From the main page for the Stellar Reaches fanzine:
http://www.geocities.com/stellar_reaches/index.html
"Greeting, Fellow Sophonts!
It's midnight, and our second issue, Issue #2, Spring 2005, is now available for downloading. Please visit our archives page to find prior issues and other releases, as they are prepared and released.
Welcome to the second issue of Stellar Reaches, a free PDF-based fanzine dedicated to Traveller T20 and Classic Traveller. Despite a few technical issues, we still managed to produce this issue within our schedule (or pretty close, anyway), releasing it in late Spring of 2005. Our next issue will be released in August 2005, before the end of the summer, assuming Gen Con Indianapolis 2005 does not overly interfere with its preparations or release date.
As you can tell from our cover page, the Spring 2005 issue has actual art contributions. We are particularly thankful to both artists that submitted work for inclusion in this release: Bryan Gibson and Chuck Shaw.
Bryan Gibson has provided exceptional artwork for Traveller products for every edition of Traveller, from CT and MT to TNE, T4 and T20. His interior art is fantastic as always, and we are greatly honored and appreciative of his contributions here. (Please bear in mind, friends, that he does retain copyright on the images found herein, so if you want to use them elsewhere, please contact him for permission.)
Further examples of Bryan's work can be found at on the web at:
http://groups.msn.com/ImagesStudio
Known as Baron Saarthuran von Gushiddan on the Citizens of the Imperium boards, Chuck Shaw is an up-and-coming graphics artist, actively involved in the Theater industry. His creation, entitled "Insidious Atmospheres", serves as this issue's front cover. For more of Chuck’s work, please check out his website:
http://groups.msn.com/SidurHaskiDesignConsortium
In addition to art, this issue offers some contributed content as well. From one of our Classic Traveller fans, Benjamin "Jame" Pew, comes a short article on light task forces set in Golden Age Spinward Marches, complete with two military vessels designed under CT Book 2 specifications. On the T20 side of things, Daniel "Liam Devlin" Hammersley provides us with an article that expands on the information found within the T20 Traveller's Handbook on RNA Implants. Special thanks to each of our contributors for their efforts.
The usual suspects for Stellar Reaches are still present, as well. The Spring 2005 issue contains an in-depth article on the Delta Quadrant of the Empty Quarter sector, as well as an adventure related to that little corner of the Third Imperium. This issue's starship datasheet article addresses Deep Space Stations, those "stepping stone" space stations used to bridge the gap across the vacant reaches of rifts. To round things out, we've included a wildlife encounter and a patron encounter as additional material for use in your Traveller campaigns.
Please remember that this work is an act of love on the part of those that have helped make it what it is. Stellar Reaches can not continue to exist without support from Traveller fans, so please consider contributing either articles or artwork to this fanzine. Submission guidelines are available on our website, and all contributions will be considered!
Now, without any further adieu, it's time to stop scanning this editorial and jump directly into the actual Spring 2005 issue of Stellar Reaches. We hope you enjoy our efforts.
Preparing for Jump,
Jason "Flynn" Kemp
Editor, Stellar Reaches fanzine"
http://www.geocities.com/stellar_reaches/index.html
"Greeting, Fellow Sophonts!
It's midnight, and our second issue, Issue #2, Spring 2005, is now available for downloading. Please visit our archives page to find prior issues and other releases, as they are prepared and released.
Welcome to the second issue of Stellar Reaches, a free PDF-based fanzine dedicated to Traveller T20 and Classic Traveller. Despite a few technical issues, we still managed to produce this issue within our schedule (or pretty close, anyway), releasing it in late Spring of 2005. Our next issue will be released in August 2005, before the end of the summer, assuming Gen Con Indianapolis 2005 does not overly interfere with its preparations or release date.
As you can tell from our cover page, the Spring 2005 issue has actual art contributions. We are particularly thankful to both artists that submitted work for inclusion in this release: Bryan Gibson and Chuck Shaw.
Bryan Gibson has provided exceptional artwork for Traveller products for every edition of Traveller, from CT and MT to TNE, T4 and T20. His interior art is fantastic as always, and we are greatly honored and appreciative of his contributions here. (Please bear in mind, friends, that he does retain copyright on the images found herein, so if you want to use them elsewhere, please contact him for permission.)
Further examples of Bryan's work can be found at on the web at:
http://groups.msn.com/ImagesStudio
Known as Baron Saarthuran von Gushiddan on the Citizens of the Imperium boards, Chuck Shaw is an up-and-coming graphics artist, actively involved in the Theater industry. His creation, entitled "Insidious Atmospheres", serves as this issue's front cover. For more of Chuck’s work, please check out his website:
http://groups.msn.com/SidurHaskiDesignConsortium
In addition to art, this issue offers some contributed content as well. From one of our Classic Traveller fans, Benjamin "Jame" Pew, comes a short article on light task forces set in Golden Age Spinward Marches, complete with two military vessels designed under CT Book 2 specifications. On the T20 side of things, Daniel "Liam Devlin" Hammersley provides us with an article that expands on the information found within the T20 Traveller's Handbook on RNA Implants. Special thanks to each of our contributors for their efforts.
The usual suspects for Stellar Reaches are still present, as well. The Spring 2005 issue contains an in-depth article on the Delta Quadrant of the Empty Quarter sector, as well as an adventure related to that little corner of the Third Imperium. This issue's starship datasheet article addresses Deep Space Stations, those "stepping stone" space stations used to bridge the gap across the vacant reaches of rifts. To round things out, we've included a wildlife encounter and a patron encounter as additional material for use in your Traveller campaigns.
Please remember that this work is an act of love on the part of those that have helped make it what it is. Stellar Reaches can not continue to exist without support from Traveller fans, so please consider contributing either articles or artwork to this fanzine. Submission guidelines are available on our website, and all contributions will be considered!
Now, without any further adieu, it's time to stop scanning this editorial and jump directly into the actual Spring 2005 issue of Stellar Reaches. We hope you enjoy our efforts.
Preparing for Jump,
Jason "Flynn" Kemp
Editor, Stellar Reaches fanzine"
