In my opinion, based on my experience playing this great game, Traveller adventures follow the "Hero's Journey" template and typically follow the theme if not the plot of "The Magnificent Seven" - a motley group of strangers who choose or who are forced to work together to accomplish a mission or missions. Wanderers, nomad, "murder hobos" - Travellers themselves are restless, rootless people who don't fit into "society" as they perceive it. Some have tragic histories or criminal backgrounds, but all share the desire to "go boldly" rather than stay home and lead a "normal live." I have tried to imagine who our Travellers are in today's society. Certainly "the homeless" but they tend to stay nearby and have other issues that make them different from our Travellers. There was (perhaps still is) something called the Freight Train Riders Association - hobos riding the rails - and that template fits a bit but they again are not just on the margins of society they are marginalized by it. TV's "the A Team" is a bit closer to the Travellers we choose to play - veterans, skilled, moral/ethical people fighting for the little guy against the corrupt powerful. No member of royalty is going to troll a homeless shelter looking to pay people to solve their problems. If there are Travellers amongst us today they are loners who have learned to mask themselves as at least temporary team players. Look at shows like "Dangerous Catch" which is similar to a Traveller free trader in that the motley crew comes together for a mission and may stick together a bit but over time the names and faces change. When I play a Traveller I usually have to completely change my mindset of how I think I would be and act in similar situations - careful, cautious, quiet, suspicious, keeping my own counsel - because those things don't translate well into game play. Instead, I have to go into the game like a carefree innocent - shady patron? OK! Questionable legality? Sure! Sign me up. Putting other (usually strangers) ahead of my own safety and security? Why not - please, let me die so some other murder hobo might live and get rich by not having to split my share of the reward. Reality shows like "Survivor" or "Naked and Afraid" are live action role playing games, and those shows are rife with interpersonal drama and intrigue - usually amongst emotional immature people. No one wants to watch a group of happy go lucky people put their differences aside to achieve a common good. NO WAY - they want passive aggression, snide comments, conflict and backstabbing. NONE of that makes for good Traveller playing. So what we have is a disconnect of what real Travellers would do/be based on the psychology/sociology of people who would be compelled to be Travellers, and the filter which players have to refine/degrade those characteristics to "play the game" - literally, and well.