GURPS Traveller - The Empty Peace

The only real investment is Basic Set: Characters and if you also plan on GM'ing then you need Basic Set: Campaigns. Beyond that the other 4e material is "nice" but not essential as their 3e counterpart in most cases is still relevent or can be used with slight modification.

But all that aside, if you are interested in this game, then you don't need to invest in anything to play. The GURPS Fantasy Grounds ruleset is free, and you can make your character using GURPSLite and the templates I have provided in the character info document.

If you want to join us in our adventure into the Interstellar Wars, then hop aboard.

yeah man, Ronnke is on point with the rules and I'm coming along with them too.

I'm not 100% clear on how you intend the templates to be used, but I don't see a "Beam Weapon" skill on any of them or in the GURPS Lite.

I was thinking of a military/security type, but I see we already have a few of those. Is party distribution an issue or would another space gunner type be fine?

Derrik Parsons dreamed of flying from an early age. While his mother will tell you that his desire for flight began when she bought him a small orbiter airplane toy at the ripe young age of three, his father will tell you it began on his first trip aboard a flight from their home in California, to Florida. Either way, the flight bug bit Derrik (or "DP", as his friends call him), and his world has not been the same since.

Derrik was born in the year 2143 in San Diego, California to scientist parents. Upon graduation from high school with excellent grades, he was accepted into the University of Notre Dame, where he studied aeronautics of space and contragravity. While attending college, he volunteered for, and was accepted into, the Naval Officers Training Corps. While his parents had hoped he would be pulled to serve Terra in another way, they soon realized that their son desired to follow a path that would lead him to adventure. Upon graduation, Derrik was accepted into the pilot training program of the Terran Navy.

Derrik excelled during training, and his instructors took note of his aptitude for handling ships of varying size. His reputation began to build as a solid, capable, and dependable pilot.

Derrik was eventually assigned to the 22nd Transport Squadron, based out of Nusku. It was there that he attained the rank of Lieutenant JG, and his career path in the military seemed set for a meteoric rise.

Then came the accident.

While on a short jump, Derrik (who was at that time serving as temporary Captain) and his crew, aboard the naval ship Resilient Challenge, met with near disaster when the navigator entered the wrong coordinates. They came out of their jump in the middle of an asteroid belt, and the ship's hull was breached. While they were able to limp out of the field and back to Nusku, five crew members had been killed.

To his fellow pilots, Derrik was considered a hero for saving the ship and the rest of the crew, but to Naval administration he was responsible for the deaths of those in his charge, as well as the severe damage to the ship. While no charges were brought against him, he was quietly reassigned to perform admin duties.

Many sleepless nights followed, and Derrik suffered flashbacks of that fateful day. He felt a deep sense of responsibility for the accident, and it haunts him to this very day. It was then that he decided to leave his beloved Navy after his term of enlistment.

Derrik went back to California for a few months, and while there he met up with another former Navy pilot friend who was working for the High Frontier Development Consortium. Sensing a deepening depression in Derrik, his friend convinced him to apply to the HFDC.

With a renewed sense of purpose, Derrik has served honorably with the Consortium, and as a pilot on the Emerald Monarch, a whole new universe awaits.

Let the adventure begin...

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Originally Posted by King Joey

I'm not 100% clear on how you intend the templates to be used, but I don't see a "Beam Weapon" skill on any of them or in the GURPS Lite.

I was thinking of a military/security type, but I see we already have a few of those. Is party distribution an issue or would another space gunner type be fine?

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This free pdf is a complete list of G4e skills and will help with the skills not in GURPSLite.

https://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG37-0201

As for the templates, they relate to the occupational roles onboard the ship. For the character to get actual employment, s/he would have to show some competancy in that role. The templates serve as are a guide to ensure you have the skills required for the job. eg. A security officer should be built using the marine or soldier template.

In building your character you use the template as the starting point, then you flesh out and personalise further with any points you have remaining after applying the template.

For the game I will be using Foen's Traveller skin this can be downloaded from here:
https://oberoten.dyndns.org/fgwiki/i...ellerTheme.ext

This file must be put into the extensions folder of your Fantasy Grounds application folder.

Please download this prior to connecting to the game as it will save you the long download time when you connect to the game server.

I will put the server online today and leave it that way for the majority of the day so that players can join and setup their characters and macros. The teamspeak3 server which I will be using for the game is also open, and I will be sitting in there. I may be away from my computer, but if you say hello I should hear you.

The connection details for the server and teamspeak can be found in the Game Calendar.

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/calen...dex.xcp?id=482

*Remember to download the Traveller skin before connecting to the game.

EDIT: Ensure you also have the latest release of the GURPS 4e ruleset installed: https://www.spyke.me/

The plan will be to get this game underway this coming weekend beginning the 22nd. Can players ensure you have you characters finalised, and submitted a character pic which I will use for your FG tokens.

Im there and I look forward to it. Let me know if the picture I sent isn't suitable.

edit: I would be there if there was a late enough bus...

The game has started with a small prequel adventure for just two players as the majority could not make this weeks scheduled session.

The game went well and I'm looking forward to starting the game proper. To those involved the game, please check forums and the game calendar for updates.

I won't be able to make it until next Saturday. By then I should be squared away with work.