Gentlesophonts:
A couple of weeks ago, John H Bogan [email removed]
gave us an overview of *Path of Tears*, the Coalition
sourcebook. I've used his template here for a fictional
Regency sourcebook, which I've called *Shall Not Perish*.
I hope y'all will help me fill it in.
THE REGENCY:
> mostly a reprint of the RC timeline, though some
> parts have been expanded and more detail added.
Anyone care to expand on or add detail to the New Era
Regency timeline? What significant (or just plain
interesting) details are missing?
> the original 12 ships sent out by the Dawn League,
> with ship name, type, sceduled course, and fate
Would the establishment of the Quarantine Line be
the Regency equivalent here?
> maps and UWP data for Aubaine (ex-Nicosia) and
> Oriflamme (ex-Sarid) subsectors.
Would more than two subsectors be detailed for the
Regency? Which ones? Trin's Veil? Regina?
Rhylanor?
> Each world has two lines of
> UWP data, first the pre-Rebellion and then the New
> Era stats.
Certainly this is simple enough for Regency worlds.
> a breif description of each world within the RC
Another simple task, but maybe just a focus on `major'
worlds in the Regency?
> an overview of the RC government such as it is
What would an overview of the Regency government
include? Should we use the *World Builder's*
model and identify executive, legislative and
judicial authority in the Regency? What about
principal NPCs (the Regent, etc.)
> a table listing each world, its population,
> political
> bloc it belongs to, and number of representatives
> in the Assembly.
It's been suggested that the Regency is more
`democratic' than the Imperium was. `Representation'
in the Imperium was through the aristocracy. What's
the situation for the Regency?
PEOPLE OF THE REGENCY:
> the eight major political issues
> within the Coalition, most of which are actually
> matters of
> the internal structure of the Coalition, rather
> than matters
> focusing primarily on the univers outside the RC.
What major political issues face the Regency? What is
the internal structure of the Regency? What is it's
attitude toward the exterior? What's the nature of
this `democracy' in the Regency? How did it arise?
What are all those former aristocrats doing now that
there are `commoners' serving as governors and such?
> "typical" views of persons from each of the
> RC's major worlds on the Coalition itself, the other
> member worlds,
> and the aliens within the Coalition
This ought to be simple enough once the major worlds of
the Regency are identified. The Regency includes Vargr
and Aslan, right? What minor races exist?
> a glossary of RC jargon, about half of which appeared
> in Survival Margin.
For the Regency would this be a guide to the `Riftian'
dialect after 70 years of divergence?
> RCES OPERATIONS:
Would the Regency equivalent be the `Patrol'(?) that
Norris created shortly after the Domain was cut off from
the Imperium? How does this mesh with the entity
responsible for maintaining the Quarantine?
> RCES mission types, doctrines, and general tactics.
Seems pretty straightforward to do the same for the
Patrol/Quarantine.
> the defensive (ground, wet, and COACC) forces oef the
> coalition, and their orginization.
> Sidebars on RC rules of
> engagement and informality among ranks.
The Regency would also have significant naval forces,
wouldn't it?
> the ships available to the RC, with tables of ships
> complemented by text explainations. Incidentally,
> some errata from
> Brilliant Lances is dealt with here.
Simple enough. You shipwrights out there ought to have
a field day.
> the economics of the RC and the Auction(s), both
> in general terms and in player-level terms
> (their cut from the
> auction, etc.)
Would Quarantine procedures be the equivalent here?
THE AO (AREA OF OPERATIONS):
> an overview of RCES objcetives for the next 5+ years
What's the mission of the Patrol/Quarantine?
> player maps of Promise (Diaspora L), Khulam
> (Diaspora P), Thoezennt (Old Expanses I), and
> Shenk (Old Expanses J)
> subsectors, in the same format used for Aubaine &
> Oriflamme. Outside
> of seven parsecs of the RC proper, however, only
> pre-Rebellion UWPs
> are available.
If the Regency isn't venturing beyond the Quarantine Line
what's the equivalent here? Would subsectors on the
Zhodani, Vargr, Aslan and/or Virus(?) frontiers be appro-
priate? What about Darrian and the Sword Worlds?
> maps and world data for 19 Wilds worlds.
Again, what's the Regency equivalent?
REFEREE'S INFORMATION:
> general GM advice. Sidebar on the distinction between
> Free Traders (the people, capitalized) and free traders
> (the ships,
> lower case).
Is there an organization(s) in the Regency that corresponds
to the Guild? Not necessarily more merchants but one
that has a different agenda than the Regency government?
> notes and rules on detailing worlds. Rules for
> determining the size and number of surface nations
> on balkanized
> worlds, traits of governments (as opposed to types),
> types of
> salvagable equipement, size and composition of military
> forces.
This would all be pretty much the same, wouldn't it?
> Ref's data and notes for the subsectors and detailed
> worlds. Lots of adventure "nuggets" for a GM to expand
> upon.
Similar stuff should be simple enough.
> The Star Guild, a loose organization of
> Free Traders in and around Diaspora.
Again, what entities in the Regency have their own agendas?
> stats on personal equipement and vehicles
More grist for the iron-mongerers!
> Manta-class skimmers
> expands the information on the
> Aurora clippers from what was presented in BL.
Again, you shipwrights can have at the Regency ships.
> Finally,
> an index, which, at first look, seems pretty complete.
This is a must! :-)
That's all of John's template. Remember, I don't have TNE
so I may have left some major points out that are included
there. What other aspects of the Regency aren't covered
in TNE or by this template?
That should get us started.
Enjoy!
David Johnson
Houston, Texas, USA
P.S. My Internet access is fading fast it seems. I may
be back to USmail soon. Just in case, I'm at:
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