Complex sentence: It is slightly shorter in MgT (48 vs 64), and folds in some concepts (e.g. persuasion) which in T5 were moved under the task system in general, but the two lists are much closer to each other than to other Traveller skill lists.
Split into simpler sentences: It is slightly shorter in MgT (48 vs 64), and folds in some concepts. However the two skill lists are much closer to each other than to other Traveller skill lists.