk with the bartender and others. They do notice that many are still wearing their work coveralls, you cannot tell Imperial from League, and there are several shipyards on Montca. They do see some from General Products, and I did not make them roll, but will now let them know that they also see several of them have their ID patches on their work clothes. 

At this point, we lost one player due to internet connections, so we closed off the session there. I am also using a Points In Space location for the Purple Hootch.

from Points In Space

It also seemed to go slow, and I am not sure all the players are involved. I probably need to add some more action so they have things to do, but this was the set up. And there is a fair amount of background and while I am doing part of that via the news feeds, lore dumps are hard to do well. Hopefully we'll just keep introducing things as needed. I do think I at least managed to portray the Imperium as not the good guys. Why I stuck this in the League of Independent Planets and MTU - hopefully let them let loose a bit more. But we'll see!

Q'auntar

One of my previous games I used this system. The only thing I need to add to make it map to the Kinunir adventure is adding an Ancient site in the southern hemisphere, and throwing in the ships needed in orbit. Q'auntar is replacing Knorbes. We can keep the previous adventure there, as that all happened in the recent past. So that the people will remember what happened as it is very sparsely populated. There will be stories to tell! Sadly, I do not know what I named the mayor, though I know she chewed a cigar and spat tobacco a lot. I'll have to see if I can find the notes from that game. Pretty sure I kept them.

Previous posts (and corrected the tags finally!):

• https://traveller-ct.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-big-bad.html where we encountered the bad guy behind a few things that happened to the characters
  
• https://traveller-ct.blogspot.com/2018/11/starport-personnel-quantar.html the starport personnel
• https://traveller-ct.blogspot.com/2018/11/quantar-starport.html info about the port, what there is of it
  
• https://traveller-ct.blogspot.com/2018/11/quantar-regrouping.html small overview
  

I also asked the AI for some info which I need to stop doing: I should just either use Book 6 or get back to my software project!

But in addition to the info in those posts, Q'auntor does have an Ancient site on the southern continent. The Imperium is of course very interested in that, and Luuru patrols in orbit and the pinnace flies patrols. There is an Imperial game preserve on that southern continent is controlled by the Minister of Conservation and requires a permit to hunt the tree krakens there.

And copied from a site:

Also known as the land squid, the tree kraken (Hexapoda stren II, H. si/vans) is a 6 kg pouncer native to the planet Forboldn ( Regina / Spinward Marches 1808), but for various reasons has become distributed to many small, low gravity worlds in the Regina (Spinward Marches) and neighbouring subsectors of the Spinward Marches. (Also see the Forboldn Project).

The adult tree kraken resembles in general body form the Terran octopus (q.v.), having a central body sensory cluster and six radiating tentacle-like arms. The internal skeleton is rudimentary, consisting of a cartilaginous stiffening of the body to permit the lung sacs to function, to serve as attachment points for the muscles, and to permit leverage for the three part mandible located at the base of the arms. This stiffening appears to be an adaption to a terrestrial lifestyle.

The arms of the kraken consist of a stiffened central support structure surrounded by a muscular sheath. The arms end in from 2 to 7 (depending on species) smaller appendages. The ventral surface of the arm, and the ends of these smaller appendages are equipped with a disk-shaped sucker-like organ covered with hundreds of small, razor-sharp tooth-like structures.

The eyes are paired, operate stereoscopically, and permit the kraken to detect the faintest movement at several hundred meters. Range judgement is extremely good.

Respiration is accomplished by 3 to 8 (varying with species) lung-sacs located in the body mass. Each sac has its own connection to the atmosphere. To function, the inner lining of each sac must be kept moist, requiring the kraken to remain in regions of high humidity, such as marshes, swamps, or jungles. Tree krakens have a closed circularory system and are endothermic.

The kraken attacks its prey by leaping upon it from a height, usually a tree, but often a cliff and occasionally a roof. The arms wrap around the prey, immobilizing it and the disk-shaped structures abrade the skin and other tissue into small fragments which are then conveyed to the mouth.

After feeding, the tree kraken climbs to a high place for protection from other predators, and goes into a digestive torpor, from which it emerges several hours later.

Krakens are hermaphroditic, and reproduction is accomplished by budding. During the six week mating season, two krakens will meet, and exchange genetic material by means of two tubelike structures located above the eyes. After fertilization, these structures swell to several times their normal size and grow arms, eventually (after eight to twelve weeks) becoming fully developed miniature krakens. When fully developed, the young detach themselves and go their own way. This is accomplished when the parent is in a state of torpor after feeding, otherwise the krakens would eat their own young.

