Re: [TML] Playing with an idea...
greg caires 15 Oct 2018 19:23 UTC
So how would that work? Most PIs in literature are former police.
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> On Oct 14, 2018, at 9:47 PM, Jeff Zeitlin <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, 14 Oct 2018 21:25:20 -0400, greg caires <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
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>> Sorry Jeff what are those acronyms I don’t place them and can’t find them on the Traveller wiki.
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> My apologies; I've been using them for years, and didn't consciously
> realize that they may not be generally accepted or known.
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> PD/PI: Private Detective/Private Investigator.
> PD standing alone may also be Police Department.
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> CT: Classic Traveller
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> MT: MegaTraveller
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> TNE: Traveller: The New Era
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> RTT: Mongoose Traveller. RTT1 and RTT2 refer specifically to first and
> second editions, respectively; without the number, it refers to
> "either or both". It derives from the title of a story in Kipling's
> /Jungle Book/, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", a story about a mongoose (whose
> motto was "run and find out"). I dislike the other common abbreviation
> for Mongoose Traveller, MgT.
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