Which is why IMTU I let the player's use anything they want in their ship
but those that would know I comment that shotguns work wonders on most
things inside of your ship and if it doesn't you probably made a bad
decision somewhere well before your shotgun turned out to be ineffective.
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Antony Farrell <>wrote:
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> IMTU I have a number of marine battledressed troopers who wield battleaxes
> instead of cutlasses. The enhanced strength can come in very handy there.
> (Inspired by vanBuskirk from the original Lensman novels)
>
> Antoy
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Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] 6mm
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> > 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
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