On 14/07/25 07:23, Jim Vassilakos - jim.vassilakos at gmail.com (via tml
list) wrote:
> A starship is such a huge retirement benefit, certainly more valuable than
> a gold watch. Even if it's in terrible shape, it could presumably be sold
> for parts, leaving one with enough money to buy a home on a nice
> terra-prime world. If it's still operable, however, then it's a
> multi-million credit asset. So who determines who gets this benefit? What
> does one have to do in the Scout Service, for example, in order to qualify?
> Or are they just handed out like lottery prizes?

I don't think you're allowed to sell Type-S scouts that you get as a
retirement reward. At least, not IMTU. As for who gets them, from the
'outside' it seems random looking at the standard chargen rules in the
LLBs. Book 6 is no help, because it sends you to Book 1 for mustering out.

Mongoose Traveller explicitly says you can't sell a scout ship. The
others you can, but there's usually a huge mortgage on them so it might
not be terribly profitable to do so.

Of course, in CT Scientists can have Lab Ships without any mention of a
mortgage (and Nobles a Yacht). I'd rule that while they have the use of
these, again, they are not for sale - the noble's family owns 'their'
yacht, and the scientist's ship is actually owned by a foundation or the
like. The characters have the use of the ship, as long as they don't do
anything too publicly outrageous and if it's being used for 'private'
travel, they have to pay the upkeep - best to try and persuade the
owners that you're on family/foundation business so they pick up the tab.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>