Whoops, I think I messed this up the first time. Sorry....
>> 1. When you are seeking passengers it says as +DM to number of pass.
>> use source-destin TL. Implying that more people travel from Hi Tech to
>> Lo Tech worlds. Tourism seems a thought but is there anything else that
>> may be a reason for the above DM.
>
> According to Traveller and The Merchant Prince (Book 7) it says:
>
> Add (or subtract) difference between source world and market world tech
> levels. This would imply that there would be a want to travel to low tech
> worlds. In the past I have ruled that more people want to go to the high tech
> world, but being the devils advocate, if I know how to build air rafts, then I
> can get a real high paying job on a low tech planet. Call this one as you
> like. I send more people to the high tech world.
How about this for a compromise of sorts:
From low tech to high tech worlds you get a lot of country
hicks going to the city to hit the big time. From high tech to low
tech you get tech experts going for the high paying jobs. And going
round trip are the rich tourists.
Thus, the low passages tend to be full of country folk when
going from low to high (apply DM appropriately). More mid-passages are
sold to techies going from high to low (apply DM as in the book).
Finally, the number of high passages is relatively independent of tech
level (no DM for TL).
Caveat: I haven't tried this myself. The thought only just
occurred to me.
- - Paul
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