Sunday, June 14, 2020

Let's Read: Traveller, 1977 Edition, Characters & Combat, page 18


Ship’s Boat is also a handy skill to have in bad weather, as inclement weather can cause things like crash landings. To avoid those, Ship’s Boat skill keeps the weather from becoming a problem.

Of course, if it DOES become a problem, then Ship’s Boat expertise might keep the boat from crashing and being utterly destroyed (along with its passengers). Even with it, an emergency landing gives good odds that the ship will still be wrecked (but salvable, and even possible repairable). It also helps keep the passengers from getting hurt in the landing by making it a smoother landing.

Okay, next up are Mechanical and Electronic, both of which are skills JR has. What do they allow him to do? Field repairs, basically, as well as assemble, understand, and operate the devices (but not computers, and this doesn’t cover the field of engineering). There aren’t any examples given of how to use the skills; it’s mostly just general guidelines, because the scenarios can be so completely varied.

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