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Having read Q&As out of DGP stuff lately, from Fugate and Co, they talked about often in-house ignoring the rules details and going with what felt right at the time and kept the game moving along. I've used this technique before even in D&D and found it quite successful. The DM in D&D knows hit points, ACs, etc. but does he really need all that? He knows roughly how much damage the critter can take and how tough it should be to hit and the sort of damage it should dish out... everything else is chrome. Same goes in Traveller to a fair extent.

If you can make up reasonable sounding task statements (or rolls if you are OST folks - Old School Traveller) and keep the game and combats flowing without too much document diving, you'll have a much more dynamic feeling game. It will have a sense of momentum.

TomB