GypsyComet
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(Moved from GChuck's Phlange topic for visibility)
Storr and Hadji existed only as names in CT Hivers and later as 1120 dotmaps (in DGP's Solomani & Aslan) prior to whatever steps were taken to put them into Traveller Map.
I've been working on Hadji in the spaces between other projects, and Storr is also on my list because their publication history is the same. My assumption in Hadji has been that the 1120 map is a snapshot, and that we're seeing it at a political nadir. Not that it was a vast united space before, but I'm assuming there were a few more states around in 1105 and that it has been a busy 15 years...
Aside from the three mains that run around the spinward part of Storr having the makings of some great space opera empire tales, I haven't really dug into it yet. Storr looks to have two or three regions with distinct characteristics by 1105, though.
I've attached a J2 Voids and Mains map that might make that more apparent.
The region is far enough out from the big empires that TL11 or 12 is going to be dominant. The higher TLs, in my opinion, require either singular transcendent worlds or big empires with lots of support for innovation. I'm not a fan of super-tech nations hiding just off the edge of Charted Space in ever growing numbers, if only because I agree with the (old TML) sentiment that the true frontiers are already too far away from the center of the map. With a TL 11 -12 assumption, J2 is either dominant or high end, making the J2 paths across the region very important.
The brown main in Hadji is actually two smaller ones. They are grouped by color in this case for a specific purpose. The two bright green bits along the spinward edge of Hadji are the same main that doesn't connect visibly on this map.
Storr and Hadji existed only as names in CT Hivers and later as 1120 dotmaps (in DGP's Solomani & Aslan) prior to whatever steps were taken to put them into Traveller Map.
I've been working on Hadji in the spaces between other projects, and Storr is also on my list because their publication history is the same. My assumption in Hadji has been that the 1120 map is a snapshot, and that we're seeing it at a political nadir. Not that it was a vast united space before, but I'm assuming there were a few more states around in 1105 and that it has been a busy 15 years...
Aside from the three mains that run around the spinward part of Storr having the makings of some great space opera empire tales, I haven't really dug into it yet. Storr looks to have two or three regions with distinct characteristics by 1105, though.
I've attached a J2 Voids and Mains map that might make that more apparent.
The region is far enough out from the big empires that TL11 or 12 is going to be dominant. The higher TLs, in my opinion, require either singular transcendent worlds or big empires with lots of support for innovation. I'm not a fan of super-tech nations hiding just off the edge of Charted Space in ever growing numbers, if only because I agree with the (old TML) sentiment that the true frontiers are already too far away from the center of the map. With a TL 11 -12 assumption, J2 is either dominant or high end, making the J2 paths across the region very important.
The brown main in Hadji is actually two smaller ones. They are grouped by color in this case for a specific purpose. The two bright green bits along the spinward edge of Hadji are the same main that doesn't connect visibly on this map.
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