Fun(?) with Traveller

[pyat]

Ten randomly rolled Belters, ten funerals! Worst profession in the game!


69B85C
Start of career as Belter.
Start of term 1.
[S 9+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Belter 69B85C Age 18 0 Terms Cr 0
Vacc Suit-1
** DECEASED **

75946B
Start of career as Belter.
Start of term 1.
[S 9+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Belter 75946B Age 18 0 Terms Cr 0
Vacc Suit-1
** DECEASED **

5A492A
Start of career as Belter.
Start of term 1.
[S 9+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Belter 5A492A Age 18 0 Terms Cr 0
Vacc Suit-1
** DECEASED **

963867
Start of career as Belter.
Start of term 1.
[S 9+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Belter 963867 Age 18 0 Terms Cr 0
Vacc Suit-1
** DECEASED **

478253
Start of career as Belter.
Start of term 1.
[S 9+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Belter 478253 Age 18 0 Terms Cr 0
Vacc Suit-1
** DECEASED **

685944
Start of career as Belter.
Start of term 1.
[S 9+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Belter 685944 Age 18 0 Terms Cr 0
Vacc Suit-1
** DECEASED **

688A75
Start of career as Belter.
Start of term 1.
[S 9+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Belter 688A75 Age 18 0 Terms Cr 0
Vacc Suit-1
** DECEASED **

B8A5A6
Start of career as Belter.
Start of term 1.
[S 9+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Belter B8A5A6 Age 18 0 Terms Cr 0
Vacc Suit-1
** DECEASED **

59348B
Start of career as Belter.
Start of term 1.
[S 9+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Belter 59348B Age 18 0 Terms Cr 0
Vacc Suit-1
** DECEASED **

C9B939
Start of career as Belter.
Start of term 1.
[S 9+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
[C 1+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Eligible for 3 skills:
Skill: +1 Endurance
Skill: Ship's Boat
Skill: Mechanical
End of term 1.
[R 7+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 2.
[S 9+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: Vacc Suit
End of term 2.
[R 7+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 3.
[S 9+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Belter C9C939 Age 26 2 Terms Cr 0
Mechanical-1, Ship's Boat-1, Vacc Suit-2
** DECEASED **

***


Oh, Traveller. :) Just to clarify, these were the first ten results I got from this webpage. All ten died during character creation. To be fair, the Belter profession is supposed to be incredibly dangerous.

Comments

[curtana.livejournal.com]

Oh Traveller indeed. I once made a character for a game that never ran - I was so happy that she made it through three terms with only a major scar to show for it.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

*LOL* Puting her in actual play couldn't be any more dangerous than character creation...

[cargoweasel.livejournal.com]

We always called Traveller "Retirees in Spaaaaaace"

[zenten.livejournal.com]

49765A
Start of career as Noble.
Start of term 1.
[S 3+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
[C 5+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Received commission as Knight.
[P 12+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
Eligible for 3 skills:
Skill: +1 Strength
Skill: Gun Combat
Skill: +1 Dexterity
End of term 1.
[R 4+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 2.
[S 3+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
[P 12+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: Pilot
End of term 2.
[R 4+ =>(11 +0) = 11]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 3.
[S 3+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
[P 12+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: Leader
End of term 3.
[R 4+ =>(11 +0) = 11]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 4.
[S 3+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
[P 12+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: Leader
[A 8+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -1 Strength
[A 7+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
[A 8+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -1 Endurance
End of term 4.
[R 4+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 5.
[S 3+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
[P 12+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: Pilot
[A 8+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -1 Strength
[A 7+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
[A 8+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Aging: -1 Endurance
End of term 5.
[R 4+ =>( 2 +0) = 2]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 6.
[S 3+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
[P 12+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: +1 Dexterity
[A 8+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Aging: -1 Strength
[A 7+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
[A 8+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -1 Endurance
End of term 6.
[R 4+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 7.
[S 3+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
[P 12+ =>( 3 +0) = 3]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: Engineering
[A 8+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
[A 7+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
[A 8+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
End of term 7.
[R 4+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 8.
[S 3+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
[P 12+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: +1 Dexterity
[A 9+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -1 Strength
[A 8+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Aging: -1 Dexterity
[A 9+ =>(12 +0) = 12]
End of term 8.
[R 4+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 9.
[S 3+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
[P 12+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: Vehicle
[A 9+ =>( 2 +0) = 2]
Aging: -1 Strength
[A 8+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Aging: -1 Dexterity
[A 9+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Aging: -1 Endurance
End of term 9.
[R 4+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Aging crisis.
Muster out.
Eligible for 10 benefits:
Benefit: Gun
Credits: 10000
Credits: 50000
Benefit: Yacht
Credits: 100000
Benefit: Gun
Benefit: Gun
Benefit: High Passage
Benefit: Yacht
Benefit: Gun
>>>
Noble Knight 0A365A Age 54 9 Terms Cr 160000
Engineering-1, Gun Combat-1, Leader-2, Pilot-2, Vehicle-1
Gun x4, High Passage, Yacht

