It seems to me that the spirit that was Traveller in the old days
is dead. No more Imperium, no more little black books, no more
decadent aristocracy ect. I admired MegaTraveller for the polish
they put on the rules, but the rebellion was a little much for me
to swallow. With the publishing of the last set of rules I feel that
an era has come to a close. True Traveller is a thing of the past.
I for one do not view this as a good thing. I will try to keep it
alive by runing old style using the MT rules improvements, but as
old players are replced by new ones my pool of "old style" players
will dry up. I will probably never get to *play* in an old traveller
setting again (that hurts). Eventualy I will have to retire my books
to a dusty shelf for lack of player interest.
I see the current rules as a complete loss. Both the rules packages
and adventures are incompatable with the old Imperium.
The Imperial Sunburst has finaly sputtered and gone out.