I read this while drinking my morning coffee and now know what my next Traveller adventure will be. (http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Ghost-ship-cannibal-rats-crash-Devon-coast/story-20487193-detail/story.html) What adventure ideas have you gotten from the news lately?
Quote from: jeff37923;725807I read this while drinking my morning coffee and now know what my next Traveller adventure will be. (http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Ghost-ship-cannibal-rats-crash-Devon-coast/story-20487193-detail/story.html) What adventure ideas have you gotten from the news lately?
I don't know what's creepier, a ship full of cannibal rats or that a 4,000 ton ship could be afloat in the Atlantic for 9 months without being seen.
Yeah that one goes right in to my Sci-Fi games list of potential plots and encounters. Since it is a mix of Firefly and Babylon 5 I can wedge it in. Especially since I chose not to have Reavers as bad guy. Ir would be interesting to do it as a space encounter or if the ship auto piloted down and landed.
Quote from: CRKrueger;725882I don't know what's creepier, a ship full of cannibal rats or that a 4,000 ton ship could be afloat in the Atlantic for 9 months without being seen.
There was a cruise ship abandoned because people thought it was sinking that was discovered years later. Never mind the things like Mary Celeste and others (no supernatural needed, just leaving a ship, and wee..) the ocean is a BIG BIG BIG place.
Space is even bigger, so big 'ol abandoned space ships make for a helluva dungeon crawl.
Quote from: jeff37923;725807I read this while drinking my morning coffee and now know what my next Traveller adventure will be. (http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Ghost-ship-cannibal-rats-crash-Devon-coast/story-20487193-detail/story.html) What adventure ideas have you gotten from the news lately?
The funny thing is, that's almost literally out of Dracula.
He gets on a Russian freighter, proceeds to kill everyone on the crew, then it crashes into England.
Quote from: JeremyR;725916The funny thing is, that's almost literally out of Dracula.
He gets on a Russian freighter, proceeds to kill everyone on the crew, then it crashes into England.
Holy crap, you're right! I had completely forgotten that. :cool:
Quote from: CRKrueger;725882I don't know what's creepier, a ship full of cannibal rats or that a 4,000 ton ship could be afloat in the Atlantic for 9 months without being seen.
Oh yeah they lose ships all the time. Some Russians hijacked a container vessel a while back, they eventually found it off the coast of Africa. Those awesome surveillance networks aren't nearly as awesome as some might believe.
Bizarre update (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/24/arctic-sea-russia-pirates).
Isn't that essentially the premise for Space Hulk?
Throw in a special forces squad, and you're there.
Quote from: Artifacts of Amber;725886Yeah that one goes right in to my Sci-Fi games list of potential plots and encounters. Since it is a mix of Firefly and Babylon 5 I can wedge it in. Especially since I chose not to have Reavers as bad guy. Ir would be interesting to do it as a space encounter or if the ship auto piloted down and landed.
Heck, I had this as a plot in my
Firefly run: the aftermath of the Battle of Sturgis, which obviously left a lot of derelict ships, some of them on trajectories that took them beyond the Alliance picket ship preventing graverobbing.
Quote from: The Traveller;725943Oh yeah they lose ships all the time. Some Russians hijacked a container vessel a while back, they eventually found it off the coast of Africa. Those awesome surveillance networks aren't nearly as awesome as some might believe.
Bizarre update (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/24/arctic-sea-russia-pirates).
Um, no. I'm afraid you are wrong. The ship in your linked article is the
Arctic Star while the rat-infested one in my linked article is the
Lyubov Orlova. They are two different ships and two different unrelated stories.
Quote from: jeff37923;726035Um, no. I'm afraid you are wrong. The ship in your linked article is the Arctic Star while the rat-infested one in my linked article is the Lyubov Orlova. They are two different ships and two different unrelated stories.
His link is referring to the story he's talking about in the text a few lines up, not yours.
Quote from: CRKrueger;726039His link is referring to the story he's talking about in the text a few lines up, not yours.
Well my head went right up my ass on that one. My mistake.