Timothy Collinson
Faculty Librarian (Technology)PO1 2ST
Astrogator = 15 = 7%
Captain = 17 (all transponder and 'security' tasks went here, transponder could go to pilot, security to specialised crew) = 8%
Cargo Handler = 9 = 4%
Comms = 6 = 3%
Computer Op =
25 = 11.5%
Crew = 22 = 10%
Gunner = 25 = 11.5%
Pilot = 26 = 12%
Passengers = 10 = 5%
Sensor Op = 18 = 8%
Steward = 8 = 4% - although the Steward would probably also get all 'Passenger' tasks, even they had to hand them over to the engineer
Many of these might need to be done with the assistance of the engineer. Or with the engineer asking for their assistance.
All the rest would be engineer tasks - not to say that other crew couldn't help.
Also note that many would affect more than the named 'skill' character. (e.g. not being able to Jump)
I should note that I don't expect that these tables were designed with this kind of analysis in mind but it may help Referees to pick things that allow more role playing, focus on PCs who haven't had much to do; or it may allow players to pick roles they think will be kept busy... or not!
Given the vagaries of what roles you actually have amongst players rather than NPCs, it's invidious to try and suggest ways of making sure everyone gets a fair crack of the whip, but hopefully this will aid referees interested in sharing out jobs, but there's no question that the tables are aimed at engineering/mechanic type PCs first and foremost.
53 concern 'ventral' items.
71 concern 'dorsal' items.
33 concern 'starboard' items
53 concern 'port' items
52 concern 'aft' items
70 concern 'forward' items
'secondary' appears 33 times, 'backup' 22 times, 'primary' 122 times
26 items are 'intermittent'
74 times a computer is part of the problem
Oh, and there were four that were 'critical' as they wouldn't allow you to Jump and one very critical which had the air running out on the Bridge fairly rapidly!
Hope this is of interest. Makes for a fun day off I guess!
tc
Hi there,We had (I think) a good session on Thursday celebrating our five year anniversary and 30th episode of The Traveller Adventure. This morning's project is to write it up. But in the interim, I've been thinking. Never a good idea.(I actually started this as questions about the Tradewar chapter but having just reread it *closely* for the first time in about 3 months, I realize they're pretty much answered... <sigh>)You may be aware that I've been using the What's Wrong With the Ship? d66 tables from CyborgPrime (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/249232/d66-Whats-Wrong-with-the-Ship-6-Pack-BUNDLE)There are six tables so I use them as a large d666 table. And they give the engineer (and others sometimes) lots of work to do. My house rules for using these are appended.However, I think I may have identified why I don't quite find them the panacea I'd hoped. While I do like them to a) show the March Harrier is aging; b) life springs surprises on us - often at awkward times; c) spend *some* of the money the ship earns! , I'm not quite sure they offer much beyond die rolling especially if your engineer has superlative skills. Unless you take a glitch and expand it to become a whole role playing thing. Maybe I just need to be better at that.I think I need to work out a way to up the ante so that the crew have choices (or rather have to make choices) about what to fix and when and a pile of jobs to do for which there's never quite time. So I think I need to do four things:- get the six d66 tables into a Word document rather than six PDFs/print outs so that they're more "usable" (e.g. copying them into Discord rather than typing out an entry each time!)- Travellerize the ones that are a bit marginal. The tables are not Traveller specific and a few have jargon that's not very appropriate. I might also consider removing some of the verbiage - although I quite like that in some ways.- many have cost of repairs already but check they all have Credit and/or time frames associated with each one so that it's easier to guide PCs to repairs- consider whether more of them need to be not just "engineering" but other ship systems that involve other characters - there are some and I think I'd like more (or at least just add stuff to what's there).I don't know if this helps anyone?Comments?(If I have one doubt about my rules below it would be the odds of needing a port/shipyard. I've already reduced 'needs a repair yard' from "3-5" to "3-4". Should it just be "3" and maybe 'needs to be done in port' an "11" only?)Using the What’s Wrong With the Ship? Tables
Timothy Collinson
Roll an Average Engineering task once per week. Failure means rolling on WWWtS? 1+D3 times.
Increase difficulty level by one for every decade of ship age. With all six tables roll d666 to determine problems. (NB: Some need tweaking to make them Traveller appropriate.)
For any task, roll 2D to determine severity of breakdown:
2 = needs an A-B class starport (or 1D weeks wait for part)
3-4 = needs a repair yard (A-C class starport)
5-9 = can be done in transit (if the task warrants, roll 1D: 1-2 = EVA required)
10-11 = needs to be done in port
12 = needs to be done in a repair facility with specialist engineer(s) or a 2D weeks wait for parts. Adjust if task seems to demand it.
For any task, roll 2D to determine difficulty of task to fix:
1 = Simple
2-3 = Easy
4-5 = Routine
6-7 = Average
8-9 = Difficult
10-11 = Very Difficult
12 = Formidable
For any task, roll 1D to determine length of time of repair job:
(DM+1 if Average; DM+2 if Difficult or harder. Additional trained crew can reduce time)
1 = seconds of repair
2 = minutes of repair
3 = minutes of repair x 10
4 = hours of repair
5 = hours of repair x 10
6 = days of repair
The tables themselves, from CyborgPrime, can be found at:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/249232/d66-Whats-Wrong-with-the-Ship-6-Pack-BUNDLE
