On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:43:52 -0500, "Eric A. Rhude" <xxxxxx@panix.com>
wrote:

>Thanks Kurt:
>
>As a trained USCG Boarding Officer, I would happily review this,
>but my full time job (rn) might not allow it.
>
>What's your time frame Jeff?

Sooner the better, but inasmuch as this seems to be an established product
(rather than a new introduction or a clearance of a discontinue) from
Skirmisher, there's no specific urgency. I can _always_ use reviews...
(along with anything else...)

>Eric Rhude
>>
>> You may want to add USN or USCG to the list since they tend to do the bulk
>> of VBSS operations.

>>      	Kurt Feltenberger

I have to admit that it never occurred to me that the USN or USCG would do
hostile boardings in the absence of a USMC detachment.

>> From: xxxxxx@simplelists.com  on behalf of Jeff Zeitlin
>> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 6:54 AM
>> To: The Traveller Mailing List
>> Subject: [TML] Request for Review...

>> ... specifically by someone who has served in the United States Armed
>> Forces, either the Army or the Marine Corps (with the latter being
>> preferred).

>> Skirmisher Publishing is advertising today (2/11/2021) as the DTS Deal of
>> the Day their _USSMC FM 7-22 Space Boarding Operations_. This is touted as
>> being suitable for use with any TTRPG or miniatures game, and is
>> supposedly written in the style of US DoD FMs.

>> Thus the request for specific qualification of the reviewer. I won't turn
>> down a pure "is this a good game supplement" review from someone who has
>> not served, nor will I refuse a review from someone who has served in any
>> nation's armed forces other than USA or USMC, but I would _specifically_
>> like someone qualified to do a dual-mode review: (1) how it compares to a
>> genuine US DoD Field Manual, _and_ (2) how it works as generic rules for
>> gaming out boarding operations. The intent here is that the review should
>> appear in Freelance Traveller in the "Other People's Toys" subsection.

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