In your letter dated Wed, 14 Oct 92 11:48:31 PDT, you wrote:
>
> Going beyond it won't be easy, especially if your heart's set on the Verge
> (interesting how these Rift-edge areas fascinate us: my latest campaign is
> set in the Cyril's Edge corner of Reft).
It simplifies the game if you know there's a lot of empty space in at least
one direction.
> Oh, I know. The Psionics Institutes would be everywhere, and the situation
> would be much more like it is in the Vargr Extents in the 1100s than anything
> else--with psi being part of the local color, anywhere from a curiosity under
> study by scientists to a part of some cultures (mind-reading judges,
> anyone?).
>
> I'm not a huge fan of psionics in a game like Traveller, but it'll be a
> nice change of pace. Also note other prevailing attitudes (variable as you
> travel around): a much stronger Vilani streak (but with an accompanying sense
> of "illegitimacy" due to the Solomani-strong Court (I believe that Antiama
> wouldn't have married into the Royal Family yet)); a dislike of the Zhodani
> as previously hostile humans, but nothing like the psychotic hatred implanted
> in the Suppressions; a much stronger distrust of Aslan, with the wars either
> recent or still ongoing, and a fascination with the newly-integrated Vargr.
Sounds good. A Verge location would make Vargr occasional possibles, Aslan
rather less likely, and the other major races right out. A Daibei rift
edge location would reverse that.
I'm not too keen on psionics either, but that's the way the cards fall if
we adopt the 8th century. In that case, I'd still stick with the situation
of no Psionics Institutes in the Gamba subsector. Treating it as science
would make a Galliard location possible if one was desired or perhaps one
on Weelkes to draw from the larger population. Hmmm....maybe there was one
on Adriano before the plague. I wonder if there might be a connection? 0-:
> I'm beginning to really like this idea-- it gives us the rich history we've
> collected, but with one exception (gross fleet movements and the Imperial
> succession, far away in the Core) no fine detail to get in the way. Comments?
The Core isn't really that far away, but yes. Besides, by this time the wars
are over, so fleets would have been back in position for a couple of decades.
(I wonder how often the Imperium moves things around? Some U.S. Army units
were stationed in essentially the same places in Germany for over 40 years,
and some of the Roman military units whose history can be traced through
inscriptions and the like were apparently stationed in the same forts for
centuries. "My great grandfather was the first one in our family to serve in
the 2957th CruRon, and it has been a family tradition since...")
Rob