Re: Gamba location

Rob Dean sez:
><email conversation sent to the list due to possibility of general interest>
>
>Mike Metlay writes:
>>
>> Ooooh! I have a good one! Let's kick the whole thing back in TIME! How about
>> to the Sixth or Seventh Century-- highest TL was only about 12, and the Civil
>> War was brewing, and Terra was being reintegrated into the Imperium! Then we
>> could put it ANYWHERE.
>
>Yes, I think that this would work best, with the exception that I'd like to
>use TL13 as the Imperial base, with those two TL14 planets then being at the
>real cutting edge of technology.  When would that put it, and what was going
>on on the Imperial timeline?  If set earlier, my preferred astrography--in
>the Verge sector--would not be a real problem.  That also means that I think
>that we'll go with some version of Hans' Long Night era pocket empire based
>around Susato.

You'd probably be okay in the Seventh Century here, with the Solomani not yet
quite to the point of being a muscle-flexing major player in the Imperial
Court and a lot of flak from the Civil War settling out. As for the Verge,
I'm reluctant to flush the existing Atlas's star locations, but hell, it's
only one subsector. And if it has its bak to the Rift, then it'd stay backward
for a long time. I would put TL13 as a limit for other reasons: no Battle
Dress and no Fusion Guns, with Plasma Guns still bulky, dangerous, and rare.
Gauss weapons just coming into widespread use, with TL10-11 stuff in abundance.
Perfect environment for taking some stuffing out of the shirts of powerhappy
parties. |->

>Also a possibility.  Is the history going to affect the adventure potential
>a lot?  I'm not really sure myself...

Depends on the Ref. It means a LOT to me and my parties. I think I prefer the
Civil War era to the Hard Times. Less messy in a metagaming way.

>I wonder if this happnes when you make conn-
>ections at Class A starports?  If you believe the SOM, I suppose it couldn't
>because the random jump lenght would make you reluctant to try to meet a
>scheduled connection less than a day or two later than your arrival...

The concept of a prebooked connection Jump boggles my mind. Completely.
Anywhere other than Tukera monopolized core areas, who would dare try?


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