Why has there never been a Traveller computer game?

[kafka47]

http://www.ssgfx.com/traveller/the_movie/


Hans

http://www.traveller3d.com/Traveller%20-%20Storm%20Warning%202.1.txt

No offense guys...I still like mine better... But, Hans yours does come a close second. And, plastic dinosaurs predate Joss...but I can't remember the film in which I saw them in. Heck, better critics compare Traveller: The Movie to Firefly than to Star Wars like they have been doing since 1977 for any Space Opera flick since Lucas (to be fair there are a few that they dead on about)

 

[Drakon]

Even skipping the plastic dinosaurs on the bridge (and you'd have to) any Traveller movie will probably open to panning by the critics and preview audiences as a rip-off of Joss and Firefly.

Not if you bring in Varg, Hivers, Droynes, Aslan, et.al. Then you can keep the plastic dinosaurs as an houmage (-2sp) to Joss.

Ya know, Joss is really good at dialog, maybe we could talk him into writing it, sometime when he is not busy. But that could be a while, what with Dr. Horrible and the rest of his projects.

I like the intros so far, they have been pretty good. Unfortunately I do not have "The Traveller Adventure" at this moment to see how the script will go. Being the expert (which is, not so much) that I am on movies, I feel it is better to show than to tell. And I think the "Beowulf" one written by kafka is pretty good at doing just that. Valarian's is not bad, the trick would be to integrate the small story within the larger Interstellar War. It should not be too hard to integrate these elements together.

One thing I have found out about "The Traveller Adventure" is that the main ship is the March Harrier. Is this a standard Type R subsidized merchant? And would it be easy to swap out a Beowulf class? I like the lines of the Beowulf better, but that may be just me.

 

[Drakon]

Andrew's opening is pretty cool too. Now you need another 100 pages.

I'd also nominate Andrew as head of the special effects/ CGI department. We'd have to get him some real fast computers, but after seeing his work, I think he could handle the job.

 

[rancke]

No, it is all of them. Authoritative but not canon.

I think Andrew was arguing that my article describes Forboldn in 1117 and his manuscript describes it in 1107.

The writeup describes a lot of stuff that would have been the same in 1107, though.


Hans

 

[kafka47]

I like the intros so far, they have been pretty good. Unfortunately I do not have "The Traveller Adventure" at this moment to see how the script will go. Being the expert (which is, not so much) that I am on movies, I feel it is better to show than to tell. And I think the "Beowulf" one written by kafka is pretty good at doing just that. Valarian's is not bad, the trick would be to integrate the small story within the larger Interstellar War. It should not be too hard to integrate these elements together.

One thing I have found out about "The Traveller Adventure" is that the main ship is the March Harrier. Is this a standard Type R subsidized merchant? And would it be easy to swap out a Beowulf class? I like the lines of the Beowulf better, but that may be just me.

Thank you Drakon...it was easy to do. And, something that I polished off in 2mins...as mine is just a hack job.

You see, it could, simply be the preamble with the real action happening when the March Harrier jumps in some time later and finds the husk of the Beowulf with one survivor hiding in the low berths.

A Vargr who is clutching a rather ornate medallion. He promises the players. 8000Cr for safe passage to Aramis.

Meanwhile on Aramis...

Voice (Gabriel Byrne): [Shrouded viewscreen] "What the dog survived? I am not paying for this? And, you don't have the medallion?"

A heavy set Vargr (James Gandolfini): "Don't worry about it. We never counted on that Navy patrol. You told me that you had paid the Navy to fly the other way. Don't worry about it, we towed the Beowulf to a spot where we can get access to it any time. If necessary we will strip it down to the frame, there is nowhere that troublemaker can hide or escape. And, seeing how the medallion is worth so much...let us say you will allow us the remains of the Free Trader, as an advance on what we are paying you for."

[The shrouded figure merely nods after performing a calculation or text on a hand computer and the viewscreen turns blank.]

When the crew of the merchant vessel "March Harrier" befriends a wolf-like alien Vargr in the underground city of Leedor, they have no reason to suspect that they are beginning a quest for the secret of a jeweled alien ornament... a quest that will take them to an asteroid mining settlement, to frontier trading stations, and to dozens of exotic worlds. But the ornament is intended for more then mere decoration and the adventuring crew is soon marked by the extra-legal security apparatus of the giant Tukera Lines megacorporation. The crew and their Vargr companion need every skill at their disposal to discover the true secret of the ornament...

Source: The Traveller Wiki...if you be wanting more be sure to read/play The Traveller Adventure

 

[Drakon]

Source: The Traveller Wiki...if you be wanting more be sure to read/play The Traveller Adventure

I would if I could find the bloody thing, and had the money to purchase it.

 

[far-trader]

I would if I could find the bloody thing, and had the money to purchase it.

On sale this week (until Friday iirc) for just $17.50 (includes s&h iirc) from Marc Miller, and as an added bonus you get every other Classic Traveller Book! Just go here:

http://www.farfuture.net/special/

...and click on the "Classic Traveller" CD-ROM.

Santa say's you're on the good list and deserve it but he can't get it for you

 

[Drakon]

Santa say's you're on the good list and deserve it but he can't get it for you

He did? You sure he was talking about me? Don't tell my wife, she will be more than eager to correct his impression of my behaviour.