I'm big on equipment that wouldn't work. Bullpup rifles with ejection ports set right against the butt plate drive me bananas and pistol slides that wouldn't work without pulling your thumb off are high on my list.
The worst thing is I've never even owned a gun and I can spot impractical and poorly designed weapons.
Derek Stanley
Sent from my iPhone...
> On Feb 24, 2015, at 09:42, [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
>
> There is obviously a lot of fictional sex being had by the fictive
> quintillions in the Traveller universe, but that is well within the
> referee's purview. I see enough ED ads and little girls wearing lingerie
> as clothing in real life that I don't miss its official absence in an RPG.
> The art angle is pretty much inevitable, I remember being annoyed by the
> cover of Assignment: Vigilante. When I was younger I could recognize
> specific men's magazine photos being used as artist's references and
> assume it is still going on. A lot of artists made no secret of the fact
> that they were just slumming illustrating wargames until they could get
> into comic books, and formal art training focuses quite a bit on the human
> form. I was mostly irritated that this focus prevented 90% of them from
> drawing an automatic pistol whose slide could actually slide, or howitzer
> whose carriage could work.
>
> > You know I'm sitting at work, trying to be productive but this while PG
> > traveller thing keeps popping up in my head.
> >
> > 5 people trapped in a tin can for a week straight. I guarantee you there
> > is a whole hell of a lot of inappropriate behavior and shenanigans going
> > on.
> >
> > Phrases like: Who shrink wrapped the head? Why is my boot full of water
> > and in the freezer? Filling my desk with confetti is not funny Frank!
> > Dave's not here.
> >
> > Derek Stanley
> > Sent from my iPhone...
> >
> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 07:16, Derek Stanley
> >> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >>
> >> Oh, as for the PG rules... Read the Mongoose Traveller robot creation
> >> rules... You can totally make that thing in the locker with those
> >> rules.
> >>
> >> Derek Stanley
> >> Sent from my iPhone...
> >>
> >>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 07:12, Derek Stanley
> >>> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I feel compelled to point out that traveller has been the home of the
> >>> chesty girl in the skin tight vac suit for 30+ years. Not to mention
> >>> I'm fairly certain the amount of illicit drugs smuggled in characters
> >>> holds over that time could put an number of Columbian cartels to
> >>> shame.
> >>>
> >>> I will leave you with the following two images to ponder.
> >>>
> >>> http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag248/Emberdawn/923795D8-A275-4CB5-A679-908F66B472E6_zpsvihvzy7t.jpg
> >>>
> >>> http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag248/Emberdawn/B101F386-869A-41E2-ACBA-BB9F2B2E2418_zpsedv239gn.jpg
> >>>
> >>> Derek Stanley
> >>> Sent from my iPhone...
> >>>
> >>>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 06:56, Derek Stanley
> >>>> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Isn't this where Phill and Dixie come in trying to do Sex and
> >>>> Traveller but always getting shut down before the final panel?
> >>>>
> >>>> Derek Stanley
> >>>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 6:45 AM, [Traveller_TNE]
> >>>>> <> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jeff,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is that safe? I know that there's been an unwritten rule that MM has
> >>>>> always wanted Traveller to remain PG. Would posting those rules (an
> >>>>> R-rated concept) be in violation of FFE's fan website terms? I don't
> >>>>> want you to get in any trouble.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> \_/
> >>>>> DED
> >>>>> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ---In , <>
> >>>>> wrote :
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 05:37:33 +0000 (UTC), Harold Hale
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> >Somewhere on a crashed hard drive lay the TNE rules for creating
> >>>>> >courtesans/prostitutes/and other sex workers. It was well thought
> >>>>> out
> >>>>> >and if I ever manage to find a copy saved to a ZIP drive or a floppy
> >>>>> >disk, or hard copy some place, I'll post them here.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you copy me on them if when you find them (or recreate them), I'll
> >>>>> be
> >>>>> happy to give them a second home at Freelance Traveller...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Jeff Zeitlin, Editor
> >>>>> Freelance Traveller
> >>>>> The Electronic Fan-Supported
> >>>>> Traveller® Fanzine and Resource
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.freelancetraveller.com
> >>>>> http://freelancetraveller.downport.com/
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ®Traveller is a registered trademark of
> >>>>> Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2014. Use of
> >>>>> the trademark in this notice and in the
> >>>>> referenced materials is not intended to
> >>>>> infringe or devalue the trademark.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following
> >>>>> enterprises for hosting services:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> CyberNET Web Hosting (http://www.cyberwebhosting.net)
> >>>>> The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
The worst thing is I've never even owned a gun and I can spot impractical and poorly designed weapons.
