Traveller World Tags: Rich, Water and Vacuum...

Good Afternoon, All:

In the sixth of my short series of posts on Traveller World Tags, I'm focusing on the following trade codes: Rich (Ri), Water World (Wa), Vacuum (Va).

My thoughts on world tags for these trade codes can be found below.

Rich (Ri)

Allies/Contacts:	Free trader captain; Luxury resort chief of staff; Rec chem pub owner; Starving artist
Rivals/Enemies:	Arrogant noble; Interplanetary thief; Merchant House planetary director; Vengeful duelist
Targets:	Black market military-grade cybernetics; Contraband luxury items; Fine liquor; Shipment of recreational chemicals
Locales:	Art gallery/museum; Corporate headquarters; Luxury resort; Private mansion
Challenges:	Bureaucratic red tape; Corporate espionage; Deranged or inebriated cyborg; Exaggerated social classes

Water World (Wa)

Allies/Contacts:	Aquabot operator; Life support systems technician; Research scientist; Talkative submarine captain
Rivals/Enemies:	Delusional leviathan hunter; Local seaport portmaster; Research station director; Underwater city council member
Targets:	Biochemical extracts; Exotic aquatic creature; Natural anagathic research data; Underwater drone
Locales:	Fishing vessel; Floating platform/station; Submarine; Underwater dome
Challenges:	Colossal aquatic leviathan; Extremely violent storm; Failing environmental system in underwater environment; Tsunami

Vacuum (Va)

Allies/Contacts:	Disgruntled miner; Life support systems technician; Retired computer hacker; Sealed habitat engineer
Rivals/Enemies:	Atmospheric ration control officer; City security chief; Insane saboteur; Mining operation director
Targets:	Atmospheric ration coupons; Life support system spare parts; Master access codes to the city's security systems; Vacuum-functional mining equipment
Locales:	Abandoned/isolated outpost; Large crater; Underground city corridor; Vehicular airlock
Challenges:	Ever-present surveillance equipment; Meteor storm; Rationed/failing life support; Restrictive regulations

What do you think? Do you have any suggestions to improve the options listed above?

With Regards,
Flynn

Traveller World Tags: Non-Agricultural, Non-Industrial, Poor...

Good Afternoon, All:

In the fifth of my short series of posts on Traveller World Tags, I'm focusing on the following trade codes: Non-Agricultural (Na), Non-Industrial (Ni), Poor (Po).

My thoughts on world tags for these trade codes follow:

Non-Agricultural (Na)

Allies/Contacts:	Freight handler foreman; Happy-go-lucky smuggler; Offworld investor; Starving beggar
Rivals/Enemies:	Black marketeer; Corrupt customs inspector; Food control board member; Ruthless food importer
Targets:	DIY hydroponics equipment; Food transport shipment; Imported textiles
Locales:	Barren wasteland; Customs warehouse; Food distribution center; Underground cities
Challenges:	Food riot; Large indigent population; Restrictive regulations; Security systems

Non-Industrial (Ni)

Allies/Contacts:	Free trader captain; Freight handler foreman; Immigration recruiter; Starport clerk
Rivals/Enemies:	Ambitious real estate tycoon; Black marketeer; Corrupt customs inspector; Ruthless smuggler
Targets:	Imported luxury vehicle; Radioactive ore samples; Secret settlement expansion plans; Textile shipment
Locales:	Customs warehouse; Outlying homestead; Textile plant; Untamed wilderness
Challenges:	Land rights threatened by imminent domain; Restrictive regulations; Stolen shipments; Trade embargo

Poor (Po)

Allies/Contacts:	Immigration recruiter; Medical clinic administrator; Overworked charity program director; Underpaid technician
Rivals/Enemies:	Arrogant importer; Overconfident bounty hunter; Ruthless smuggler; Vengeful gun runner
Targets:	Fugitive in hiding on this "backwater planet"; Illegal weapons; Medical supplies; Shipment of exotic spices
Locales:	Abandoned warehouse; Over-full medical facility; Partially constructed amusement park/tourist trap; Ramshackle "shanty town"
Challenges:	Impoverished population; Lack of available parts for repairs; Regional epidemic; Stolen shipments

What do you think? Do you have any suggestions to improve the options listed above?

With Regards,
Flynn

Traveller World Tags: Industrial, Low Population, Low Technology...

Good Afternoon, All:

In the fourth of my short series of posts on Traveller World Tags, I'm focusing on the following trade codes: Industrial (In), Low Population (Lo), Low Technology (Lt).