Zo

Zo is my MTU replacement for Pixie from the Kinunir. It's UWP is: B100595-9. Meaning:

• Starport B - a good facility with refined fuel and capable of starship maintenance
• Size 1 - a very small planet, with just 0.122 G
• Atmosphere 0 - a vacuum world
• Hyrdographics 0 - no standing water
• Population 5 - 80,000 people call this place home for some reason. 
• Government 9 - Captured government. Another Imperial operated place, primarily because of the Gash in orbit above
• Law Level 5 - personal concealable weapons prohibited
• TL 9 - early interstellar.

A good question is: where does the fuel come from as the system has no gas giants, planetoid belt nor any liquid oceans? We're going to lean into deep ice caves under the crust. A large chunk of the population deals with mining. Another TL-9 system, so we'll have some next-gen domed habitats, and maybe cave dwellers. The advantage of underground ice deposits is we can also use that as the source of air. TL-9 is not that much more advanced than us. 

The starport has a mix of above ground pads and elevator pads. Similar to Space:1999, there are smaller pads that can take ships and shuttles up to 100 tons below the surface.

Worlds without atmosphere nor liquid oceans are a bit difficult to map. I used the mars coloration after trying a few variations. Dust plains or something like that, and some small elevations. I've added 1 other planet to the system, just a tad larger than Zo itself. The habitable zone for a K9 star is in orbit 12, which is 307 AU out! The math works out to 1 year on Zo = √307^3 / 5 = 2405 years! Not that I use jump shadows in MTU, but if I did it would not really change much for any visitors.

made the background sort of match the world at least

Xyman

Xyman is a planetoid belt system (and replacing Shionthy from the adventure). From the Pilot's Guide:

Xyman consists of a single gas giant and a planetoid belt that has a surprising amount of antimatter planetoids. The population of just over 8000 people lives on several stations, and the entire system is mostly run by the Imperium. The TL 9 stations have early grav plates. Xyman Station is a class C port that only supplies unrefined fuel. There are 4 interior berths for ships up to 1000 tons, a dozen shuttle bay sized bays. Many ships just move to a station keeping orbit and use shuttles. There are also several smaller stations scattered about, such as the Lochlyn 9 station that is run by the League of Planets.

Some spacers swear they have heard defunct military radio codes being broadcast here, but exploration is dangerous due to the contra-terrain planetoids scattered throughout the ring.

The small Scout waypoint station houses about 30 Scouts and is posted in the L4 Trojan of the gas giant, Geron. The Trio Hab is a large industrial station owned by Ling-Standard Products that processes the contra-terrain a safe distance from the port. It is run at TL A with some equipment at higher tech levels.

 

I'm using a couple 0Hr stations as well. The small Imperial Scout Station is Waypoint 39 and the League asteroid station is the Lochlyn 9. Sadly, we are not at a table so if we actually get here, I can't just set out a few rocks and the minis to make the scene. I may do that anyway for myself and take a picture.

Additional background for Xyman. It is on the border of the League of Planets but has a captured government: the Imperium is using this to mine anti-matter. Being outside the League borders, but a source of potential energy, the League has established the Lochlyn IX station. It is a few hundred kilometers from the Imperial Trio Hab which is processing the antimatter. It is both a research station for antimatter as well as keeping an eye on the Imperium. As such, there are two megacorporations at play here: General Products (previously outlined) and Ling Standard which is in charge of the Trio Hab:

Ling-Standard Products: Originally a mining firm (and still very active in that area) LSP currently engages in a wide spectrum of activities including (but by no means limited to) manufacture of electronic equipment of all sorts, ground and air vehicles, starships and starship armaments systems, drive systems, power systems, computer systems and software, small arms, and a variety of other items. Concerned to a small degree with banking, insurance, and other activities, LSP maintains mining and manufacturing facilities throughout the lmperium and beyond.

Most of Xyman is TL9: the League is stretched a bit thin at times, and so the stations are kept to a lower TL than they could be to simplify maintenance. Grav plates are in use at all stations, though there may be a ring station that rotates for gravity.