[pyat.livejournal.com]

And he comes out rich, well armed, with a spaceship... and technically dead since his Strength went down to zero. :)

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Is the Belter at least a good class?

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Mmm, not really. Asteroid mining. You might get rich, but you can get richer making a Bureacrat.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Yes, but being a Bureaucrat is just as deadly a profession ;)

If they had it in these books I would have used Entertainer

[zenten.livejournal.com]

C85A79
Start of career as Bureaucrat.
Start of term 1.
[S 4+ =>(12 +0) = 12]
[C 6+ =>( 3 +1) = 4]
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Blade Combat
Skill: Gun Combat
End of term 1.
[R 3+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 2.
[S 4+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
[C 6+ =>( 2 +1) = 3]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: Administration
End of term 2.
[R 3+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 3.
[S 4+ =>( 3 +0) = 3]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Bureaucrat C85A79 Age 26 2 Terms Cr 0
Administration-1, Blade Combat-1, Gun Combat-1
** DECEASED **

Re: If they had it in these books I would have used Entertainer

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Given his/her skills, looks like he/she was some kind of field investigator. "I'm here to inspect your shipping records. With a vengeance!"

[zenten.livejournal.com]

I think it's annoying that there isn't a way to switch careers.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

There were some optional rules for it, IIRC. The random generator doesn't use them, though.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't know. I've only read the Mongoose version.

[curtana.livejournal.com]

Definitely, my character who never ran was a Marine-turned-Pirate, iirc.

[jirris-midvale.livejournal.com]

I remember the traveler game I was in (technically it was mega traveler, but whatever). The gm was very surprised that there no casualties in chargen.

God damnit if we were not an ugly mess though. No cripples, but all sorts of fantastic scars. I recall our captain had half a dozen purple-hearts and skin that looked a little 'off'. Turns out he had fired a very large gun without the propper protection, and melted off a good portion of it. The military paid for a fresh coat of paint and told him to go home despite his protests to wanting to round his purple hearts to an even dozen.

Captain freeman was a hell of a guy. I miss that crew.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

You know, there are heavy metal bands inspired by Traveller? :)

[jirris-midvale.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I think that is the best thing ever.

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Hilarious, thanks. }:D

[pyat.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

[rowyn]

Wait, you had a character survive the first term and go back? What, was she insane? :D

[pyat.livejournal.com]

The dental benefits are really quite remarkable!

OK, this one rocks

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Seems to kind of break the system though.

