That's a good question; I'll post the question to a more strongly Galaxiad-specific thread.
Sophont Modules for T5
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That's a good question; I'll post the question to a more strongly Galaxiad-specific thread.
mike wightman
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Some of Martin's 1248 stuff doesn't fit with MgT canon or MWM's revelations in AotI.
Hivers - In TNE, that Hiver Dreamers (aka Telepaths) exist. They are exceedingly rare, but text should be changed from non-psion to like "roll 12+ on 2d6 during testing. If successful roll for PSI rating as normal otherwise the Hiver is non-psionic" rare.
In 1248, the "evil" plan of the Hivers is revealed. Their ends justify their means. As I put in my previous post the Solomani were the quickest to recover from Virus and the fall of their "empire". The Hivers did not fall as far. By the 1160's the Solomani were successfully holding their own against Virus and regrouped into a small centralized government. Guess who knocked them down by routing MORE Vampire Fleets towards them?
Yet the Solomani rose again. The Hivers gave it some more thought and have a new plan. The went with plan B and helped the Dawn League. Part of the plan though invollves destroying lone Solomani ships when found. No survivors. AND occasionally destroying a lone trade ship or two with Hiver ships disguised as Solomani ships. When the survivors are rescued by Hivers, the Hivers make propaganda accusing the Solomani of being "jack-booted, racist, genocidal maniacs" instead of merely being "jack-booted, racist, maniacs". Be on the watch, be careful, save yourselves.
Hilarity ensues. Problem solved. Mwuah ha ha! :smirk:
In 1248, the "evil" plan of the Hivers is revealed. Their ends justify their means. As I put in my previous post the Solomani were the quickest to recover from Virus and the fall of their "empire". The Hivers did not fall as far. By the 1160's the Solomani were successfully holding their own against Virus and regrouped into a small centralized government. Guess who knocked them down by routing MORE Vampire Fleets towards them?
Yet the Solomani rose again. The Hivers gave it some more thought and have a new plan. The went with plan B and helped the Dawn League. Part of the plan though invollves destroying lone Solomani ships when found. No survivors. AND occasionally destroying a lone trade ship or two with Hiver ships disguised as Solomani ships. When the survivors are rescued by Hivers, the Hivers make propaganda accusing the Solomani of being "jack-booted, racist, genocidal maniacs" instead of merely being "jack-booted, racist, maniacs". Be on the watch, be careful, save yourselves.
Hilarity ensues. Problem solved. Mwuah ha ha! :smirk:
Yes, there is a chapter just about the Dreamers in the GDW TNE book Aliens of the Rim: Hivers and Ithklur.
Edit: The rules for them are on pg 43. Its an uncontrolled gift/curse. Oh and the die roll is roll 100 on d100. Three times. Any ither result is sorry charlie...
Edit: The rules for them are on pg 43. Its an uncontrolled gift/curse. Oh and the die roll is roll 100 on d100. Three times. Any ither result is sorry charlie...
One of the problems for any post Classical era stuff (1116 or after...) is how to reconcile all of those sources.
I have built out the timeline successor to Don's foundation work, but it won't mean much until FFE approves of choices. Plus, I really don't have the 1248 storyline solidly in my head. Hard enough to balance everything else.
Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
Would you like assistance in this area? I do have much of it in my head. Well, because the large brush stokes were fun.
I always welcome your help anywhere. Your analysis at the wiki is some of my favorite writing. I love the way you pull data from Trav Map and analyze it. You have great insights.
Shalom,
M.
He did a mountain of work putting it all together, but I'm a little uncertain about some of the timelines and rates of effort described for fleets. There's quite lengthy movement of fleets across enormous distances (a fleet from the still rebuilding Hierate travels across old 3I territory to help with a battle against the Dominate?) which would require log trains of some considerable size (this is your field Timerover 51 - help me out here). I would've liked to have wargamed, in the professional sense, some of that stuff to bed down the narrative a little.
Does the 1248 material need to conform to MgT that much? Isn't MgT a lesser-canon?
Per your PM Maksim, I am on it. See you in a few years. :rofl:
Seriously, I have the basics together. I have Don's Integrated Timeline. My copy has history end on 359-1115 PDF properties indicate it was modified 4/19/2007
1. I will use Don's scholarship format with regards to dating and certainty.
2. On this first pass I will only record events and make no attempt to reconcile inconsistences between sources.
3. A few events pre-1116 do exist, but per #2 I will not attempt to reconcile them in this pass (Deadspace, the Yaskoydri, etc). The bibliography makes no mention of books post 2007 nor the QLI 1248 books which some are copyright 2006, but some direct events which expand on Rebellion occur pre-1116 like Strephon's locations at certain points of time.