Interestingly enough, antimatter has a few conflicting use cases according to various sources. The Wiki says: 

By TL–9, most cultures can make great quantities of antimatter, though at great expense, and by TL–10 most cultures can store it for extended periods of time. Since it is extremely useful for a number of different applications, it likely exists in any TL10+ culture to some extent for various uses. Due to its inherent danger in sufficiently large quantities, most sensible cultures will do their antimatter research and production operations in specialized orbital containment facilities and highly regulate both its production and use. 

Yet the chart shows antimatter as an energy source at TL 17! T5 has it as an early tech at TL 16. Anyway, that Ling-Standard Products station is not actually part of the adventure per se, but it could be. It is an Argos class station:

Orbital mechanics wise, the gas giant & Scout Station are going to have some interesting travel times. Ended up asking an AI as, while I really should do the math, I fear I am getting lazy. Based on the belt being about 1.5 AU out, and the gas giant at 4.5 AU out, the closet they get is 3AU, the furthest 6 AU.

Travel times between the Scout base and Xyman Port is actually not nearly as bad as one would think. Having a constant, unlimited acceleration really changes things for space travel! Which means the Scouts could visit the station to get a break from their smaller station, or if need be, theplayers may get to the Scout Station. I know one character is a Scout.

Accel (g)	Accel (m/s²)	Min distance (3 AU) time (days)	Max distance (6 AU) time (days)
1 g	9.81	≈ 4.95 days	≈ 7.01 days
2 g	19.62	≈ 3.50 days	≈ 4.95 days
3 g	29.43	≈ 2.86 days	≈ 4.05 days
4 g	39.24	≈ 2.48 days	≈ 3.50 days
5 g	49.05	≈ 2.22 days	≈ 3.13 days
6 g	58.86	≈ 2.02 days	≈ 2.86 days

Traveller Game - The Kinunir: Some Game Prep

I'll be running a Traveller game in a few weeks! Mostly classic but a few bits and pieces from other versions. I'm running the Kinunir adventure in MTU, meaning I need to map worlds from the Imperium to the D'Arlee Quandrant. I've read through the rumors and the basic (very bare bones!) adventure and have mapped the worlds as below. Not an exact match by all means, but good enough for this game.

• Regina => Montca 1107 A639997-C (note that is a non-Imperial world, but "reasons"). This is where we are starting.
• Pixie => Zo 0414 B100595-9
• Efate => Iac 0403 A551301-B
• Shionthy => Xyman 1003 C000316-9
• Helfry => Arn 1307 A233699-9
• Knorbes => Q'auntar 0501 D668122-6 
• Menorb => Finnigan's Beta A568201-B
• Boughene => Euipites 0417 C348333-A
• Forboldn => Nix 0310 C896610-5
• Alpine => Des Plades B2008A9-A

There may a be a couple I am missing, but I should have some time to fill in the blanks. Some of these systems, such as Montca, I've detailed already and I'm just using that. There is a word cloud off to the right of this blog and I usually add labels. So, the players (and my readers!) can search for systems I've detailed out already. 

I'm tagging this game as Kinunir so we can find the recaps and notes as we go along. And as I am still unemployed (or is it early retirement?) in theory I have time to do all the prep. We are starting on Montca, but I will be dealing with the rumor matrix which is why I needed to get all the systems at least initially replaced so I am not searching at the virtual table. 

The Kinunir is actually, like many Traveller adventures, more a framework. There are some broad strokes and goals, but the majority of the details are left the referee. Fortunately, I have plenty of maps and things as needed for the game. I just have to make sure I have them set up ahead of time.

I even have the T5 Kinunir deckplans, though this is not the face-to-face group, so I sadly cannot lay out the posters at the table. But as those are also barebones, I'll probably be dropping them into the virtual tabletop as needed. 

As mentioned at the start, this is mostly Classic Traveller. Combat will be more Snapshot focused I am thinking, but I need to re-read those rules. I also have At Close Combat I think and of course may end up using the Striker wound system instead. One of my weakest parts in running games is combat. I know I don't want to use the armor matrix from Classic even though there is something to be said for that abstraction. I'll see if I can come up with a mix that will work for this group and will post those rules in the nest post, I hope. That way it will be a reference for both me and the players!

I even made a quick and dirty map of the General Products shipyards on Montca. This is the junkyard part of things, so ships that are scrapped or incomplete. Kinunir from Ian Stead (and yes, I have his deck plans as well, and I think at least 3 other deck plans for this ship. But the T5 are the simplest and will work for us best I think)