On 4/1/24 16:04, Ethan McKinney - ethan.mckinney at gmail.com (via tml
list) wrote:
> <snip>
>
> Anyhow, bureaucratic hells seem to be a staple of Traveller
> "adventures." What does it say about us that we love an RPG that
> whisks us away from out humdrum little lives to contend with accounts
> payable in far corners of the universe?

Then the Parental Advisory players (The game opened with their ship on
approach to Procyon, a world in the United Nations, in 2125 AD, with
said ship on fire) must have been exceptions.  They specifically _asked_
for slice-of-life stuff, like "Crap, my master's ticket expires in three
months", "Jesus, Nikki, what _else_ do you do on your bloody ship?" or
chasing up rubber bank drafts.

Alex