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BIRTHDATE DETERMINATION
If you can't pick a date for your Traveller, perhaps this will help? You can randomly roll a date with the chart below.

  1. Roll 1D to find if the date was in the first half of the year or the second half of the year.
  2. Roll 1D to find numbered table within the half year.
  3. Roll 1D for the row and 1D for the column to find the numbered day of the year which is the date.

You will have a number between 1 and 365, and that will be the day of the year for your Traveller's birth.

1-2-3 First Half Of Year---------4-5-6 Second Half of Year
1 1 2 3 4 5 6------ 1 1 2 3 4 5 6
1001002003004005006------1181182183184185186
2007008009010011012------2187188189190191192
3013014015016017018------3193194195196197198
4019020021022023024------4199200201202203204
5025026027028029030------5205206207208209210
6------------6------
2 1 2 3 4 5 6------ 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
1031032033034035036------1211212213214215216
2037038039040041042------2217218219220221222
3043044045046047048------3223224225226227228
4049050051052053054------4229230231232233234
5055056057058059060------5235236237238239240
6------------6------
3 1 2 3 4 5 6------ 3 1 2 3 4 5 6
1061062063064065066------1241242243244245246
2067068069070071072------2247248249250251252
3073074075076077078------3253254255256257258
4079080081082083084------4259260261262263264
5085086087088089090------5265266267268269270
6------------6------
4 1 2 3 4 5 6------ 4 1 2 3 4 5 6
1091092093094095096------1271272273274275276
2097098099100101102------2277248279280281282
3103104105106107108------3283284285286287288
4109110111112113114------4289290291292293294
5115116117118119120------5295296297298299300
6------------6------
5 1 2 3 4 5 6------ 5 1 2 3 4 5 6
1121122123124125126------1301302303304305306
2127128129130131132------2307308309310311312
3133134135136137138------3313314315316317318
4139140141142143144------4319320321322323324
5145146147148149150------5325326327328329330
6------------6------
6 1 2 3 4 5 6------ 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
1151152153154155156------1331332333334335336
2157158159160161162------2337338339340341342
3163164165166167168------3343344345346347348
4169170171172173174------4349350351352353354
5175176177178179180------5355356357358359360
6------------6361362363364365-

DATES
Express dates using the numbered day of the year and the year number.
Day of the Year. Each day of the year has its own number from 001 to 365. Because there can be so many different year lengths on different worlds, an arbitrary year length of 365 days is used.
Year Number. Years are numbered starting with 0.

DETERMINING DATES
For record-keeping purposes and for background, it is helpful to know a character’s birthdate. Birthdate is determined by the date of the adventuring campaign.
Default Beginning Campaign Year. The default Traveller campaign date is the current year minus 1900 (thus, 1998-1900 = 098). The day is the last day of the year.
Birth Date. Subtract character age from the current year.
Birthday. Randomly determine the day (from 1 to 365) of birth.

IMPORTANT DATES

Date-Event
001-Holiday. First Day Of Year
009-School Year Starts
090-Armed Forces Day
181-Mid-Year Break
271-Thanksgiving
328-School Year Ends (Graduation)
356-Year End Break (to 365) varies

Source: T5 Character Generation Play Testing Notes. A different format was published in the T5 Rules.

A 3-Section Dogged Watch

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NameTimeDay 1Day 2Day 3
First Watch2000–0000 Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
Middle Watch0000–0400 Team 2 Team 3 Team 1
Morning Watch0400–0800 Team 3 Team 1 Team 2
Forenoon Watch0800–1200 Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
Afternoon Watch1200–1600 Team 2 Team 3 Team 1
First Dog Watch1600–1800 Team 3 Team 1 Team 2
Last Dog Watch1800–2000 Team 1 Team 2 Team 3

A dog watch is a work shift, also known as a "watch", in a maritime watch system that is half the length of a standard watch period. This is typically formed by splitting a single four-hour watch period between 16:00 and 20:00 (4 pm and 8 pm) to form two two-hour dog watches, with the "first" dog watch from 16:00 to 18:00 (4 pm to 6 pm) and the "second" or "last" dog watch from 18:00 to 20:00 (6 pm to 8 pm).

This watch exists because, in order for the crew to rotate through all the watches, it is necessary to have an odd number of watches in a ship's day. Splitting one of the watches in half allows the sailors to stand different watches instead of one team being forced to stand the mid-watch every night. The choice of time also allows both watches, if there are only two, to eat an evening meal at about the traditional time.