Derek Stanley
Sent from my iPhone...
> On Feb 24, 2015, at 09:42, [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
>
> There is obviously a lot of fictional sex being had by the fictive
> quintillions in the Traveller universe, but that is well within the
> referee's purview. I see enough ED ads and little girls wearing lingerie
> as clothing in real life that I don't miss its official absence in an RPG.
> The art angle is pretty much inevitable, I remember being annoyed by the
> cover of Assignment: Vigilante. When I was younger I could recognize
> specific men's magazine photos being used as artist's references and
> assume it is still going on. A lot of artists made no secret of the fact
> that they were just slumming illustrating wargames until they could get
> into comic books, and formal art training focuses quite a bit on the human
> form. I was mostly irritated that this focus prevented 90% of them from
> drawing an automatic pistol whose slide could actually slide, or howitzer
> whose carriage could work.
>
> > You know I'm sitting at work, trying to be productive but this while PG
> > traveller thing keeps popping up in my head.
> >
> > 5 people trapped in a tin can for a week straight. I guarantee you there
> > is a whole hell of a lot of inappropriate behavior and shenanigans going
> > on.
> >
> > Phrases like: Who shrink wrapped the head? Why is my boot full of water
> > and in the freezer? Filling my desk with confetti is not funny Frank!
> > Dave's not here.
> >
> > Derek Stanley
> > Sent from my iPhone...
> >
> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 07:16, Derek Stanley
> >> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >>
> >> Oh, as for the PG rules... Read the Mongoose Traveller robot creation
> >> rules... You can totally make that thing in the locker with those
> >> rules.
> >>
> >> Derek Stanley
> >> Sent from my iPhone...
> >>
> >>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 07:12, Derek Stanley
> >>> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I feel compelled to point out that traveller has been the home of the
> >>> chesty girl in the skin tight vac suit for 30+ years. Not to mention
> >>> I'm fairly certain the amount of illicit drugs smuggled in characters
> >>> holds over that time could put an number of Columbian cartels to
> >>> shame.
> >>>
> >>> I will leave you with the following two images to ponder.
> >>>
> >>> http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag248/Emberdawn/923795D8-A275-4CB5-A679-908F66B472E6_zpsvihvzy7t.jpg
> >>>
> >>> http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag248/Emberdawn/B101F386-869A-41E2-ACBA-BB9F2B2E2418_zpsedv239gn.jpg
> >>>
> >>> Derek Stanley
> >>> Sent from my iPhone...
> >>>
> >>>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 06:56, Derek Stanley
> >>>> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Isn't this where Phill and Dixie come in trying to do Sex and
> >>>> Traveller but always getting shut down before the final panel?
> >>>>
> >>>> Derek Stanley
> >>>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 6:45 AM, [Traveller_TNE]
> >>>>> <> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jeff,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is that safe? I know that there's been an unwritten rule that MM has
> >>>>> always wanted Traveller to remain PG. Would posting those rules (an
> >>>>> R-rated concept) be in violation of FFE's fan website terms? I don't
> >>>>> want you to get in any trouble.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> \_/
> >>>>> DED
> >>>>> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ---In , <>
> >>>>> wrote :
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 05:37:33 +0000 (UTC), Harold Hale
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> >Somewhere on a crashed hard drive lay the TNE rules for creating
> >>>>> >courtesans/prostitutes/and other sex workers. It was well thought
> >>>>> out
> >>>>> >and if I ever manage to find a copy saved to a ZIP drive or a floppy
> >>>>> >disk, or hard copy some place, I'll post them here.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you copy me on them if when you find them (or recreate them), I'll
> >>>>> be
> >>>>> happy to give them a second home at Freelance Traveller...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Jeff Zeitlin, Editor
> >>>>> Freelance Traveller
> >>>>> The Electronic Fan-Supported
> >>>>> Traveller® Fanzine and Resource
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.freelancetraveller.com
> >>>>> http://freelancetraveller.downport.com/
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ®Traveller is a registered trademark of
> >>>>> Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2014. Use of
> >>>>> the trademark in this notice and in the
> >>>>> referenced materials is not intended to
> >>>>> infringe or devalue the trademark.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following
> >>>>> enterprises for hosting services:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> CyberNET Web Hosting (http://www.cyberwebhosting.net)
> >>>>> The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>