I was in a rush when I typed my first response, and didn't express myself
very clearly. Let me try again.
The original post asked what year the old JTAS Amber Zone "Rescue on Ruie"
took place in, since it was not given in the adventure.
In the old boxed game "Azhanti High Lightning", there were old-style
booklets: Supplement 5 (on the crusier class) and a Rules/Scenario
booklet. The Rules/Scenario book contained the Snapshot combat rules
(which is why they are occasionally referred to as the "Snapshot/AHL"
rules) and a series of scenarios set on the various crusiers, some of
which would have made interesting adventures (the Great Wine Heist of
1092 comes to mind). "Incident VI: Brother Wolf" details the attempted
highjacking of _Emissary_ in 1105. Sergei, Zinovia, and Arlanrroughl
get special counters. In the description, it notes that "Zinovia is a
native of the planet Ruie and was rescued from prison there by Sergei
and a small band of adventurers three years previously." So the Amber
Zone took place sometime in 1102.
For those who are interested:
The _Emissary_ mutiny of 1105 began when a group of vargr crew
decided to mutiny (were incited by the Kforuzeng?) in order
to sell the ship to "one of the Vargr states more openly hostile to the
Imperium than those with which OL ordinariliy deals." They took over
the main bridge and captured Sergei and Zinovia after a short fight,
imprisoning them under guard on one of the cargo decks. They made two
mistakes. First, they assumed Arlanrroughl's trade delegation would
support the Vargr mutineers, so they left them free. Second, they
put the prisoners in the Deck 38 cargo hold...two decks above the
Deck 40 auxiliary bridge, where Sergei was able to activate the
overrides and transfer ship control to retake the vessel.
- --Steve