Note that on the p. 17 passenger table, the passengers/day column is the number of passengers left over for free traders, not the total number of passengers. If you're looking for passage, look at the passengers/week column.

The actual number of hulls going back and forth isn't going to increase at the same rate as the increase in passenger traffic because the size of the hulls is also going to increase with traffic volume.

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Thomas Jones-Low <tjoneslow@gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/6/2015 12:23 PM, David Shaw wrote:
There are rules for calculating how many passengers want to fly from system A to
system B, which are all very well if you're running the crew of a starship.

But what if you're playing one of the passengers?  Are there any rules anywhere
that give you the number of starships flying from A to B?

Many thanks,


         From GT:Far Trader you need to calculate the BTN between the two worlds, which gives you an amount of cargo moving between the two systems. P.18 (IIRC) has a passenger table as well, which based upon the BTN gives number of passengers per year and per week week.

        GT:FT assumes that the trade between the two is sufficient to carry the passengers.

        If you end up with something very small (< 1 per week), then it's time go get the dice.

        I just finished updating the Trade Maps on the Traveller Wiki.

        http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Trade_map_key - this gives a broad idea of how much traffic travels between two systems based upon the trade routes between the two systems. This is calculated from the rules in GT:Far Trader, and all of the sector data.

        Pick your two systems, and for that you need to look at the trade map. For example:

http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/File:Spinward_Marches_Sector.pdf


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