TravCon is a Traveller RPG convention run by BITS – the British Isles Traveller Support. On our way up to TravCon, traveling on the M1, our friends Alex & Kezia caught sight of us in my Chevy, and took this pic for posterity.
We arrived just before 17.00, got ourselves booked in, met up with Kez & Alex, and settled in. Both of us were total newbies to Travcon, but we were made welcome by Richard and Andy. Richard is giving the briefing.
Susan went off to play in Alex's Extraction scenario, while my first session was Gee Cows to the Rescue! run by Tim Collinson, seen below, using Mongoose 2nd Edition rules (not that I noticed any real difference to what I remembered from Classic Blue book Traveller).
We were playing the parts of a Gishdag Khuulam Aid Organisation (GKAO) team, providing rescue and medical aid. The blurb said, "From fund raising to frantic races against time –– you're the ones that wear the patch respected throughout the Spinward Marches."
I played the Chief Medical Officer, Sion Alman of a modified and refitted 600dton liner modified for rescue missions. The session was split into two parts. The first a fund raising dinner to schmooze with patron to raise the final 2.7 million credits to launch our ship, which was interrupted by an emergency call to action.
It took us 24 minutes to get from the dinner to the launch bay, traffic was a bitch.
There we found our ship being hastily prepped for launch, stevedore's busy loading emergency supplies. Inside the ship, maintenance panels were open, cable runs spilling out, and sundry systems not fully signed off as checked. But, we were good to go!
Take-off revealed the ship flew like a barge.
The center of mass being changed down to the upgraded power plant and manoeuvre 6 engines. But, our pilot made the rolls to get us into orbit, and then it was pedal to the metal to blast out to the 100 diameter line to the accident site.
A scout, and a small liner had collided.
The scout was unresponsive and drifting outward. The liner was squawking, and drifting inwards.
We made it there in just over two hours to find debris drifting, escape balls launched, and the liner tumbling out of control During the difficult dock, our pilot took 40 minutes to match the tumble of the stricken ship, we saw that the rear end was ripped off, and the ships pinnace (yes, there were jokes) had been ripped open.
After some necessary medical interventions, much confusion, we saved the day, and got the money we needed.
The game ran for four hours, was pretty intense, and it was time for bed. I'd like to say I slept like a log, but I was totally buzzed, and it took a while to fall asleep.
I had an exciting first day.
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