The Service Jacket
The Traveller service jacket, as I call it, is an important part of a game. Most people call it a character sheet, but in Traveller I think it's a little bit more. As a funny aside, when I was 11 or 12 and I played Traveller then, I saw a character sheet designed and it said service jacket. And I thought it was an actual jacket that a Traveller would wear in a hiring hall that sort of told the story of who they were, which I still think is kind of a funny idea. The Traveller Service Jacket encompasses everything that's in a character sheet--and is also a record of your character generation plus other aspects of your character. So what should be included on it? The character name, race, and age are the first things that come to mind. Then of course the characteristics. Traveler has six basic characteristics. However, there are additional characteristics that can be used as well. PSI (Psionics) is of course the first but there is also CHA (Charisma) for Vagr and others. There are...