Problems

Well I've been GMing Traveller for a while, and just recently started GMing
a group of guys here in Berkeley.  Now when they were rolling up their
characters, they were using the new MegaTraveller Rules, and they were all
rolling Naval Enhanced characters, and Merc characters.  Well one thing led
to another, and I of course watched to make sure no "flubbing" of the dice
occured, and all was kosher.  Well on 3 of the 5 guys rolling up Navy personell
shocked me with there characters.  Two of them were Commodores, and one of
them was a Fleet Admiral.  These guys were also only around 44 to 52 years
old.  Now I can't quite understand why anyone would retire at that age, from
the military, with so many benefits, also I'm quite shocked they got that
far in such .... ooops, made a mistake, I was looking at a the other guys,
the ages should be Fleet Admiral (38), Commodore (34), Commodore (42).  Now
the last guy isn't so bad, but a Fleet Admiral at 38!!!!  I think that's
quite incredible, but if you look at at the time period he was in the forces,
He joined during the 5th Frontier War, but still.

My question to all of you is, do you think the rank progression is too fast
in the Enhanced Character Generation.  I mean, if I got Strikes one after
another, it's possible to be an Admiral at age 22-24, if you make all your
promotion rolls.

Don't E-mail me, post it.  That's what this list is for, right?

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