Would make for some fun and attitudes.. Piper and the people who traded and lived as separate from humanity.. Ground people versus Space People? A whole range of conflicts and attitudes can come from things.. TitanAE being one idea?
Mike On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Johannes Trimmel < [email protected]> wrote: > > A bit a mixture of Onnos versions would be the ship as basically a mobile > family farm. It's not really a different culture then that of the the > people around it, at least in the view of both the "farmers" and the > surrounding culture. It is a different lifestyle though. Occasionally > someone marries in, occasionally some child leaves the farm/ship to take up > an ordinary job. > > There might be some education required or strongly suggested, that can > only be effectivly gotten on shore. > > Some positions might be filled with people, for whom freight crew is a > temporary job. Seasonal crew would be one of the primary pools for people, > who marry into the family. > > BTW i think my primary inspiration in that area has been Astereoid Wars > by Ben Bova, though there it's belters not freighters, so it has different > logistics. > > If you have actually a distinct space gypsy culture you also need to think > how the number of ships and population growth get correlated. A central > population control authority, that does long term planing, or ad hoc > decisions by individual families/tribes? Ritually throwing surplus > population out of the airlock (if you are nice, while in port)? Luring in > required specialists with promises of sex and riches? Shanghaing people who > will not be missed all that much, and if they work hard for a couple of > years, they can get promoted family members? An officers caste and slaves, > whos number is more flexible? > > > > > One mans groundfloor is an other mans earthmissle > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@**@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > Johannes Trimmel > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > > ______________________________**_________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/**mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l<http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l> > -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Poetry-L/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adulthumor-L/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Abrigon-World/ _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
