This date of 1107 for the start of the Fifth Frontier War is the "official"
one - unofficially, our players were doing unpleasant things, and it took the
Zhodani 2 years to respond. :-)
Seriously though, scrap my previous list. In future, I post with the book by
my side - like now. From the old Library Data A-M supplement:
The Fourth Frontier War started in 1082, and finished in 1084. Also known as
the False War. The armistice was signed before instructions for conduct of
the war got from the capitals to the front lines.
The Fifth Frontier War lasted from 1107 to 1111.
This bit is from a Traveller's Digest magazine; Strephon was assassinated in
1116.
Now for the question. The final battle of the Fourth Frontier War was the
Battle of Two Suns, so called because it took place somewhere between Yres
and Menorb (see Library Data A-M, and Adventure 1 - Kinunir). What were two
battlefleets doing in interstellar space? (Apart from blowing holes in each
other! :-) I thought the usual procedure was, go to the enemy's system,
clobber any of his ships you find there, and then invade the planet(s) of
interest. Meeting an enemy fleet halfway between two systems just doesn't
happen, unless they've previously agreed to do so and agreed on co-ordinates
of where to meet. "Sir, Admiral Zdiebeshatl calls you a good-for-nothing
dead-head, and challenges you and this fleet to a duel at the co-ordinates
in this flight plan datapack."
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