Scout and Merchant Gun Combat

[SgtHulka]

Could someone with Book 6: Scouts and Book 7: Merchant Prince let me know what the Gun Combat options are for these two professions?

I'm referring to the fact that Gun Combat in Mercenary *must* be Combat Rifleman, but then has a number of other options as a secondary skill, and that in High Guard it can only either be Pistols, Submachineguns or Laser Weapons. I don't have books 6 and 7 and would like to get a sense of "standard" Scout/Merchant weapons for my Snapshot games.

Thanks in advance.

 

[DaveShayne]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SgtHulka:
Could someone with Book 6: Scouts and Book 7: Merchant Prince let me know what the Gun Combat options are for these two professions?

I'm referring to the fact that Gun Combat in Mercenary *must* be Combat Rifleman, but then has a number of other options as a secondary skill, and that in High Guard it can only either be Pistols, Submachineguns or Laser Weapons. I don't have books 6 and 7 and would like to get a sense of "standard" Scout/Merchant weapons for my Snapshot games.

Thanks in advance.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Book 6 says, "The character selects a gun from the list of guns available in Basic Traveller." So that covers Scouts.

Book 7, for merchants, "Character must select from Handgun, SMG, Rifle, Shotgun, Carbine, or Laser Weapons.

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David Shayne

 

[Cleon the Mad]

I have to admit, I was a bit more leinant with gun selection for most characters. No, that didn't mean that I had Scouts or Merchants in CT or MT taking High Energy Weapons and Battledress skill, but since the Scouts are at least "semi-military", I had no problem with them having Combat Rifleman, the idea of a lone Scout with a gauss rifle didn't grate against me senses...a lone Scout with a Gauss Rifle loaded with an underslung Grenade Launcher and in TL 14 Combat Armor...okay, that was a bit heavy. I also didn't have any problem with a Merchant character taking skill in Zero G Weapons, I could almost see Accelerator Rifles become standard ship locker fare on ships on more dangerous routes for instance.

Me



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[Takei]

This was pretty much my approach as well.

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Paul