Travellerbus 2: Boldly Going Nowhere

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Fri May 22, 2015 5:16 pm #89926

Bottom post of the previous page:

((I'll get on the Scones phone. He's been really busy with some IRL stuff but that's the advantage of play-by-post))

EndgamerAzari · Fri May 22, 2015 5:17 pm

((Just for future reference, as the contribution stands now, Mac's share of the profit is 5%, Danilo's is 25%, and Cyrus's will be 70%.))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Fri May 22, 2015 5:21 pm #89929

((Honestly we are barely going to have enough to pay our first bill, and anything left over will be needed to buy more cargo. Realistically at this point everyone can expect a 0% return for the next few in game months))

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Fri May 22, 2015 6:06 pm

((We have people with professions we could like, do odd jobs too for extra pocket change right? We can do comedy acts, medical care and other junk while hauling cargo too.))

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat May 23, 2015 6:47 am #90017

Helpful railroading GM tip:

While watching you guys fret over money is, in some ways, the meat of this game, I don't want you to get out the gate feeling completely doomed. Only moderately doomed. I'm not sure you have yet factored in the potential profit from ferrying high-class passengers around as well as your goods. You have two characters with Steward 1, which would ideally allow you to take care of 8 high class passengers per trip. You also have THE FUCKING RICK PRYER on board, and his ridiculously high Carouse skills should allow you to attract a pretty consistent group of space tourists willing to pay big bucks.

If you double up on bunking you should have 7 state rooms available, which (if you can get those high class fairs) is a potential swing of up to 84,000 credits per (two parsec) trip. Pure profit. You might also get another 7,200 credits from your six low-berths but that's iffy...not everyone who goes into the freezer comes out alive.

If you can't afford to fill your cargo-hold on your first trip out, thems the breaks. That's what freight is for. You'll find a way.

Maccus · Post by **Maccus** » Sat May 23, 2015 7:16 am #90018

Dick smiles, smoothing out his black shirt under his red suit jacket. "Well," he says, "I gots about 130,000 credits to my name right now."

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Sat May 23, 2015 1:21 pm #90058

Cyrus's jaw drops

"Dear god that is a lot of money. That sets us at 204k credits. If we can double that we will be sitting pretty! Now, i don't think any of us is the real salesman type, but i am sure we can find a broker to help us make the deal, what we need now is to find a supplier and see what he has. Me, Mac and Danny will go see about getting some cargo, Dick and Ruggero, you see if you can find some mail or passengers headed to Katarulu. We can take as many as 7, but it will mean we have to double up in our staterooms which might be a little cozy."

((Alright we are really moving now. We will need Azari to make a computers check at +6 to find a supplier, due to Trin having a class A starport))

EndgamerAzari · Sun May 24, 2015 11:53 pm

((AHAHAHA I'M A FUCKING RETARD. What I read on my character sheet as 50 credits was actually 5050. So add an extra 5k to that total. Uh flup dup derp derp hurrrr))

Maccus · Post by **Maccus** » Sun May 24, 2015 11:56 pm #90334

(>Tfw you forget five thousand dollars in your bank account)

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Mon May 25, 2015 1:39 am #90380

((Now that we are ready to get some cargo, we need Mac to make a computers check to find someone to sell us shit, and then Anon3 will need to make some rolls to determine what bonus goods he has. Them we decide if we want to barter ourselves with no skill or hire a broker for a percent of the purchase price. Then we roll to determine purchase price, and decide what we wanna buy. Lots of crunch here))

EndgamerAzari · Mon May 25, 2015 1:46 am

((Okay, did we ever figure out what group skills everyone got? Because I've still got the ones from the previous game and I don't think they're gonna be that useful considering everyone else's skill set. Also, I got my hard copy of the rulebook in the mail the other day and it has a delicious new book smell.))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Mon May 25, 2015 2:44 am #90416

Oh fuck, group skills! Forgot about em. We can actually have our own broker! Do we want the default package?

EDIT: We actually should take the trader skill pack, because not having a broker in our crew means paying an extra 1% on all purchases and paying 1% of all our profits as well

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Mon May 25, 2015 2:55 am

((The only two packages with Broker I see is the Trader and Criminal ones. And yes the new book smell is good, got the book a few days ago myself. Soooo much better than the bookmarkless PDF.))

