Submariners don't sound like they practice a whole lot of sword
play. Frangible ammo and shotguns, would be the rule, though
something higher tech like the Babylon 5 ppg would be cool.
That said, snake eater types would always have good knife and
machete type melee skills... Thinking gurkhas and their kukris.
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from my T989
wrote:
> Sounds like gun control. Many pirate types would modify/remove
the
safeguards anyway...
Well, you want to make sure you don't nuke up and ruin the
planets you are
fighting for.
Which reminds me. CT old-timers will remember all the fuss about,
"why do
Traveller characters have all these stupid old-fashioned cutlass
skills?
And they call themselves a science fiction game. Stoopid
Traveller."
Once upon a time Traveller talked a lot about blade weapons and
snub
pistols, because when you're out in space it doesn't make a whole
lot of
sense to go running around blasting holes inside of the only
thing (the
ship) that is keeping you all alive. IMTU I made a consistent
point about
that, that you were always shooting out environmental controls,
drive
controls, power conduits causing fires, depressurizing
compartments, or
getting sprayed by the on-board fire-suppression system when you
fired
weapons aboard a starship. I even had the principle that people
would
space people on their own side that would do that for stupidly
risking
everyone's life for short-term gain.
Dave