Thirdly, in Challenge issue 37, there is a 2300AD scenario 'Three Blind Mice' by David Nilsen, which while built around a scouting campaign, contains a lot of advice on just how to
Hah! Yes, that was one of those "bother, I'd completely forgotten about that" moments when I stumbled across this after I'd written/run/published my adventure of the same name. Fortunately they're entirely different beasts so there's no overlap whatsoever, and it's 2300AD so perhaps I shouldn't worry... :-)
<excellent stuff on fleshing out Pirates of Drinax snipped>
Thank you for that. Saved just in case we ever finish The Traveller Adventure and my players fancy a change of pace...