Traveller RPG: what are SHIP SHARES, really?

In Mongoose Traveller Second Edition, each Ship Share is 1 Megacredit of Equity in a starship. It's understood that starting characters might pool their shares to begin with more equity. In this video, we take a look at how Travellers that roll Ship Shares might have come by those shares. Naturally, it is rare that there are enough shares to provide 100% equity, these shares might be earned in trade for services, or they might represent salvaging a derelict but finding oneself in debt after rehabilitating it. The prompts for discovering the prior history of your Travellers abound here and are an exciting opportunity to understand how the campaign arrived at the place where it begins...This video is an in-depth examination of possible answers to those questions