EndgamerAzari · Mon May 25, 2015 3:34 am

((Okay, for reference, group skills are a block of skills that we take turns choosing ones to fill out our characters. The trader one is Pilot (any) 1, Sensor 1, Medic 1, Streetwise 1, Broker 1, Advocate 1, Diplomate 1, and Astrogation 1. Currently Mac has Pilot and Sensors from the original group's group skills. I don't mind losing Pilot since I think we've already got that covered. I could keep Sensors and you talky people could pick up the rest of them.))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Mon May 25, 2015 4:02 am #90453

((i will take broker unless someone else wants to be the merchant type, in which case i will take streetwise. It is worth noting that these skills are at level 1, and you cannot use them to boost a skill you already have at 1 or higher))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Mon May 25, 2015 6:25 pm #90659

((Lets get this skills distribution started. I changed my mind, i will take streetwise 1))

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Mon May 25, 2015 8:29 pm

((I'll take Diplomat 1 if no one wants it, feels like something an agent would have.))

EndgamerAzari · Mon May 25, 2015 11:00 pm

((I'll take Astrogate. I'm gonna be maintaining the drive, might as well know how to use it properly, too.))

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Mon May 25, 2015 11:19 pm #90728

(uuuuuu gimme broker)

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue May 26, 2015 12:17 am #90745

If you want to get the most out of it you should let the person with the highest Int modifier among you take Broker.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue May 26, 2015 1:52 am #90779

((That would probably be Mac, but it seems more in character for Danny. Anyways Maccus can pick a skill, and then I guess scones? We should ask Scones if they still wanna play, I think Ricotez may have wanted in))

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue May 26, 2015 2:02 am #90781

Sorry that was really powergame-y of me to suggest that. You guys should do whatever is most appropriate/fun.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue May 26, 2015 2:43 am #90791

Wait can we jump to grid squares that have no planetary systems in them? I assumed so but a line I read in the spinward marches book possibly suggests otherwise. If not we need to rethink our trade route

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue May 26, 2015 3:34 am #90801

You could but you should look carefully at how many jumps worth of fuel your ship carries before you do that.

EndgamerAzari · Tue May 26, 2015 5:17 am

((Man, I still gotta redo my connection skills, too. Gotta get some more engineering skills. Probably should get life support and/or power systems.))

Maccus · Post by **Maccus** » Tue May 26, 2015 6:46 am #90820

((It'd probs be best if I took Diplomat so we're not all beheaded by space pirates and put on whatever Traveller's equivalent of liveleak is immediately))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue May 26, 2015 6:48 pm #90897

((Galvatron already claimed diplomat 1, take it up with him. As an aside i did not know we only carry enough fuel for one jump, so i am going to have to redo our trade route completely which will take probably an hour or so. Good thing i have lots of free time today))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue May 26, 2015 7:49 pm #90914

"Alright, after reviewing the fuel capacity of our ship i have determined that my original plan was shit and no possible unless you like being lost in space. Our first jump is going to be Trin to Prilissa. Prilissa is a little behind on the tech side of things, so we will load up with whatever nice tech we can lay our hands on and jump over there for a tidy profit. The next stop is a desert planet called Traltha. Traltha really is not a great seller planet when coming from Prilissa, as Prilissa does not have much they can not just make themselves. Best bet here is basic trade goods, and maybe some freight if we have the space. The next leg of the journey is where the real money is. On Traltha we can load up on gems and precious metals, fly over to Ednelt and unload it all for a pile of cash. If all goes as planned we might be able to make these 3 voyages before our first payment is due, which will give us plenty of time. Lets go line up that cargo!"

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Tue May 26, 2015 9:53 pm

((If you want Diplomat Maccus you can have it, I'll take Advocate instead. I'm not super picky.))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue May 26, 2015 9:56 pm #90965

((Are we ready to start trading? If so we need to head to the starport, look for a supplier and decide what goods he has. The first step is for Mac to make a computers check at +6 to find someone who will sell us goods. Since Trin has a Class A starport this is really fucking easy to do))

EndgamerAzari · Tue May 26, 2015 10:29 pm

((An0n3 usually does the rolling, but I went ahead and rolled computers: my skill is at 1, with my ability-or-whatever at 2, so that's a +3 in addition to the +6.

