u/Glasnerven

If you're in a Discord game involving an Aslan warrior, a Human scientist, and a Bwap scout, please don't read any further. Also, this post will contain spoilers for the adventure "High and Dry", so be warned.

Okay, now that my players have been warned off:

I'm starting up a Traveller mini-campaign in the near future. My plan is to start with the adventure Flatlined, transition into Death Station, and then do High and Dry and see if the players want more or if "and you fly your starship off into the sunset" is a good ending point.

The problem I have is the nature of that starship. One of the characters has rolled up a Lab Ship in their mustering out benefits, and another has rolled a Ship's Boat. My plan is to upgrade that boat to a Pinnace to go with the Lab Ship. I don't see any inherent problems there.

However, when it comes to the ship that's the prize of the High and Dry scenario, this doesn't quite work for me. The Lab Ship can't be in the crater because it's unstreamlined. I could have the Pinnace in the crater with the Lab Ship in orbit, but the Pinnace lacks the advanced sensors and probe drones of the Scout Ship that the scenario expects.

My thinking at the moment is to have the Lab Ship and Pinnace impounded for unpaid docking fees by the time the characters get back to them after the first two adventures, and to then have the IISS step in and offer to get the ships out of impound if the PCs will just go and retrieve a lost Scout Ship for them.

I just thought I would throw this out there for the community to brainstorm on.

I have Aliens of Charted Space Vol. 1, and I'm trying to make sure I understand the creation of Aslan player characters. There's a couple of things that I think I have a grip on, but I want to make sure I'm not missing anything.

First, am I understanding correctly that once an Aslan PC fails a qualification roll or otherwise ends up in the Outcast career, there's no way back into the good graces of Aslan society except some rare events? The PC is stuck with Outcast, Outlaw, or leaving Aslan space to try their luck with the Core Rulebook careers? If so, this strongly disincentivizes trying for the careers that require high rolls unless the PC does well on the Rite of Passage!

Second, it looks like the only way to gain a decent Territory (TER) score is to get lucky on the birth order roll and inherit it as a first son. Is this correct? Yes, there are events that will give little bits of TER, but not much. And yes, you can trade Clan Shares for land, but you've got to have SOC 9 or better to do that, and roll Clan Shares in the first place. Will most second and third sons come out of character creation landless? Hmm, it would explain why they're out adventuring instead of staying at home.

Anyway, thanks for your input!