User talk:Flyteach

Welcome to the Traveller Wiki. Thank you for your contributions to Sechler (world). I checked out your World Anvil page. If this is part of your own Traveller Universe? May I suggest we set up a Campaign page for you at the wiki. Let me know if you have questions or need more information. Tjoneslo (talk) 18:36, 30 December 2021 (EST)

Hello Thomas. Sure. I was hoping I wasn't doing something not allowed. This is my personal/group's Traveller Universe. Joshua was kind enough to make my Virgo Sector part of the Traveller Map and that easily links to here, so as part of my surfing around, I figured I'd leave the link to WA where the core of my writing will be. I hope that's going to be ok. I'm a 40+ year Traveller fan, been playing Pathfinder and Starfinder for the last few years, but have decided to renew my interest when I saw that Traveller is supported on Fantasy Grounds (my VTT of choice). I haven't kept up with all this support for Traveller and feel pretty left behind, but I've got a lot of ideas and stuff that I've done over the years that I'd like to bring to light. I'll continue surfing around and figuring things out, but will appreciate any help or suggestions. I am already on the Traveller Discord which I've found tremendously fun to gaze through each morning. Happy New Year! --Flyteach (talk) 10:55, 31 December 2021 (EST)

Well welcome. I recommend the Manual of Style for introductory reading. We're always afraid our organization will scare off new contributors. But we are friendly and do take suggestions gladly. I'm also frequently on the Traveller Discord, so come ping me there if you have question or need guidance. Tjoneslo (talk) 13:55, 31 December 2021 (EST)

Worldbuilding in Alpha Crucis

Hi, Yes please feel free to continue your HIWG work in the Alpha Crucis. I would love to see what you come up with. I would also offer you should join the T5 Second Survey mailing list: https://www.freelists.org/list/t5secondsurvey . This is a very low volume mailing list where we discuss various world building topics. If you have specific questions or need things to work better please let me know. Tjoneslo (talk) 06:41, 10 January 2023 (EST)

Howdy, Tjonslo pointed me in your direction because you are also working on doing updates to Alpha Crucis. We should coordinate our efforts. --Snyder1986 (talk) 12:34, 10 January 2023 (EST)

I am not a huge fan of the ozemail world generator. I might have a bias in my sample, but I swear every world it creates is tidally locked to its star. So I roll the system and planet details myself (using Mega & Classical, not T5), but I do hate that this means the wiki will differ from that site for world and system details. --Snyder1986 (talk) 09:03, 14 January 2023 (EST)

Agreed, I've seen the tidal locked issue. For my own sector, I just changed the randomizer, but that's not persistent. What version are you using for the systems stats then? I like what you've done with Port Royal and I enjoy rolling dice too, so figure maybe we'd coordinate tools for some consistency. Flyteach (talk) 16:27, 14 January 2023 (EST)

My strategy is to use the TravellerMap to give me the number of planets, gas giants and belts for each system. Then I use the Scout book from Classic to place the celestial bodies and generate satellites. I feel that gives a good foundation for the system layout.

Then I use the World Builders Handbook from MegaTraveller to get to the rest of the interesting data about the worlds. The social outlook and local customs are really good starting point for developing ideas, but obviously you need to use your imagination to fill in the gaps and connect the dots. --Snyder1986 (talk) 19:42, 22 January 2023 (EST)