Ulsyus, I am really only addressing post-assassination to 1248 which MgT does not cover per-se. Some references might change existing narrative (like the Solomani "Project Phoenix" Fleet waiting to retake Terra) or not, but MgT was published after MT, TNE and 1248, I have a few books to go thru first.
Per your concerns, due to the vagueness of available resources post-1130 makes speculation moot. As do other factors deus ex machinae , the Black Imperium's forces, the size of the K'kree fleets, the capabilities of the Ancient's warmachine during the Scouring of Vland, number ships trapped Deadspace, etc...
Seriously, I have the basics together. I have Don's Integrated Timeline. My copy has history end on 359-1115 PDF properties indicate it was modified 4/19/2007
1. I will use Don's scholarship format with regards to dating and certainty.
2. On this first pass I will only record events and make no attempt to reconcile inconsistences between sources.
3. A few events pre-1116 do exist, but per #2 I will not attempt to reconcile them in this pass (Deadspace, the Yaskoydri, etc). The bibliography makes no mention of books post 2007 nor the QLI 1248 books which some are copyright 2006, but some direct events which expand on Rebellion occur pre-1116 like Strephon's locations at certain points of time.
Ulsyus, I am really only addressing post-assassination to 1248 which MgT does not cover per-se. Some references might change existing narrative (like the Solomani "Project Phoenix" Fleet waiting to retake Terra) or not, but MgT was published after MT, TNE and 1248, I have a few books to go thru first.
Per your concerns, due to the vagueness of available resources post-1130 makes speculation moot. As do other factors deus ex machinae , the Black Imperium's forces, the size of the K'kree fleets, the capabilities of the Ancient's warmachine during the Scouring of Vland, number ships trapped Deadspace, etc...
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DGP Lost Vargr Sub-species
Now that I see that the Vargr Akumgeda, Kokasha, Nakagun and Roth Thokken come from DGP sources, prior to Mongoose Traveller, I have a 180-degree opinion on them. Writing up Sophont Cards using Traveller5 may be in my future.
Where can one collate as many sources, scraps of details and tidbits on these sub-species?
Live from the History Section, this is the Pakkrat.
Now that I see that the Vargr Akumgeda, Kokasha, Nakagun and Roth Thokken come from DGP sources, prior to Mongoose Traveller, I have a 180-degree opinion on them. Writing up Sophont Cards using Traveller5 may be in my future.
Where can one collate as many sources, scraps of details and tidbits on these sub-species?
Live from the History Section, this is the Pakkrat.
Nathan, that copy is very out of date. Perhaps Maks can get you a more recent version (2015).
I suspect Vilani & Vargr has info on them. We are allowed to paraphrase borrowings from such products but may not copy. Thus a translation to T5 seems appropriate.
Ping me and I'll dig through the text. 'Cause I probably won't remember.
Yes it does. It even shows a map as to their general distribution throughout the Extents, IIRC (or at least their language distribution).
GypsyComet
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V&V covers the big socio-linguistic groups with a map, but you'll probably have to infer the exotic sub-species locations from data fragments.
HiWG had a fanzine, Kfan Uzangou, in 1992+. It was dedicated to all things Vargr. Were you on staff Pakkrat?:coffeesip:
Kfan Uzangou Fanzine
Negative, NB. Though I read an issue with a story in it, I did not return to Traveller until 2015. Before that I owned several books of MegaTraveller and was teaching myself to draw Vargr and Aslan back in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Kfan Uzangou is also an in-universe, interstellar magazine based in Gvurrdon Sector, though they had an office named White Fangs (the translation of Kfan Uzangou) at Regina. One can find references to it in Malmstein's Gvurrdon Sectorbook. Kfan Uzangou had to publish hardcopy after 1130.
Kfan Uzangou is also Subsector M of Gvurrdon Sector.
Negative, NB. Though I read an issue with a story in it, I did not return to Traveller until 2015. Before that I owned several books of MegaTraveller and was teaching myself to draw Vargr and Aslan back in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Kfan Uzangou is also an in-universe, interstellar magazine based in Gvurrdon Sector, though they had an office named White Fangs (the translation of Kfan Uzangou) at Regina. One can find references to it in Malmstein's Gvurrdon Sectorbook. Kfan Uzangou had to publish hardcopy after 1130.
Kfan Uzangou is also Subsector M of Gvurrdon Sector.
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