Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc

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Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Caleuche (04 Feb 2018 01:15 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kurt Feltenberger (04 Feb 2018 01:36 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Caleuche (04 Feb 2018 01:46 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Timothy Collinson (04 Feb 2018 08:36 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Caleuche (04 Feb 2018 23:00 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Evyn MacDude (05 Feb 2018 02:14 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kurt Feltenberger (05 Feb 2018 02:33 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Caleuche (05 Feb 2018 04:51 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Timothy Collinson (05 Feb 2018 09:04 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Caleuche (05 Feb 2018 17:58 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Catherine Berry (05 Feb 2018 18:59 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Timothy Collinson (05 Feb 2018 20:54 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kurt Feltenberger (06 Feb 2018 05:02 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Tim (06 Feb 2018 05:59 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Catherine Berry (06 Feb 2018 20:41 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Caleuche (06 Feb 2018 23:31 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kenneth Barns (06 Feb 2018 23:49 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Catherine Berry (07 Feb 2018 00:14 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Phil Pugliese (07 Feb 2018 19:05 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kelly St. Clair (07 Feb 2018 02:06 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Catherine Berry (07 Feb 2018 03:07 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Cian Witherspoon (07 Feb 2018 04:00 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Catherine Berry (07 Feb 2018 04:22 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kelly St. Clair (07 Feb 2018 09:14 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kelly St. Clair (07 Feb 2018 09:32 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kurt Feltenberger (08 Feb 2018 01:55 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Bruce Johnson (08 Feb 2018 18:46 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Jeffrey Schwartz (08 Feb 2018 18:56 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Catherine Berry (07 Feb 2018 17:31 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Bruce Johnson (07 Feb 2018 21:54 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kurt Feltenberger (06 Feb 2018 05:00 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Caleuche (05 Feb 2018 18:43 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Timothy Collinson (05 Feb 2018 20:45 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Caleuche (05 Feb 2018 20:52 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Catherine Berry (05 Feb 2018 20:52 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Timothy Collinson (05 Feb 2018 20:55 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Caleuche (05 Feb 2018 21:15 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Timothy Collinson (05 Feb 2018 21:38 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Timothy Collinson (05 Feb 2018 22:07 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Cian Witherspoon (06 Feb 2018 01:47 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kurt Feltenberger (06 Feb 2018 05:06 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Graham Donald (06 Feb 2018 08:52 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Timothy Collinson (05 Feb 2018 09:06 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Caleuche (04 Feb 2018 22:43 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Timothy Collinson (05 Feb 2018 08:33 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Tim (05 Feb 2018 00:21 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Phil Pugliese (07 Feb 2018 12:18 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Jeffrey Schwartz (07 Feb 2018 14:34 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Caleuche (07 Feb 2018 17:44 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Catherine Berry (07 Feb 2018 17:58 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Jeffrey Schwartz (07 Feb 2018 19:34 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kurt Feltenberger (08 Feb 2018 02:06 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Phil Pugliese (07 Feb 2018 20:56 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kurt Feltenberger (08 Feb 2018 02:07 UTC)
Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kurt Feltenberger (08 Feb 2018 01:59 UTC)

Re: [TML] Celestial configutation as a part of Traveller mission planning, most remote world in the Imperium, etc Kurt Feltenberger 06 Feb 2018 05:02 UTC

On 2/5/2018 1:59 PM, Catherine Berry wrote:
> Joss Whedon once said that spacecraft in "Firefly" travel at the speed
> of plot. That to me captures perfectly the narrative approach to
> role-playing. The GM decides how long the trip should take, within
> broad parameters of plausibility and consistency, and the players take
> that as a given and create their narrative within that framework.
> "Gaming" players would instead start pulling out rulebooks and
> calculators to second-guess the stated duration.

While I tend to agree with this (despite despising Whedon), there must
be some framework for future continuity or the "world" (i.e. the system,
stellar arm, etc.) suddenly ceases to have any real form other than GM
fiat.

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