PBP Traveller TradeAndShenanigans
The Pitch
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. 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 modifier are skill levels and attribute bonuses. and simple skills and attributes.
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 wars between the Imperium and the rival Zhodani Consulate just ended. The client states of these empires were allies and 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.
Player Characters have opportunities to seize prosperity, freedom, and power for themselves. These opportunities are not without risks…
Background
The setting is the Spinward Marches circa Imperial Year 1111. The Fifth Frontier War recently ended and there is still considerable turmoil. To Spinward, the defeated alliance of Zhodani and Sword Worlds. Coreward are chaotic Vargar Extent states. Rimward, Aslan unlanded males seek lands.
The Sector Dutchess Daphene, Matriarch of Mora is upstaged by the brilliant upstart Duke Norris of Regina. It is a time for new ventures and for new social structures to replace the old.
Several of the Sword Worlds are occupied by Imperial Forces.
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Player Characters
- Aleksander Berg of Tirem Captain and Owner Aboard
- Dame Sayaka Moon of New Rome retired Navy Captain
- Bridin Innes of Tierem Political Activist
- Baroness Éadaoin of Mertactor Influential Socialite
- Darion Blake of New Rome Ex-Marine
- Iglim of Tsarina Ex-Marine
- John Fitzhugh Art Curator
