I recently purchased the Mongoose supplements for the Spinward Marches and the Deneeb Sector and was struck by the fact that they seem to predate the Fifth Frontier War (as they are both set circa 1105). My old Spinward Marches Campaign adventure supplement (from "back in the day," when we only had "Classic" Traveller) has the War beginning in 1107 and ending in 1110. [Back then I had a subscription to the old TAS. We could see every month as tensions between the Zhodani and Empire mounted in the Spinward Marches, with war approaching and finally breaking out -one of the early clues was increasing Ine Givar activity in the Marches.] This is more than an academic observation on my part, as the party of Travellers I am ginning up (so far as a solo exercise, really, although my adult kids and their friends might want to play) contains some Navy and Marine veterans (and some nobles who might know people in the entourages of various Counts, Dukes, etc.). If the war hasn't yet occurred, their combat experience would likely be against Vargr corsairs and the like, vice full-blown involvement in the (soon-coming) Fifth Frontier War. While I know the "school-book solution," that a referee can set the campaign anywhere/time s/he prefers, I am trying to get a feel for what the general community is doing re the timeline (at least for those using Mongoose products).
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