Monthly Archives: April 2018

Stellar Reaches #27: Updated, Download, Pictures

Some notes on the most recent issue of Stellar Reaches, Issue #27: The issue has been updated, with numerous minor corrections. A graphic was duplicated on page 42: this has been fixed. If you have the older issue and want … Continue reading

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Alien Beacons

I would suggest that the Imperium runs a major “Hello Universe, we’re here! The Imperial Reference timestamp is XXXXXXX…. Be our friend and let us sell you stuff! The Imperial Reference timestamp is XXXXXXX…..” interstellar beacon at Reference/Core, and lesser … Continue reading

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The Vilani Main – Updates

From the comments of the previous post, I have this: Vilani Main = 1049 Systems Core Sector – 2 Systems Corridor Sector – 39 systems (Shurgi Main) Dagudashaag Sector – 62 systems Gushemege Sector – 309 systems Ilelish Sector – … Continue reading

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O’Neill Cylinders

Keep an eye on the skies of your Traveller O’Neill cylinders.

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Stellar Reaches Issue #27 is Here!

Actually, I always thought that I would get Stellar Reaches #27 out eventually. It’s just that a whole host of major real life events, combined with my drive to get an ambitious adventure/pictorial travelogue out, stretched the timeline out longer than I … Continue reading

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The Vilani Main

I am astonished that we know so little about this massive, 1007-system main! Mainly, because I just discovered it while playing around on http://www.travellermap.com. Note: that “1001-system” count is by eye: somebody should do an exact count of the number … Continue reading

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Fat Leonard, Again

The Washington Post article is simply loaded with story ideas. For months, a small team of U.S. Navy investigators and federal prosecutors secretly devised options for a high-stakes international manhunt. Could the target be snatched from his home base in … Continue reading

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Surviving in the Expanse of Space

Official chant of the day: “Civilizations are shaped by what is abundant, and what is scarce.” Note that the quote below is for ships that use reaction mass – like HEPlaR in Traveller: The New Era – and not reactionless … Continue reading

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The Mechanical Imagination

I’m confident that the average Vilani can handle this puzzle faster than the average Solomani. “It’s them math skills, bro!”

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Using Cars (or Air/rafts) as Cover

Educational, for both Players and Referees. Summary: Don’t stick around an unarmoured car or air/raft when the lead starts flying… except where the engine/battery/fuel cell is.

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