StarMerc Tickets

[BetterThanLife]

Is there a canon source for Starmerc Tickets?

Since I own LBB4, 76 Patrons and Veterans I have a fairly good feel for normal Mercenary Tickets. (And I finally pried loose enough money to extend my TA/EA subscription so I can add Mercenary Cruiser to the library.

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But I was looking for material that would give me a good feel for StarMerc Tickets. I am about to start a Traveller Campaign and I have players lined up that would fit well into a StarMerc campaign. But while I have a good feel for what a StarMerc coes and the type of tickets to set up, I have no clue what fair market value would be for typical tickets.


I was thinking modified Broadsword class or Type-T but I haven't gotten quite that far into planning.

 

[mike wightman]

GURPS Traveller: Star Mercs, and GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces may be worth a look.

 

[Badbru]

What era were you planning on playing in?
Both Hard Times and Assignment Vigilante go into some detail to the economics of Starmerc opperations both starport to port space escort and dirtside small unit ops.

 

[BetterThanLife]

I was looking at either the early 1100s (FFW era) or 990s (Rimwar era.) I haven't decided if I want to set it in Gateway using the new material or in the Spinward Marches yet.

 

[BetterThanLife]

Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
GURPS Traveller: Star Mercs, and GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces may be worth a look.

I was reading the description of GURPS Traveller: Star Mercs, and it looks ground pounder oriented. I have plenty of material on groundounders. I am looking for the spacer equivalent. Like what does a convoy escort ticket pay? Or what does running Customs and Safety inspections for a Starport pay? What does Pirate Hunting pay? And of course the Star Merc equivalent of the LBB4 Dream Ticket, Raiding Piracy bases on Grancia. (Deniable assets and all that.

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BTW all the Canon Groundpounder tickets don't appear to be capable of supporting the Merc unit having its own starship. Even a ticket for a lowly Type-T is going to be more than the typical Company Ticket by sheer economics.

 

[mike wightman]

There are a few sections in GT:SM that cover Star Mercs - called Deep Space Organizations in the book - and four types of ticket for them: cadre, raid, striker, and escort, with one example of each given later in the book.
Salaries are also listed for ship's crew.

 

[BetterThanLife]

Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
There are a few sections in GT:SM that cover Star Mercs - called Deep Space Organizations in the book - and four types of ticket for them: cadre, raid, striker, and escort, with one example of each given later in the book.
Salaries are also listed for ship's crew.

Thanks Sigg. I will now go look for a copy.

BTW are GT Credits translatable to CT Credits? Or is there a conversion factor I need to worry about?