Planet hopping isn’t really my gig (I like BE because although there is SPACE the action stays anchored). However I have just signed up for a little Traveller.
Curious, is [personal] death effectively off the table in Traveller (this is Mongoose) for ship to ship and ranged combat, too? Maybe ship to ship, or vehicle to vehicle should be like that?
Personally, that’s why I think BE would be a better system to use than the various Trav systems; BE would force the game to be “grounded” thanks to the characters Beliefs. At least, that’s what I think would happen.