My thoughts on world tags for these trade codes follow:

Industrial (In)

Allies/Contacts:	Research engineer; Smuggler with a heart of gold; Talented roboticist; Test driver/pilot of experimental vehicles
Rivals/Enemies:	Aggressive anti-robotic demonstrator; Industrial spy; Ruthless part supplier; Vehicle theft ringleader
Targets:	Cargo container of robots; Expensive replacement parts; Industrial secret research; Shipment of new vehicles
Locales:	Corporate office building; Illicit "chop shop"; Manufacturing plant; Warehouse
Challenges:	Bureaucratic red tape; Industrial espionage; Interference from offworld interests; Poor supply of resources

Low Population (Lo)

Allies/Contacts:	Grizzled radioactives miner; Lonely starport clerk; Progenitor researcher; Overworked technician
Rivals/Enemies:	Arrogant starport director; Mining operation manager; Progenitor cultist; Unscrupulous "import specialist"
Targets:	Mining equipment; Progenitor artifact; Shipment of radioactive ore; Top secret research data
Locales:	Colonial offices; Progenitor ruins; Radioactive ore mine; Research facility
Challenges:	Colonial or isolationist mentality; Insufficient manpower or expertise; Pirates running a protection racket on the colony; Unusually high levels of radiation

Low Technology (Lt)

Allies/Contacts:	Curious sociologist; Diplomatic liaison; Friendly chieftain; Local importer
Rivals/Enemies:	Aspiring warlord; Local guildmaster; Luddite commmunity leader; Xenophobic aristocrat
Targets:	Handcrafted furniture; Local faction leader's daughter; Prize livestock or mounts
Locales:	Battlefield between warring factions; Fortified settlement; Lumber yard; Smelly feedlot
Challenges:	Luddite mob; Stampeding livestock; Warring tribes, clans or factions; Xenophobia

What do you think? Do you have any suggestions to improve the options listed above?

With Regards,
Flynn

Traveller World Tags: High Population, High Technology, Ice-Capped...

Good Afternoon, All:

In the third of my short series of posts on Traveller World Tags, I'm focusing on the following trade codes: High Population (Hi), High Technology (Ht), Ice-Capped (Ic).

My thoughts on world tags for these trade codes follow:

High Population (Hi)

Allies/Contacts:
Colonial Services clerk; Hydroponics technician; Medical supply distributor; Pharmaceutical researcher
Rivals/Enemies:
Deportation case worker; Disciplined terrorist cell member; Drug lord; Population control enforcer
Targets:
Experimental medical equipment; Luxury goods; Illicit drugs; Pharmaceutical research
Locales:
Drug cartel-owned private spaceport; Hydroponics greenhouse; Overcrowded tenement building; Pharmaceutical warehouse
Challenges:
Food shortages; Privateer press gangs; Tensions between rival criminal cartels; Unruly mobs
High Technology (Ht)

Allies/Contacts:
Computer security analyst; Cybernetic surgeon; Security specialist with connections; Talented roboticist
Rivals/Enemies:
Accomplished hacker; Arrogant gun runner; Industrial spy; Vengeful cyborg
Targets:
Commercial robots; Experimental prototype; Illegal weapons; Shipment of cybernetic parts
Locales:
Advanced research & development laboratory; Hospital cybernetic surgery recovery ward; Over-sized computer server room; Robotic manufacturing plant
Challenges:
Advanced security systems; Computer virus; Getting caught in the middle of a Central Security Service sting operation against a local gun runner; Glitchy cybernetic parts
Ice-Capped (Ic)

Allies/Contacts:
Grizzled ice miner; Local geologist; Mining company broker; Petrochemical researcher
Rivals/Enemies:
Eco-terrorist; Mining site general manager; Offworld investor; Vengeful prospector
Targets:
Ice mining equipment; Geological survey results; Map to a rich lode of a precious metal; Private collection of locally mined crystals and gems
Locales:
Geological survey station; Glacier's edge; Isolated mining station; Refined ore processing plant
Challenges:
Avalanche; Blizzard conditions; Difficult terrain; Local wildlife
What do you think? Do you have any suggestions to improve the options listed above?

With Regards,
Flynn

Traveller World Tags: Desert, Fluid Oceans and Garden...

Good Afternoon, All:

In the second of my short series of posts on Traveller World Tags, I'm focusing on the following trade codes: Desert (De), Fluid Oceans (Fl), Garden (Ga).

