On 21 July 2014 23:49, Kurt Feltenberger <kurt@thepaw.org> wrote:

On 7/21/2014 4:36 PM, Christopher Hilton wrote:

This is an old story picked up by one of the news aggregators I read. Looks like a basis for a good adventure.

-- Chris

http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys?currentPage=all

This is a long read, but damn...it definitely reads like a Traveller adventure.

I was wondering if you could do something similar with a large freighter damaged during gas giant refuelling. My technical knowledge isn't up to it, but would all 'buoyancy' in a GG atmosphere be from engines/thrusters (that could be failing) or might you have tanks that were giving buoyancy in the GG's atmosphere and needed dealing with like the ship?

It's particularly good in including ready made PCs with photos!

tc