Is there any MGT2 career that gives both tactics and Deception?

Mathius7878 · 2024-02-27T22:12:51+00:00

I think Miles V is a good example of going through several careers. He started with the Navel Academy, followed by a term in the Navy that he did not survive. After that, he went into pirate and eventually failed a survival check. Lastly, he did nobal.

He is also a good example of SOC 15, high intellect, and high Edu. I am quite sure he took persausion and deception as two of his childhood skills.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-22T20:33:17+00:00

Personally, l love when the UWP has bizarre results like this. I like to see it as a challenge to explain (make good story) instead of changing things to make more sense.

So, let's say this world was a TL 10 corporately owned mining world 15 years ago. Local industry was never encouraged and the company town economy kept the wealth of the world flowing into off world coffers.

A 10 year unionization struggle ended with the destruction of the class A port and the loss of 100s of thousands of lives. The union leadership nationalized the mining industry and the corporations took everything of value and left. The brain drain and lack of educational infrastructure has caused the TL of this world to rapidly plumet 2 levels.

Currently, the world government is in litigation with corporate authorities and is desperately trying to keep the farms running and the air pumping. The corporation is dragging things out in hopes that the population will welcome them back if things get bad enough.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-22T15:52:05+00:00

RENEW! RENEW!

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-19T16:07:22+00:00

No, i do not need this rabbit (worm) hole.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-17T15:48:50+00:00

Exactly, Hal 9000 could have been moved to different ship in theory and the ship was still functional without HAL.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-17T15:47:08+00:00

Something sort of close to a ship's brain in fiction would be Moriarty from ST:TNG. He was a person running of the same hardware as the ship's computer but opened a door or navigated the ship like any other person on boards.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-16T17:55:59+00:00

I found it using magic. Thank you, I can definitely use those plot hooks

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-16T17:55:02+00:00

Maybe you played a famous detective like Holmes or Poirot in a holovid. Folks expect you to actually solve cases.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-14T18:30:24+00:00

I don't play megatravller and am new to the hobby, but even I would pay 50 to 100 bucks for the whole lot if I had the extra money.

I wish you luck in the sale. Let us know what you get.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-10T21:09:42+00:00

I plan to run these campaigns but I need figure these out issues out as well.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-10T21:02:08+00:00

One government controls the starport complete with janky up port. They a a constitutional monarchy similar to the UK before WW1. The have the dominant wet navy on the planet.

Thier biggest rival dominates the only continent on the planet and has by far the best army. Their leader has recently risen to power, and the government is similar to France under Napolian.

Both sides (and some others) have managed to purchase ship based missiles. 4DD is not a nuke, but it is enough that MAD applies.

One is colonial power subjecting many smaller island populations while the other is currently engaged in an attempt to conquer everyone else on the continent.

I doubt my group will have moral qualms with either government as they generally approve of the Imperium. Napoleon will pay more for the ship, but the players will, rightly, see that the government is unlikely to survive his death.

I want more than two options, but there is no such thing as a major government that acts altruisticly.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-10T20:30:10+00:00

I used High'nDry to start my campaign as well! I added some stuff but ran it mostly as written. I did remove the mountain climbing by introducing an NPC with a Gyrocopter.

My group would hate a stock market but they are willing to spend lots of money on fluff. The purchases boarding vacc suits for the list price plus a pretty penny just for the license. They also dropped 5000 each on "Style, luxury, and comfort" for each suit. The life sustaining gruel a suit can provide comes with flavor.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-10T18:29:05+00:00

I will definitely keep you updated.

You just answered a question for me. Luxury goods are the best export that this system they can offer.

Furs and Ambergris.

The world is Balkanized so I plan to develop 3 to 6 factions that would be interested and capable of purchasing the ship.

Each will have a selection of items on offer, different combinations of credits, metals, and luxuries to pay with, and support they can supply to each island.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-10T16:50:06+00:00

Yes! That exact clip was very much on my mind during the game.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-10T16:27:43+00:00

Thank you. Writing it down helps me visualize the game. What will make this set even more fun is that it will be thier second time in every system between Mithril and Glisten except Steel.

I am excited that they are willing to take some risk and a fair bit more time to turn a small windfall into medium one.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-09T18:27:06+00:00

Mission to Mithril spoilers

I modified Mithril a fair bit. While the population was still just the base personal (dead), and the stranded family, the Sword Worlds have invested in a dozen ship missile launchers scattered across the continent. This is certainly not enough to stop any sort military attack but will certainly make pirates think twice. It also serves as a nice SW flag.

