Re: Oberlindes

In (3064) Hello and 3 questions, Carsten Muencheberg writes:

>   I recently refereed a very old Amber Zone named "Rescue on Ruie",
>   which I found in The Best of the Journal Vol. 1. It is stated
>   there that Sergei hault-Oberlindes is the son of Marc hault-
>   Oberlindes, owner of Oberlindes Lines.
>     One of my clever players read the Library Data and told me that
>   Sergei must be the owner of OL.
>     So what went wrong here? Unfortunately no current date is given
>   for the Amber Zone.

According a scenario in the old "Azhanti High Lightning" boxed set, that
adventure took place in about 1102.  (!!)  That scenario introduced the
character Arlanrroughl, who later appears in Traveller Adventure as one
of Marc's chief aides.  The impression I got from that was that Marc is
the owner of OL, while Sergei (since 1102) has become some sort of
general line manager.  When Marc dies, he and Zinovia will undoubtedly
inherit actual title to OL.  Maybe Sergei works the Vargr end of the firm
from _Emissary_ and the Pandrin/Uthe (Gvurrdon Sector) office while Marc
works the Imperial (now Domain) end?

Speaking of old boxed sets, anyone remember "Invasion: Earth"?  It had a
nice color map of Terra in 1000.  The "invading a planet" thread reminded
me of it -- I recall that was supposed to be considered an attack on a
"hardened" position.

- --Steve