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Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: Vic99 on March 17, 2017, 10:31:26 AM
Running Traveller.  Looking for a cargo manifest that I can edit /fill in fields and print similar to what these guys do at the HP Lovecraft Historical Society at this link:

http://www.hplhs.org/resources.php

Anything else in that vein would be appreciated.  Thanks.
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: Xanther on March 17, 2017, 10:55:27 AM
Well being in the far future I would imagine any cargo manifest is an encrypted digital file with the ship owner having one quantum key and the port authority another, all to prevent tampering of course.
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: Vic99 on March 17, 2017, 12:05:03 PM
Good point.  That said, I still want an official looking prop if one has already been designed, that I can fill out and give to players.
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: Black Vulmea on March 17, 2017, 12:20:49 PM
Can I really be the only person who read this as 'edible' cargo manifest props?
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: RunningLaser on March 17, 2017, 12:42:38 PM
Quote from: Black Vulmea;952179Can I really be the only person who read this as 'edible' cargo manifest props?

No, did the same.  Got hungry too.
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: crkrueger on March 17, 2017, 01:05:02 PM
Quote from: RunningLaser;952184No, did the same.  Got hungry too.

Yeah, I have a hankering for some fresh fruit now.
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: Skarg on March 17, 2017, 01:59:49 PM
Well, and there you go. You can use food as symbols for the cargo. Grapes, nuts, crackers...
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: The Scythian on March 17, 2017, 04:02:51 PM
I don't know what the game's like these days, but older versions of Traveller had a thing for making documents designed for player use (like character sheets and the like) look like forms the characters might encounter within the game world.  First edition Traveller's Supplement 12: Forms and Charts has a bunch of stuff like that, including a cargo manifest, and it's pretty cheap on DriveThruRPG (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/80155/CTS12Forms-and-Charts).  If you just want the cargo manifest, you can find a PDF here (http://www.travellerrpg.com/fLibrary/Files/TAS14x2.pdf).
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: Vic99 on March 17, 2017, 04:41:16 PM
With limited resources in space, might make sense to eat the paper copy.

Thanks for the link, Scythian.
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: Xanther on March 17, 2017, 04:43:42 PM
Quote from: Black Vulmea;952179Can I really be the only person who read this as 'edible' cargo manifest props?

You need to be able to eat it when the Imperial custom agents show up.  Just basic smuggling 101 ;)
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: Ashakyre on March 17, 2017, 05:37:40 PM
Edible game pieces? Not sure who makes those. You can always use M&M's for tokens though. Just don't handle them too much if you're going to eat them.
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: Kyle Aaron on March 17, 2017, 07:53:54 PM
Quote from: Xanther;952157Well being in the far future I would imagine any cargo manifest is an encrypted digital file with the ship owner having one quantum key and the port authority another, all to prevent tampering of course.
You mean in only a thousand years we'll finally have the paperless office?

I don't believe you. There'll always be paperwork :)
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: Opaopajr on March 18, 2017, 03:07:29 AM
That's a real cool find! Thanks! I dig the postcards & the like, too! I was gonna scan some of my packrat relatives' unused postcards for period pieces in the future, so these add to my lil' project.
Title: Editable Cargo Manifest Props for Sci-Fi
Post by: Vic99 on March 18, 2017, 12:39:06 PM
Great!  HPLHS has been around for a while.  They made a black and white silent movie of CoC and did a black and white talkie for Whisper in Darkness.  I was even an extra in the train station scene in Whisper.