Standard Operating Procedure
Operations Checklist
Follow this flight plan to activate a Traveller campaign: session clock, hulls, crews, counterparties, costs, income, mortgages, and the annual budget strip.
Step 01
Create Campaign
Name your campaign, add a brief description, and set the in-game session date (day/year in Imperial format). Referee Authority: You have full control over the session clock. The system shows advisory warnings for timeline conflicts but never prevents you from saving.
Step 02
Register Assets & Accounts
Enter your Ships, Bases, or Teams. Mandatory Wallet: Every asset is automatically linked to a Financial Account (its wallet). JIT Cargo Capacity: If you haven't defined the ship's tonnage yet, the system will prompt for it the first time you accept a freight or speculative trade contract.
Step 03
Register Trading Companies
Add the patrons, banks, brokers, and starport authorities your crew deals with. Companies are shared across all campaigns — register a trading house once and reuse it with its Local Law data in every contract.
Step 04
Link Assets to Campaign
Assign each ship, base, or team to the campaign so their dates are synchronised with the session clock. The session day/year drives mortgage installments, contracts, and all exported PDFs automatically.
Step 05
Sign On Crew & Set Salaries
Add crew members, assign roles (Pilot, Astrogator, Engineer, Steward, Gunner…), and link them to their ship or base. Salaries are automatic: The system calculates pay per 28-day Maintenance Period, including pro-rata for new hires.
Step 06
Log Running Costs
Record all ship expenses: Fuel, Life Support, Maintenance & Repairs, Berthing Costs, and anything else your crew pays during the adventure. Location is picked via Sector → World selector with automatic UWP matching. Trade Goods: Speculative trade purchases stay in the Cargo Hold until you sell them.
Step 07
Log Trade Income
Record all incoming Credits: Freight proceeds, Passage fares (High/Middle/Basic/Low), Speculative Trade sales, Salvage, and Patron payments. Signing location is picked by Sector → World with automatic UWP resolution. Mail: Imperial Mail tonnage (5 tons per container) is auto-calculated.
Step 08
Register Ship Mortgages
For Ships and Bases purchased on credit: register the mortgage with the financing bank, interest rate, and insurance. The system tracks the 13-period Imperial year payment schedule automatically. You can link an existing Financial Account or create a new bank account on the spot.
Step 09
Log Asset Amendments
Signed assets change only via Amendments. Link each amendment to a technical cost with payment date; that date becomes the effective amendment day/year.
Step 10
Plot Jump Routes
Define astrogation waypoints by Sector + Hex coordinate. The system calculates jump distances in parsecs and fuel consumption per leg. Map links open TravellerMap.com at the correct hex for visual confirmation.
Step 11
Build Annual Budget
For each ship or base: aggregate Trade Income, Running Costs, Crew Salaries, and Mortgage payments for the current Imperial year. Read the balance strip to check whether the ship is solvent before the next Jump.
Step 12
Quick Lookup
Use integrated filters and pagination on all modules — assets, crew, running costs, trade income, mortgages, budgets, campaigns, and jump routes — to keep the session moving at the table.
Step 13
Print Contract PDFs
When a job is ready, export the contract PDF and keep counterparty and local law visible at the table. Each PDF carries a template version marker for audit and reprints.
Step 14
Execute Jump Transit
Activate Nav-Link on the ship's astrogation console for real-time jump transit. Each Jump automatically advances the session clock by 7 days. The Cargo Hold stays accessible during transit for trade tracking. Referee Only: Jump controls are restricted to the campaign Referee.
Step 15
Manage Cargo Hold
Access the Cargo Hold from any asset's Tactical Card. Register acquired goods (Speculative Trade lots, Salvage, Loot) with their world of origin. Sell/Liquidate at the destination world to convert cargo into Credits and free up hold space for new freight contracts.
/// Referee Advisory System
Nav-Fi³ is designed around Traveller's principle that the Referee has final authority. The system shows advisory warnings when dates seem out of sequence, but every record remains fully editable at any time. The Referee's word is law — the system just keeps the books.
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Bridge Console
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Tactical & Logistics
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Manuals & Flows
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Speculative Trade