B9BB84
Start of career as Bureaucrat.
Start of term 1.
[S 4+ =>(11 +0) = 11]
[C 6+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Received commission as Clerk.
[P 7+ =>( 5 +1) = 6]
Eligible for 3 skills:
Skill: Leader
Skill: Interrogation
Skill: Jack-o-T
End of term 1.
[R 3+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 2.
[S 4+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
[P 7+ =>( 8 +1) = 9]
Received promotion to Supervisor.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Brawling
Skill: Instruction
End of term 2.
[R 3+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 3.
[S 4+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
[P 7+ =>(11 +1) = 12]
Received promotion to Assistant Manager.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Leader
Skill: Administration
End of term 3.
[R 3+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 4.
[S 4+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
[P 7+ =>( 8 +1) = 9]
Received promotion to Manager.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Instruction
Skill: Blade Combat
[A 8+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Aging: -1 Strength
[A 7+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Aging: -1 Dexterity
[A 8+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
End of term 4.
[R 3+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 5.
[S 4+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
[P 7+ =>( 6 +1) = 7]
Received promotion to Executive.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Leader
Skill: Administration
[A 8+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
[A 7+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
[A 8+ =>( 3 +0) = 3]
Aging: -1 Endurance
End of term 5.
[R 3+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 6.
[S 4+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
[P 7+ =>( 6 +1) = 7]
Received promotion to Director.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Administration
Skill: Interrogation
[A 8+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Aging: -1 Strength
[A 7+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Aging: -1 Dexterity
[A 8+ =>(12 +0) = 12]
End of term 6.
[R 3+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 7.
[S 4+ =>(11 +0) = 11]
[P 7+ =>( 9 +1) = 10]
Received promotion to Director.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Administration
Skill: Vehicle
[A 8+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
[A 7+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
[A 8+ =>(12 +0) = 12]
End of term 7.
[R 3+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 8.
[S 4+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
[P 7+ =>( 9 +1) = 10]
Received promotion to Director.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Vehicle
Skill: Recruiting
[A 9+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -1 Strength
[A 8+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
[A 9+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
End of term 8.
[R 3+ =>( 3 +0) = 3]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 9.
[S 4+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
[P 7+ =>( 7 +1) = 8]
Received promotion to Director.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Administration
Skill: Leader
[A 9+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -1 Strength
[A 8+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
[A 9+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
Aging: -1 Endurance
End of term 9.
[R 3+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 10.
[S 4+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
[P 7+ =>( 3 +1) = 4]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: Leader
[A 9+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Aging: -1 Strength
[A 8+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Aging: -1 Dexterity
[A 9+ =>( 2 +0) = 2]
Aging: -1 Endurance
End of term 10.
[R 3+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 11.
[S 4+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
[P 7+ =>(10 +1) = 11]
Received promotion to Director.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Interrogation
Skill: Administration
[A 9+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -1 Strength
[A 8+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -1 Dexterity
[A 9+ =>( 2 +0) = 2]
Aging: -1 Endurance
End of term 11.
[R 3+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 12.
[S 4+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
[P 7+ =>( 4 +1) = 5]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: +1 Dexterity
[A 9+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Aging: -1 Intelligence
[A 9+ =>(11 +0) = 11]
[A 9+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -2 Dexterity
[A 9+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -2 Endurance
End of term 12.
[R 3+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Reenlist: succeeded.


Continued in next reply.

Re: OK, this one rocks

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Start of term 13.
[S 4+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
[P 7+ =>(10 +1) = 11]
Received promotion to Director.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Administration
Skill: Vehicle
[A 9+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
Aging: -1 Intelligence
[A 9+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Aging: -2 Strength
[A 9+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
[A 9+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
End of term 13.
[R 3+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 14.
[S 4+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
[P 7+ =>( 9 +1) = 10]
Received promotion to Director.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Administration
Skill: Recruiting
[A 9+ =>( 2 +0) = 2]
Aging: -1 Intelligence
[A 9+ =>(11 +0) = 11]
[A 9+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Aging: -2 Dexterity
[A 9+ =>(11 +0) = 11]
End of term 14.
[R 3+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 15.
[S 4+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
[P 7+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Received promotion to Director.
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: Blade Combat
Skill: Administration
[A 9+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
Aging: -1 Intelligence
[A 9+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Aging: -2 Strength
[A 9+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
[A 9+ =>(12 +0) = 12]
End of term 15.
[R 3+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 16.
[S 4+ =>( 7 +0) = 7]
[P 7+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: Recruiting
[A 9+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
[A 9+ =>( 8 +0) = 8]
Aging: -2 Strength
[A 9+ =>(11 +0) = 11]
[A 9+ =>( 6 +0) = 6]
Aging: -2 Endurance
End of term 16.
[R 3+ =>(11 +0) = 11]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Aging crisis.
Muster out.
Eligible for 19 benefits:
Credits: 10000
Credits: 10000
Benefit: High Passage
Benefit: High Passage
Benefit: High Passage
Benefit: High Passage
Benefit: High Passage
Benefit: +1 Social
Benefit: +1 Social
Benefit: Watch
Benefit: +1 Social
Benefit: Watch
Benefit: High Passage
>>>
Retired Bureaucrat Director 023787 Age 82 16 Terms Cr 20000
Administration-9, Blade Combat-2, Brawling-1, Instruction-2,
Interrogation-3, Jack-o-T-1, Leader-5, Recruiting-3,
Vehicle-3
High Passage x6, Watch x2

Re: OK, this one rocks

[pyat.livejournal.com]

IMpressive! And his stats are not that far off - makes sense he'd be an awesome administrator after that long...