My thoughts on world tags for these trade codes follow:

Desert (De)

Allies/Contacts:	Curious terraformer; Desert nomad/guide; Moisture or spice farmer; Research scientist
Rivals/Enemies:	Anti-terraforming activist; Eccentric prospector; Hermit psionicist; Nomad chieftain
Targets:	Artifact sacred to the local desert nomads; Hidden well/water reservoir; Shipment of unusual spices; Terraforming equipment
Locales:	Desert nomad cave city; Moisture farm; Oasis; Underground cistern
Challenges:	Blinding sandstorms; Giant sand worms; Territorial feud between opposing desert nomad tribes; Xenophobia and unusual customs among the desert nomads

Fluid Oceans (Fl)

Allies/Contacts:	Happy-go-lucky sailor/seafarer; Leviathan hunter; Processing plant technician; Specialty "aquatic" equipment supplier
Rivals/Enemies:	Ambitious port master; Grizzled sailing captain; Processing plant executive officer; "Save the Leviathan" ecological activist
Targets:	Map to untapped precious metal lode; Petrochemical cargo shipment; Rare albino leviathan; Sailing vessel
Locales:	Leviathan "bait" shop; Petrochemical processing plant; Shipyard; Warehouse district
Challenges:	Alien leviathan; Raging petroleum fire; Severe storm in a non-standard atmosphere; Ship sinking into non-water fluid

Garden (Ga)

Allies/Contacts:	Big game hunter; Knowledgeable forester; Respected vintner; Spice farmer
Rivals/Enemies:	Clearcutting logger foreman; Drug crop plantation owner; Gluttonous noble; Vengeful game warden
Targets:	Bottles of fine wine/liquor; Exotic or addictive spices; Handcrafted wooden furniture; Prime livestock specimens
Locales:	Hunting lodge; Overgrown plantation; Vineyard; Wildlife preserve
Challenges:	Exotic local disease; Invasive offworld predators originally imported to handle a local pest; Trapped in a hunting preserve when hunting season starts; Unusual hunting or wildlife preservation regulations

What do you think? Do you have any suggestions to improve the options listed above?

With Regards,
Flynn

Traveller World Tags: Agricultural, Asteroid and Barren...

Good Afternoon, All:

To start off my short series of posts on Traveller World Tags, I'm starting off with the following trade codes: Agricultural (Ag), Asteroid (As), Barren (Ba).

My thoughts on world tags for these trade codes follow:

Agricultural (Ag)

Allies/Contacts:	Botanical researcher; Local sheriff; Plantation overseer; Retired adventurer-turned-rancher
Rivals/Enemies:	Ambitious land baron; Corrupt health/agroproduct inspector; Protection racketeers in outlying communities; Offworld pharmaceutical competitor
Targets:	Agricultural equipment; New hybrid crops; Prize livestock; Thoroughbred mounts
Locales:	Agroproduct warehouse; Expansive ranch house/plantation; Outlying settlement; Stock yards/livestock processing plant
Challenges:	Dangerous native predators; Frontier lawlessness in outlying communities; Livestock stampedes

Asteroid (As)

Allies/Contacts:	Family of belters; Prospector with a past; Smelting plant technician
Rivals/Enemies:	Corrupt prospector union representative; Mining operation general manager; Saboteur for competition
Targets:	Map to a rich lode; Mining corporation payroll transport; Prospecting drone; Raw ore shipment
Locales:	Belter family station/base; Mining operation site; Rich lode on an isolated asteroid; Seedy spaceport catering to local belters
Challenges:	Corrupted local prospector union; Life support failure; Saboteurs with a knack for demolitions

Barren (Ba)

Allies/Contacts:	Base technician; Research scientist; Shipwreck survivor; Pirate crewmember
Rivals/Enemies:	Administrator of secret base; Crazy outpost survivor; Criminal mastermind in hiding; Pirate captain
Targets:	Black box of a crashed starship; Environmental samples from a future colony site; Secret cache of stolen goods; Starship stolen by pirates
Locales:	Abandoned outpost; Automated interdiction/hazard beacon; Hidden base (military, research or pirate); Wreckage of crashed starship
Challenges:	Automated Interdiction anti-starship weaponry; Extremely hazardous weather conditions; Heavy radiation; Virulent plague

What do you think? Do you have any suggestions to improve the options listed above?

With Regards,
Flynn