Sep 12, 2020
In this episode Jeff and Bob discuss the basic elements of a
Traveller game, as detailed by Marc Miller in the Traveller
Book.
Before that Bob does a short correction from the previous
episode, we do Internet Finds, and some fun Rules Finds, as
well as present the last of the planets submitted in our Random
Planet Generation Smackdown! (that system appears below, under the
relevant links).
Relevant links:
Faddle - from Pete Burke
C589632-8 Ni
Faddle is a cold, icy world with
most of the surface covered in permafrost.
There is a band approximately 400 miles wide
around the equator that is comfortable and is actually considered
pleasantly tropical. The atmosphere is dense which helps
create the effect Faddle is famous for - the floating "Udrassi"
mats.
Udrassi is a native organic lifeform that
straddles the line between fungus, plant and animal life. The
udrassi combine into large circular floating mats that organize
around a central hub. On each hub, three pools of amino
acids are arranged in a triangular pattern - early colonists to the
planet were able to quickly determine that by adding saline water
of specific concentrations to the pools in certain sequuences, the
mats could be raised, lowered or steered and also directed to
attract or repel other floating mats.
The
mats are extremely strong - some colonists built houses and larger
buildings anchoring into the mats themselves. It wasn't long
until early colonial families created resort hotel compounds for
tourists by assembling larger mats together - and by manipulating
the hub pools on the mats, small towns developed by combining mats
together.
The planet is mostly a recreation destination - the floating lifestyle of the permanent residents is very laid back . Some floating resorts stay in the tropics all year round, while others float to a mountain range south of the equator in the permafrost region where a ski resort has been set up.