Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Fact

I once authored a Traveller fan fiction story titled Friends In High Places.  There was a transsexual character.

Of course Dana had undergone some modifications herself, but that was a choice she made as an adult. There were some things that should not be done to young children, regardless of the apparent benefits to their families.

On the other hand, the FS clan had no objections to hiring male-to-female transsexuals, unlike damned near every other ship owner operating in the Third Imperium.

 

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Suggestion

For the Armed Forces the oath of enlistment should be this:

I, _____, do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the Republic Of Freya against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the Republic Of Freya and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 

Friday, April 14, 2023

Monday, September 19, 2022

A Special Day

It's the International Talk Like A Pirate Day!  (Or in Traveller, it's Talk Like An Ethically Challenged Merchant Day.)

And that means it's time for get in touch with your inner pirate.  (And who doesn't want to get in touch with their inner pirate?)  Once you've gotten in touch with your inner pirate, the job isn't over.  Remember to consult the Affirmations for your Inner Pirate:

Stuart Smalley's Daily Affirmations for the Inner Pirate

Monday:

"I'm going to rape and pillage today just for the heck of it because, gosh darn it, I deserve to have a good time."

Tuesday:


"I am not a fraud, a thief yes, but not a fraud."

Wednesday:


"I deserve all the loot and booty I can carry without feeling ashamed or being grandiose."

Thursday:


"I will express my feelings today. I will not hide them behind my eyepatch. My eyepatch is not a mask for my feelings, but rather a small swatch of leather that covers a hideous scar."

Friday:


"When I overtake that merchants vessel, I will not be playing those parent tapes in my head: "You wield a cutlass like a girl" . . . "Why can't you be more like Blackbeard's son?" . . . "Philosophy? What kind of major is that? It's useless!"

Saturday:


"Just because I indulge in wine and wenches does not mean I'm an alcoholic sex-addict like my father."

Sunday:


"If I must violently put down a mutiny today, it is not because I am a bad person or that I am not worthy of love; it is because my crew are a bunch of yellow-bellied, lily-livered sons-of-whores--and I am mean enough, ruthless enough, and dog gone it, people fear me."

transcribed by James R. Torrence.


Arrrrrr...

 

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Repeat, Rinse

I once described on this blog how a Carthaginian Peace would look like with Russian Republic.

https://mopu.blogspot.com/2008/08/quote-of-day.html

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Opinion

Friends In High Places shows The Official Traveller Universe from the Rosenkranz and Guildenstern point of view.

Friends In High Places

 

Saturday, October 09, 2021

Personal History

I once wrote Princess Diana into a piece of Traveller fan fiction.

https://freelancetraveller.com/features/stories/fihp/fihp13.html