Sorry for not being around lately. I've been a bit busy. Back now.

Should I just dump the Habitat unit?

Although appropriate to the character I believe to take it with us, it would take up at least half of the cargo space on the ship...

So my vote is to drop it... Or perhaps if it's alright with Al rent it out to someone on your home world and have an income from it.

My son and wife are sick with a virus right now. I have not forgotten you.

I hope they get better soon. I hate being sick. My prayers are with you all.

Benefit of habitat is it gives us shelter on a hostile world.

Alternatives to habitat involve getting Hazardous Environment Vacc Suits, and/or using the ship as our more-permanent "base."

Downside to alternative: if we lose access to our ship, our lifespans become "however much life support remains in our suit."

I'd suggest dumping the habitat and stocking up on replacement air tanks / filters / etc instead, if you're looking to go the "long term excursion support" route.

As much as I have tried to get into the Traveller universe and produce a game for you, I am finding it impossible for me to carve out the time needed to prep and create an adventure in a rule system that I just learned. I gave it my best shot but this is not working. If I try to plow through to get the game going, I know I will be constantly doubting my work, double checking rules and all my other games will suffer.

Sorry to have got you all excited with the possibility but I can not in good conscience continue. Therefore I am bowing out as the Referee in this game.

Padre - you seem to know the rules really well, so I'd suggest that you take on the GM role.

Once again, sorry for this. I know I got your hopes up but better to stop now before we start than three or four posts in having the game fizzle.

Thanks, Alacrity, for letting us know on the front end. No worries about not getting the game off the ground. Thanks for giving it your best shot!
Peace,
Ayrn

Not to worry Alacrity I was hoping to play, but I can GM too.

I understand how life can be
And I do hope that your wife and kid(s) are feeling better.

If everyone is alright with me being GM... With a minor change I can make everything work

The change I would like to make:
-a slightly different (larger) ship


Also given that I would not be playing a character I would like to recruit another person...

Thoughts everyone?

Mixing the Church and the State (of being DM) is like heresy or a conflict of interest or something. It's unscrupulous.

That being said, I am an obedient Agent of the Scouts and thereby, shall adhere to my orders and complete the missions set forth for me by the command of the Imperial Padre Society.

Joking aside, that's fine with me. I can update you with my invisible character details soon, but not at the moment, as some are saved on a drive which will be installed on my new computer, which has not yet arrived.

To the group: I'm not sure what kind of time I will have to post in the near future. It is likely I will be able to participate fully, I just want you to be aware that I have various life situations which may or may not require my immediate and prolonged attention in the near future. I will try to advise you as this becomes an issue. If you prefer to replace me as a result, I'm amenable to the idea.

At this point I would appreciate if you could all think up and agree upon a ship name.

I'm working up the rest of the info I need now, and should be able to post in a day or two to be able to get the game rolling.

Edit: And if everyone could send me a copy of their full character sheets, I would be very much appreciated.

Do you's want to RP the initial meeting between all of you, or would you rather that you's have all met and are on the ship?

Also I would like to know about connections between characters (if any).

Then I can post and we will be good to start
Also I still need the characters from everyone.

Work has just picked up crazy for me for the next week (or 2) and I anticipate baby 8 arriving by the 24... then vacation and family time for 3 weeks or so.

So, I'm out until July 21 likely

I vote the ship's name should be The Spartan.

Not to worry Ayrn... When you are available again, we can work you in.