Pensions are on p.21 of 1977, or p.23 of 1981. Cr 4000 annually for 5 terns, + Cr 2000 per additional term. Not available to Scout or Other. Supplement 4 has this sentence "rates of retirement pay are based on time of service and type of career." but then doesn't expand on that other than "Barbarians cannot retire."atpollard wrote:Name: Anything European ... think Colonial North America with an English territory, French Territory, Spanish Territory, plus ... Dutch Settlements, German Settlements, Scandinavian Settlements, Russian settlements, etc.AsenRG wrote:Name: what kind of names would be appropriate?
He's 34 now, so before I roll for reenlistment or stop, can I ask something? How many terms before you get a pension, in this variant of the rules?
I don't think the 19th Century was big on pensions for enlisted men (or that fond of pensions for officers), sorry.
If anyone knows of a rule for pensions in Classic Traveller, I will think about it and probably use it (why not), but I am not searching for one.
Given your already low EDU and total points (37 vs 48 allowed), feel free to start out in the Navy at age 14 [very 19th Century] and assume your roll includes the -2 EDU penalty already.
History of Pension Plans. 1875 -- The American Express Company established the first private pension plan in the United States. Prior to the 1870s private-sector plans did not exist, primarily because most companies were small family-run enterprises.
When was the state pension first introduced (answer is from the BBC)?
1908 Old Age Pensions Act - introduced first general old age pension paying a non-contributory amount of between 10p and 25p a week, from age 70, on a means-tested basis from January 1 1909 - "Pensions Day". This was introduced during the Liberal government of David Lloyd-George.
Who invented retirement?
19th century. In 1883, the German chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck, in a maneuver against Marxists who were burgeoning in power and popularity, announced that anyone over 65 years old would be forced to retire and that he would pay a pension to them.
All the above from Google search for "when did pensions start"
one link is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_retirement which has this:
In the mid-1800s certain United States municipal employees, including firefighters, police and teachers, started receiving public pensions. In 1875, the American Express Company began to offer private pensions. By the 1920s, a variety of American industries, from railroads to oil to banking, began offering pensions.
Sounds like it's a tossup.
On the subject of pensions and such, you mentioned purchasing stuff based on social standing, is that in addition to or instead of mustering out cash?
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