Such a ship could come in real handy for exploration Adventures like the one from GDW that involved the 'Leviathan'. -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 11/5/14, Ian Whitchurch <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [TML] Reflections on LBB2v2 versus HGv2 for drives To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 3:22 PM The Scouts also have high end protectors at the Imperial Court. There are old pirates, and there are bold pirates ... I'm also not saying it wouldnt happen, but transferring some demilitarised TL13 light cruiser into civilian service is still going to take hundreds of megacredits cash down. Hmmm, do we have any TL13 designs we could kitbash into "demilitarised" ? On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Grimmund <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Ian Whitchurch <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: > Now, stealing entire working ships from the IN doesnt strike me as a > particularly healthy way to make a living - they are too obvious ("Never > steal booze. Everyone always counts the booze"). You're thinking too small. Rather than scrapping the engines and buying them at auction, get the *ship* transfered to private service at a discount. Finesse, not brute force. The Scouts have a dreadnaught. :) It's all in how you do the paperwork. Dan -- "Any sufficiently advanced parody is indistinguishable from a genuine kook." -Alan Morgan ----- The Traveller Mailing List Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml Report problems to xxxxxx@travellercentral.com To unsubscribe from this list please goto http://archives.simplelists.com ----- The Traveller Mailing List Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml Report problems to xxxxxx@travellercentral.com To unsubscribe from this list please goto http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=EwREIRgLK8vaUEhNlnoNdSGKwnjoID8a