[TML] travel by freighter

[Tom B]

At what portion of a fraction do you go to zero though? 0.5? or ?

This is what I was getting at - this sort of corner cutting is
designed to let you run on the cheap. So what are the practical limits
under various versions of Traveller ship construction (which
correspond with Imperial Regs, I imagine)?

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Garry Ward
<garry.e.ward at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
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>  From: "Tom B" <kaladorn at gmail.com>
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>  Subject: Re: [TML] travel by freighter
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>
>  > Interesting.
>  >
>  > At what point do traveller ship construction metrics (I'm thinking of
>  > MT construction - answers probably vary from construction ruleset to
>  > ruleset) do you need to add that extra medic and/or steward? :)
>
>  one Steward for every 8 High Passage (ship'sofficers count towards this).
>
>  one Steward for every 50 Middle Passage (rest of ship's crew count towards
>  this).
>
>  Dedicated Medical person for every 120 persons aboard (middle, high or
>  crew).
>
>  TNE FF&S page 13
>
>  Garry
>
>
>
>  >
>  > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Ken & Juliane Murphy
>  > <booksfleamarket at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  >>    Hiya gang,
>  >>      While surfing the WWWeb last night after work, I ran across the
>  >> following page:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> http://www.gonomad.com/transports/0011/miniguide_freighter_voyage.html
>  >>
>  >>      All about traveling the woild by freighter with a FAQ, etc...
>  >>      Anyhow, it mentioned that such ships usually keep the passenger
>  >> count to 12 or less, as that is the "magic number". With that many
>  >> passengers, the ship isn't required to have a medical proifessional
>  >> oboard; medical stuff being handled instead by ship's officers with some
>  >> medical training.
>  >>      Thought it might prove of some relevance/ inspiration to folks. A
>  >> nice bit of color to drop into a campaign where ship operators are keenly
>  >> aware of corner=cutting methods :)
>  >>      Best,
>  >>     -Ken-
>  >>
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"Now, I go to spread happiness to the rest of the station. It is a
terrible responsibility but I have learned to live with it."
 Londo, A Voice in the Wilderness, Part I

"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like
administering medicine to the dead." -- Thomas Paine

 Thomas Paine