PBEM Traveller

[A copy of this is going to the Traveller list... might as well use it for
*something*...]

My deepest apologies for running off and immersing myself in work to the
total ignorance of the Traveller Play-by-mail characters, USENET, and
personal mail.  My intent was not to totally ignore everyone, but that's
what unfortunately happened.

I received four characters, one each from Jon Davis, Al Muller, Stuart
Stirling, and Glenn Fernandez.  All of them are promising characters,
and if I had enough time I would enjoy refereeing all of them.

So against my better judgement I'm going to try to referee all of you.

Here's the roster of characters:

	Melisa Johnsway, bright daughter of a Scout KIA while on active
	duty, has reluctantly been completing a languages degree on
	Astel Tine before obsessively pursuing the cause of her father's
	untimely demise (Al Muller).

	Neifrii Yakida, illegitimate son of a autocratic noble, has no
	inheritance but more than enough familial derision, and seeks
	to impress his family and make an honorable life for himself
	(Jon Davis).

	Leopold Pelzig, loner streetwise son of a poor stevedore, is
	financially trapped on the stiflingly dictatatorial and
	overly-populous world of Astel Tine.  He sets off to join the
	crew of a Free Trader stopped at Astel Tine's busy starport
	(Stuart Stirling).

	Paul Crinton, unrealistic 18-year old from the backwater world
	of Far Moon, enlists in the regular Navy with a dream to become
	a Navy fighter pilot (Glenn Fernandez).

Unfortunately this means I have to develop four story lines at once, so
they'll all unfold a little slowly at times.  I also hope that a pair
or two of characters may eventually bump into each other and form a
team.

In the mean time, I am going to rev up my brain for as much creativity
as I can muster, and dive into each storyline (right now it's braindead
from fighting a UNIX V7 imbedded system).  Each of you can expect a
first-round planning letter in your mail spool within a week.

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| |    / _ \   James T. Perkins, [email removed], 629-1149
| |__ | |_| |  Tektronix Logic Analyzers, DAS System Software, Display
|[address removed]

Killed processes never die... They just go to the big Bit Bicket in the sky.