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| − | '''Traveller''' is a Role Playing Game, set in a science fiction setting. | + | '''Traveller''' is a Role Playing Game, set in a science fiction setting. While the details of the setting and the game mechanics used to depict it vary from version to version ([[Versions of Traveller|see versions]]), many themes are common across all versions. |
| − | * FTL (Faster than Light) capability. Ships can | + | * FTL (Faster than Light) capability. Ships can travel faster than the speed of light, but do so in incremental [[Jump Drive|jumps]]. The time to perform this ''jump'' is about a week, regardless of the distance travelled. |
| − | * | + | * The speed of communication is limited to the speed of starship travel. There are no FTL radios. |
| − | **These two conditions create a feudal system, where local autonomy is great | + | **These two conditions tend to create a feudal system, where local autonomy is great and government control limited. This allows a great amount of freedom for players. |
| − | * Alien Races not just humans in suits. Many | + | * Alien Races are not just humans in suits. Many space opera depictions of aliens are merely odd-looking beings with completely human personalities - effectively "humans in suits." While the ''Traveller'' universe is human centric, the aliens of the setting have distinctive cultures and do not always behave as humans would. |
Revision as of 19:05, 15 March 2006
Traveller is a Role Playing Game, set in a science fiction setting. While the details of the setting and the game mechanics used to depict it vary from version to version (see versions), many themes are common across all versions.
- FTL (Faster than Light) capability. Ships can travel faster than the speed of light, but do so in incremental jumps. The time to perform this jump is about a week, regardless of the distance travelled.
- The speed of communication is limited to the speed of starship travel. There are no FTL radios.
- These two conditions tend to create a feudal system, where local autonomy is great and government control limited. This allows a great amount of freedom for players.
- Alien Races are not just humans in suits. Many space opera depictions of aliens are merely odd-looking beings with completely human personalities - effectively "humans in suits." While the Traveller universe is human centric, the aliens of the setting have distinctive cultures and do not always behave as humans would.