General Trash

[gchuck]

For some reason this became relevant for the crew; What do we do with trash generated during travel? Jump?

Dump it into the power plant, 'Mr. Fusion' style? Kick it out the airlock during GG skimming? Haul it to the destination, and find a dumpster?

I really have no answer for this.

 

[Grav_Moped]

Drag it off the soundstage and over to the dumpster out back that's by the wardrobe trailer and catering trucks.

 

[Timerover51]

I assume gray water stowage unless the ship is equipped to evaporate and recover the water from it, and then the sludge is off-loaded or sold for fertilizer at the port. In an asteroid belt, that would be worth something. All other waste is disposed of at the port, and the ship is charged for disposal.

 

[Condottiere]

Biodome, biodegradable.

Recycle bin, plastics and aluminum.

 

[coliver988]

I assume gray water stowage unless the ship is equipped to evaporate and recover the water from it, and then the sludge is off-loaded or sold for fertilizer at the port. In an asteroid belt, that would be worth something. All other waste is disposed of at the port, and the ship is charged for disposal.

part of the Cr2000 per person per jump life support costs then. Which I still have a hard time with after 40+ years.

 

[King Midas]

For some reason this became relevant for the crew; What do we do with trash generated during travel? Jump?

Dump it into the power plant, 'Mr. Fusion' style? Kick it out the airlock during GG skimming? Haul it to the destination, and find a dumpster?

I really have no answer for this.

Closed system. Traveller doesn't have that Star Trek replicator efficiency, but the ship tries. Water is recycled. Oxygen is recycled. I'm guessing what isn't recyclable is disposed of as part of the docking fee at port.

 

[whartung]

Unload it at the starport, along with everything else.

If you're in wilderness, just dump it into space. While Traveller ships have enough power to put things onto a stellar impact orbit, that's not necessary (and it would suck a lot of time to do that on arrival anyway).

The Gas Giant Crusher is viable, but most ships simply aren't there.

So, off load it at the starport, and then they can dispose/recycle it in a more orderly manner.

 

[kilemall]

I’d have bio contamination rules forcing port to port waste disposal/disallowing dumping, to avoid bio contamination.

Not to say it doesn’t happen, just don’t get caught or come back to your flare star induced radioactive monstrosity.

A prosaic solution could be that certain ports pay for waste because of the need for biodome nutrients.

Or they go into feedstock for the mid passage food printers. Bon appetit!

 

[Spinward Flow]

What do we do with trash generated during travel? Jump?

See those Cr100 per 6 days berthing fees at starports?
A portion of that includes offloading any "waste chemistry" byproducts generated during transit from the point of origin.

You basically "pay" the starport to "take your trash" (and rent you a parking spot).
The starport takes your trash and throws it into a "communal recycling" system that extracts useful derivatives from the waste chemistry produced by starships.

One man's trash is another man's treasure (and all that jazz) ...

 

[jec10]

IMTU you've gotta have trash compactors for your adventurers to get stuck in!

 

[Condottiere]

Outside of human waste products, you'll have to clarify what's trash onboard spacecraft.

 

[whartung]

To be fair, if jettisoning trash in Jump space is safe, then that may well be a routine procedure just before exiting jump.

 

[mike wightman]

You are an entity living in the jump dimension, one of your worlds it destroyed by a mysterious rift caused by an incursion from another dimension.

One day someone detonated a device that creates an interface that allows you to psionically interact with the universe the incursion came from...

you want revenge for the billions who died...

 

[bookwyrm]

You are an entity living in the jump dimension, one of your worlds it destroyed by a mysterious rift caused by an incursion from another dimension.

One day someone detonated a device that creates an interface that allows you to psionically interact with the universe the incursion came from...

you want revenge for the billions who died...

Title: The Universe Between
Author: Alan E. Nourse
Published: 1965

In addition to the the great contributions already shared, you could also consider how leaving trash somewhere affects that somewhere (if it does), and then consider that if there are any changes/consequences, how those changes/consequences would/could affect the players the next time they return.