))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue May 26, 2015 10:48 pm #90978

((all we needed was an 8, so i would say you fucking killed it. This is fluffed as you searching online for people wholesaleing goods. We kind of need Anon3 here for the trader interactions, as there is a lot to roll for))

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed May 27, 2015 8:56 am #91063

((Sorry I'll resolve this ASAP. Pulled an all-nighter playing Witcher 3 because I'm irresponsible as fuck))

EndgamerAzari · Wed May 27, 2015 3:32 pm

((Hhhhhhhh Oh right, I wanted to check if it was okay if I swapped out my connection skills. Instead of unarmed and astrogate, I thought I'd take engineering (life support) and (m-drive). I'm gonna pick up Astrogate from group skills and maybe sensors, if I get a second pick. So basically I'll be lacking pilot 1 and unarmed 1, and adding two other engineering skills. Not sure which connections would make sense for the new skills, but I'm sure we can work something out.))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Wed May 27, 2015 5:41 pm #91104

((RAW the skills you pick for your connections are allowed to be whatever the hell you want, although it is good form to pick ones that are at least tangentially related. I am sure you can come up with a connection. As for this deal we are gonna make, we need to get as many tons of basic machine parts and basic manufactured goods as we can, followed by maybe electronic parts if we have any space left. Dick should carouse around and look for passengers, and we also need to see if we can get any mail))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Wed May 27, 2015 11:33 pm #91186

Cyrus walked through Trin's bustling Highport, accompanied by (presumably) Mac and Danny. Mac had located a seller on the Highport traders network, and they were off to make their first deal.

((So we need you to roll for what bonus goods this guy has, as well as how many tons of basic machine parts, basic manufactured goods and basic electronic parts he has.))

EndgamerAzari · Thu May 28, 2015 3:51 am

((Oh yeah, here's my updated character sheet, changed for new connection and assumed group skills https://www.dropbox.com/s/1itztynxm4cpv ... t.pdf?dl=0 ))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Thu May 28, 2015 9:00 pm #91391

((I will upload one of mine a bit later. Anon3 pls do trading pls))

EndgamerAzari · Fri May 29, 2015 3:01 am

((Today on Azari continues to plumb the depths of profound retardation, I just realized I'm gonna need that 5k credits I found back so I can buy toolkits to actually do my damn job.))

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Fri May 29, 2015 2:29 pm #91569

(will update my charsheet later today)

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat May 30, 2015 1:01 am #91719

((it's moving season. a good number of friends and family are moving to new houses, apartments, etc. so when I'm not doing that I"m exhausted and just pouring time into singleplayer shit. I'll look over the rules again and resolve your computer check soon I'm just too fucking worn out to focus on reading numbers out of a book right now))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Sat May 30, 2015 1:02 am #91720

((No worries. If it helps i can calculate numbers for mail traffic and stuff))

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat May 30, 2015 8:46 pm #91887

((To locate someone selling some goodies on this planet you'll actually have to do some legwork. At only a tech level of 6, there's no linked network of traders and commodities here. It's dudes setting up stalls and placards and crying their wares in the spaceport. It's a Broker check (or just raw Education or Social Standing if you don't have that) with a +2DM for being in a class C starport. It takes a bit of time too (1-6 days of legwork)).

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Sat May 30, 2015 8:50 pm #91889

((i forgot trin sucks so bad after getting blowd up. Doesnt Trin have a class A starport though?))

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Sat May 30, 2015 8:59 pm #91892

((again, not after getting BTFO'd by space jerks))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Sat May 30, 2015 9:18 pm #91895

((Oh fuck you are right. Trin sucks

Anyways i guess this is Danny's check to make then, he is our shiney new broker))

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:00 am #92050

Danilo rubs his hands. He picked up the hand rubbing as a habit from watching one of his old patients on Trazo, but it's been so long that he can't actually remember which patient it was. Only that he did it when it was time to get down to business.

It's time to get down to business, ergo, the hand thing.

"Okay, so I don't know a lot about anyone here worth making a deal with. But I don't know a whole lot of people in general on Trin so that's not that big of a loss." Danilo looks around the Highport stalls and frowns. "Would it really kill this place to have a 'you are here' sign or directory or something?"

(time for bargains. I'm rolling for Broker check with Broker 1 + 2DM for starport C whenever An0n gets back)

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:41 am #92053

(I'm here bruh, go ahead and roll it. I'm okay with using the honor system if you guys wont cheat it)

Maccus · Post by **Maccus** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:09 am #92079

((As an aside I'm truly happy putting "nsos" as the reason for deleting accidental doubleposts has caught on, gj vekter))

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:01 am #92086

((this fucking game is spawning memes and we haven't even gotten on the ship yet))

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:26 pm #92452

(Nsos roll some dice homie, lets get this going))