Mongoose 3I Setting Book

[Gallowglacht]

Mongoose are looking for names for their setting book of the Third Imperium. Any ideas?

I suggested the Irridium Throne as its a little less bland than "third Imperium", but still identifiably Traveller.

Anyone got anything better?

 

[Lord Iron Wolf]

An Idea

Knight Stars

 

[kafka47]

When the Stars were Fire
Dread Empires Rise and Fall
One Thousand, One Hundred Suns
The Third Imperium : Civilization's Forge, Fury and Future
Imperial Space
The Grand Galactic Chessboard

if any of these titles are chosen, hopefully, they will send me a copy.

 

[Jame]

The Grand Empire of Stars

 

[pendragonman]

Galactic Emporer or Court Juggler?

No, that one is too much a title for an editorial.

An' Dark, An' Dark, An' Nowhere Midnight

The Darkness, and Lights, We Crave

Alms for the Emperor.



It depends on how much the 3I book will dwell on the frontier wars. If they do then we could get:

The Respirations of the the Living Empire

Frontier Legends

Requiem for Humaniti and the Stars

 

[robject]

Giibaan's Rise and Fall of the Third Imperium

Meh. Too silly.

 

[mike wightman]

Library Data: Third Imperium - the golden era

which can extend to other setting books:

Library Data: Solomani Rimward Exploration

Library Data: Third Imperium - the Jullian Wars

I'd have them written from the viewpoint of an observer from the far, far, far future.

 

[pendragonman]

Library Data: Third Imperium - the golden era

which can extend to other setting books:

Library Data: Solomani Rimward Exploration

Library Data: Third Imperium - the Jullian Wars

I'd have them written from the viewpoint of an observer from the far, far, far future.

Alternatively, they could be written like the venerable Bede.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

I suggested the Irridium Throne as its a little less bland than "third Imperium", but still identifiably Traveller.

Works for me.

 

[captainjack]

A Thousand stars and a thousand years ?

Ripping yarns of the third imperium ?

 

[Rindis]

The Third Imperium
(the first two fell in the swamp)

:smirk:

I'd like to put in a serious suggestion, but I'm coming up blank. The Iridium Throne seems like a good title though.

 

[atpollard]

IMPERIUM III: The wrath of Beowulf.

ok, maybe not.

 

[TWILIGHT]

The Third Imperium:
The Empire of the Purple Twilight

 

[kafka47]

Other than my earlier suggestions (which I think were quite good) The Iridium Throne is the better title but I think it still think needs to be modified somehow...suggestions:

The Third Imperium: The Iridium Throne
Upon The Iridium Throne
Noble House: The Iridium Throne
Lineage of The Iridium Throne
Legacy of The Iridium Throne
Rise and Fall of The Iridium Throne

 

[Gallowglacht]

The Iridium Throne of the 3rd Imperium?

 

[Commander Drax]

How about "Cleon's Legacy, The Third Imperium" or "11,000 Worlds - The Third Imperium"

 

[siefertma2]

I don't know, "Iridium Throne" sound too much like "Petal Throne" (i.e. Tekumel).

 

[Echo]

THE IMPERIUM.

For pity's sake!

Stop worrying about Warhammer 40k - They got their name from Traveller, not the other way around.

 

[Gallowglacht]

So? Traveller got it from ancient Rome. And any number of sci-fi novels. The point was never who got there first, it was don't confuse the customer.

Surely there is no harm in throwing around an alternative or two?

 

[Echo]

No harm at all, but let's be clear:

If you call it anything with 'The Iridium Throne' in the title, half the potential customers won't know what it is you're selling them. Every gamer I have ever met knows the Traveller default background as 'The Imperium'.

So, to put your question back to you, why confuse them?