Editing PBP Traveller TradeAndShenanigans (section)

==The Pitch==

''What comes after eleventy-eleven?''

A Play By Post game of Traveller. Using Mongoose 2ed and set in the Spinward Marches just after the Fifth Frontier War. An eclectic group of PCs will seek wealth via Interstellar Trading and subsidiary Shenanigans.

Traveller is a series of classic science fiction roleplaying games by Marc Millar ET Al. There are a dozen versions. We’ll use the popular 2d6 second edition rules by Mongoose. Existing characters from Classic Traveller, Traveller 5th, Mongoose 1st, or Cepheus, can easily be adapted for this game.

Traveller is distinguished by lifepath character creation. Success checks are based on 2d6 (Roll high). Typical die roll modifiers are skill levels and attribute bonuses. 

The Spinward March is a border region of the Third Imperium, an 1100-year-old commercial trading empire dominated by Humanity, nobility, and megacorperations. The Imperium does not try to rule each world directly; they control Trade between worlds. Space belongs to the Empire.

Other races and interstellar governments are in the Sector. Humans, their distant relatives the Varger canines, the feline Aslan, and the mysterious psychic Droyne gargoyles are considered Major Races – they’ve developed Star Travel on their own and have expanded throughout Charted Space. Other races exist with their own particular gifts and oddities.

The fifth in a series of inconclusive frontier wars between the Imperium and the rival Zhodani Consulate just ended. The client states of these empires were battlegrounds in the war. Postwar, espionage and diplomatic intrigue between the former warring states continue unchecked.

In the wake of violent conflict, traditional power centers are weakened. Opportunity abounds for bold traders. Demobilization and corporate layoffs cut thousands of skilled but underappreciated individuals loose. Badly damaged worlds along the borders need reconstruction.

Player Characters have opportunities to seize prosperity, freedom, and power for themselves. These opportunities are not without risks…