OMG, it's Palapatine!

Of course, with a 0 Str, he's also dead. :)

Re: OK, this one rocks

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Can't he just have a portable life support system hooked up to his hover wheelchair?

Re: OK, this one rocks

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I'd allow that!

Re: OK, this one rocks

[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall in the hard-cover version of the GDW Traveller rules that if a stat is ever reduced to 0 because of aging in game you rolled for survival (8+); if you made it you didn't die and that stat was bumped back up again to 1.

::B::

Re: OK, this one rocks

[pyat.livejournal.com]

THat sounds familiar!

Re: OK, this one rocks

[zenten.livejournal.com]

I figured out that if you set a very high term limit they always either get killed or have at least one attribute go to 0.

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

My favorite is still the one I generated that lived and had decent skills, but had no credits to their name. The Red Dwarf Belter. I'd totally play that.

(Although, the noble with no credits seemed somewhat cooler.)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I once generated a Rogue with Noble social class, no credits, and the skill "Blade-1". He was like some slumming upper class trash. :)

[mmsword.livejournal.com]

Well! Science seems like a safe career.

786725
Start of career as Scientist.
Start of term 1.
[S 5+ =>( 4 +0) = 4]
Survival: failed.
>>>
Scientist 786725 Age 18 0 Terms Cr 0
Computer-1
** DECEASED **


Well, ok, maybe not so safe.

Once more into the breach!
9AA94A
Start of career as Scientist.
Start of term 1.
[S 5+ =>(12 +0) = 12]
Eligible for 2 skills:
Skill: +1 Intelligence
Skill: +1 Education
End of term 1.
[R 5+ =>(10 +0) = 10]
Reenlist: succeeded.
Start of term 2.
[S 5+ =>( 9 +0) = 9]
Eligible for 1 skills:
Skill: Carousing
End of term 2.
[R 5+ =>( 5 +0) = 5]
Reenlist: failed.
Muster out.
Eligible for 2 benefits:
Benefit: Lab Ship
Credits: 10000
>>>
Scientist 9AAA5A Age 26 2 Terms Cr 10000
Carousing-1, Computer-1
Lab Ship

... And it gives me a Heinlein protagonist.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Well, your first scientist was a grade school drop out. He/she probably blew up the lab.

[mmsword.livejournal.com]

Johnny was a chemist's son, but Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H2O was H2SO4.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Make someone in the army. None of those seem to die for me.

[paka.livejournal.com]

Insert vaguely melancholy science fiction theme music here.

[paka.livejournal.com]

Scout got me five results, all fatalities. But I think the winners may be Nobles.

Noble Knight 18074B Age 42 6 Terms Cr 250000
Brawling-1, Carousing-1, Engineering-1, Hunting-2,
Navigation-1, Vehicle-2
High Passage x2, Travellers'

Noble Knight B6775A Age 26 2 Terms Cr 50000
Hunting-1, Navigation-1, Pilot-1
Gun, Yacht

Noble Knight 28498C Age 46 7 Terms Cr 300000
Gun Combat-1, Leader-1, Medical-1, Navigation-1, Vehicle-1
Blade, Gun, High Passage x2, Yacht

Noble Knight 9245AB Age 34 4 Terms Cr 60000
Blade Combat-1, Engineering-1, Gun Combat-1, Hunting-1,
Leader-1, Liaison-1
Gun, High Passage, Yacht

Noble Knight 53498A Age 46 7 Terms Cr 160000
Blade Combat-1, Brawling-3, Gun Combat-1, Leader-1, Pilot-1
Blade x2, High Passage, Travellers', Yacht

Check it, all of them have at least okay stats and they all survived chargen.