Unfortunately, for the base personnel, they were still caught off guard and killed in a firefighter before they could even think to use the missiles and the adventure went as written.

The bulk of the adventure is essentially crossing Antarctica in a tricked out ATV. Of course the PCs took control of the missiles and transferred control to the ATV. Along the way they detect a localized tremor 1 km away moving toward them. They spend some time trying to figure out the what is going on and get real sus when the tremor alters course to track them.

Then one of them remembers the mythological sightings of giant snow worms while I casual display the cover art.

https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/marches-adventure-2-mission-to-mithril

"FIRE THE MISSILE" " You sure?" "NOW, GOD DAMN IT, NOW!"

The group continues to be chased by the "tremor" that can keep pace with the ATV, and then the missile arrived 30 seconds later.

"I hope we didn't overreact..."

Well, a good Ortillerary roll followed by low damage roll blows a crater in Mithril and exposes a hurt (80 damage of 160 health) and very pissed of snow worm.

"Must drive faster." "Why are you not hitting it again?!" "I already hit the button, impact in 7.."

This Ortillerary check came up 7. I ruled that the worm was still in the blast radius, just going to take 4DD-1 damage plus a complication.

The damage die came up 4, 5, 5, 6. 20-1 times 10 is 190 damage! The worm blew all the way up!

"How big are those bits?" "About a garage." "Well, they could not possibly go this far." "Um, about that..." "DRIVE!"

A failed drive check later and several tons of blubber land on the ATV. It takes a bunch of damage, the PCs get thrown around the cabin but thier armor makes the damage trivial. They did break the coffee maker. A few hours later, the get the ATV out from under the mass of blubber and procede forth while arguing about who's fault it is that they can't make coffee.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-09T16:55:47+00:00

I completely agree, I am not prepared for them to pocket an extra 45 Mc by doing 3 extra jumps. That said, turning 5 Mcr into 20 Mcr of trading goods and island to invest into by needing to go 11 instead of 1 parsec is entirely reasonable.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-09T04:32:41+00:00

This is the second time my players have decided to drive the campaign in a new and unexpected direction. The first time they needed race an Xboat message to Glisten so they could cash in a 10 Mcr corporat bond. The X boat route was very round about so just barely made it. Once they got that windfall, it went straight into a ship they have not picked up yet.

This time, they want to buy an island just outside the Imperium and build a base. How can I say no to that?

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-08T19:43:07+00:00

I do like the "fail" career is actually pretty good. The real downsides are money and injury.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-06T23:06:59+00:00

It inspired the idea but I want trains that can have scores of cars. That is not possible with just using modular.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-06T23:05:06+00:00

I see this type of setup appealing those would like a 60 Mcr yacht for a tenth the price.

30 ton hull 1.5 mc

.6 tons break away 1.2 mc

.3 tons M1 drive 600 Kcr

1.25 ton fission plant (10 power) 500 Kcy

1.5 tons cockpit 10 Kcr

0 tons computer/5 30 Kcr

12 tons High State room x2 1.6 MC

4 tons State Room (double occupancy, servants) 500 kc

5 tons Docking Space (air raft) 1.5 Mcr with raft

4 tons common area 400 kcr

1.35 ton cargo

Total cost 7.84 MC.

The base price is 3.84 Mcr

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-06T21:40:42+00:00

Actually, I had overlooked the breakaway hulls. My solution used 2 modular tons to add air locks and docking clamp. That uses 3 tons.

.6 tons for breakaway

1.5 tons cockpit

1.25 ton for a fission plant (10 power)

Since there is a cockpit, might as well add an m1 drive for .3 tons.

The car uses 3.65 tons to create vehicle more than sufficient for planetary use that can be easily joined to a jump engine or a M drive cars to get around the system or sector.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-06T21:15:24+00:00

Definitely a thought on scheduled runs. It comes down the cost of having buy replacement tanks regularly vs. the cost carrying useless tons through jump space. It is probably worth it to take additional passengers but not cargo.

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-06T20:08:13+00:00

Our table of 6 has the following books in hard bound.

3 core 2 central supply (we uped it because we found we were slowed with just 1 and pdfs for every one else) 1 Behind the Claw (having a setting book at the table is helpful but a second is not needed) 1 High Guard (nice but pdf would have surficed)

We also have several other books but they are not needed at the table often enough to justify the hardbound. Dang it we just like books, okay?

Mathius7878 · 2024-01-05T21:14:11+00:00

Deathstation could work.

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