Traveller PBEM proposal

I am planning to run a private MegaTraveller play-by-email game.
Right now, I would like to know how many people would be interested in
joining in.  If you are interested, please drop me a note, and when I
have evaluated all the responses (if any), I will mail interested
parties more specific guidelines on Campaign Background, Starting a
Character, House Rules, etc, etc.
Starting assumptions: Third Imperium, just post-5th Frontier War
(1111-1113) in the Spinward Marches.  I would appreciate it if you could
send me a short synopsis (say, 100 words or less) describing what sort
of campaign you are interested in (if you have a strong preference)
(mercenaries and mayhem, spys and intrigue, merchant to the stars, to
boldly go where no man has gone before, whatever ??) and what kind of
character you would like to play. I can't guarantee that everyone will
get to do exactly what they want, but I will take your preferences into
account when designing the campaign and its adventures.  Note that in
the Spinward Marches, we can justify any race except maybe Hiver, and
I'm looking at both the Imperial regions and the Sword Worlds as places
to start things off.
James and Richard, since you have coordinated this sort of thing
before, I would appreciate any tips, suggestions, caveats, advice you
might have.  Tentatively, following the lead of a very good friend of
mine who runs a play-by-surface-mail fantasy rpg, I intend to (a) NOT
run things at the tactical level (i.e., we won't get tied up going
blow-by-blow over the mail), (b) have a multi-generational campaign, and
(c) allow the players to be movers & shakers if it happens to work out
that way.
By private, I *think* that I mean "handling things the same way the
Richard's PBEM handled it", but I'm not sure.  What I mean is that
player turns would be sent to me, and my responses sent back to them via
e-mail, not posted to the TML for public view.  Am I correct in
believing that that is the way Richard handled it?  However, if most
players agree, and TML readers are interested, I would post a synopsis
of current events in the PBEM to the TML for all to read.  Opinions,
anyone?


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