We talk about it. Doubt they talk about it much in China or India.
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017, 08:26 Harold Hale
[Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
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>
>
> In 1346, the Black Plague struck Europe, killing 1/3 of the population
> Now, some 671 years later, we're still talking about it. Similarly, people
> wouldn't forget "the whole Virus thing". It would be part of their history
> in 1900 and children would learn of it in school. That said, it's pretty
> clear that AI characters exist even in 1200, so by 1900 they would have
> achieved some level of acceptance, though there would still be people who
> find it repulsive at some level. Prejudice against AI would be ongoing,
> especially on worlds that suffered the most.
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 10:44 PM, "DED
> [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
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>
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> I would suppose that if Mongoose told MJD, "No EW," then there won't be
> any EW. FWIW, at least it was an attempt to explain things.
>
> I saw on Joshua Bell's map that there's a toggle to show the location of
> the EW. And it's present on four milieus that are represented. Now that
> was a surprise.
>
> There's also a 1900 milieu, a time far enough out that people can forget
> that that whole Virus thing ever happened. The benefit being now the
> game can have AI characters.
>
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
> ===========================================
> Mon Jan 30, 2017 1:32 pm (PST) . Posted by: "Harold Hale"
> <
> ?subject=Re%3A%20Old%20CT%20adventures%20re-interpreted>
>
> One wonders if Expedition to Zhodane will mention the Empress Wave at
> all, or if the Empress Wave isn't actually a "thing" the Zhodani in that
> part of the Consulate that will figure into the campaign actually know
> about yet.
>
> ===========================================
> Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:09 am (PST) . Posted by: "DED"
>
> This announcement came out in October, so if you guys already know about
> this, my apologies. It was new to me.
>
> http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/?p=832
>
> MJD has been authorized to redo the old CT adventures /Leviathan/ and
> /Expedition to Zhodane/. Considering the background of these two, I'd
> say that it's a good idea, especially considering who's doing the
> writing. ;)
>
> In the original adventure, the group just takes a /Leviathan/ merchant
> vessel and explores the Egyrn and Pax Rulin subsectors. Kinda boring as
> these are really sparse subsectors with nothing going on. The only good
> things to come out of it were the deckplans for the ship and the limited
> library data for the subsectors. For me, I found the subsectors so
> boring I made my own, though I've never published them on my website.
>
> In the new version, titled /The Last Flight of the Amuar/, the players
> investigate the fate of the Amuar and figure out what went wrong.
> Certainly sounds more interesting than random wandering.
>
> The original /Expedition to Zhodane/ was worse. There was no trip to
> Zhodane! The closest the players got was the Jewell subsector. Lame! And
> the person they were helping was delusional. I hated it so much that I
> sold it. I didn't think anything was useful.
>
> In the new version, MJD is turning it into a mini-campaign, and the
> players will actually travel into Zhodani space. Apparently, it's going
> to lead up to the Fifth Frontier War.
>
> I thought that Mongoose's re-working of (open) /Secret of the Ancients/
> was well done. Given who's involved with these two re-writes, I'm
> optimistic that these two adventures will be far better than their
> originals.
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
>
>
>
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017, 08:26 Harold Hale
[Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
>
>
>
> In 1346, the Black Plague struck Europe, killing 1/3 of the population
> Now, some 671 years later, we're still talking about it. Similarly, people
> wouldn't forget "the whole Virus thing". It would be part of their history
> in 1900 and children would learn of it in school. That said, it's pretty
> clear that AI characters exist even in 1200, so by 1900 they would have
> achieved some level of acceptance, though there would still be people who
> find it repulsive at some level. Prejudice against AI would be ongoing,
> especially on worlds that suffered the most.
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 10:44 PM, "DED
> [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
>
>
>
> I would suppose that if Mongoose told MJD, "No EW," then there won't be
> any EW. FWIW, at least it was an attempt to explain things.
>
> I saw on Joshua Bell's map that there's a toggle to show the location of
> the EW. And it's present on four milieus that are represented. Now that
> was a surprise.
>
> There's also a 1900 milieu, a time far enough out that people can forget
> that that whole Virus thing ever happened. The benefit being now the
> game can have AI characters.
>
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
> ===========================================
> Mon Jan 30, 2017 1:32 pm (PST) . Posted by: "Harold Hale"
> <
> ?subject=Re%3A%20Old%20CT%20adventures%20re-interpreted>
>
> One wonders if Expedition to Zhodane will mention the Empress Wave at
> all, or if the Empress Wave isn't actually a "thing" the Zhodani in that
> part of the Consulate that will figure into the campaign actually know
> about yet.
>
> ===========================================
> Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:09 am (PST) . Posted by: "DED"
>
> This announcement came out in October, so if you guys already know about
> this, my apologies. It was new to me.
>
> http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/?p=832
>
> MJD has been authorized to redo the old CT adventures /Leviathan/ and
> /Expedition to Zhodane/. Considering the background of these two, I'd
> say that it's a good idea, especially considering who's doing the
> writing. ;)
>
> In the original adventure, the group just takes a /Leviathan/ merchant
> vessel and explores the Egyrn and Pax Rulin subsectors. Kinda boring as
> these are really sparse subsectors with nothing going on. The only good
> things to come out of it were the deckplans for the ship and the limited
> library data for the subsectors. For me, I found the subsectors so
> boring I made my own, though I've never published them on my website.
>
> In the new version, titled /The Last Flight of the Amuar/, the players
> investigate the fate of the Amuar and figure out what went wrong.
> Certainly sounds more interesting than random wandering.
>
> The original /Expedition to Zhodane/ was worse. There was no trip to
> Zhodane! The closest the players got was the Jewell subsector. Lame! And
> the person they were helping was delusional. I hated it so much that I
> sold it. I didn't think anything was useful.
>
> In the new version, MJD is turning it into a mini-campaign, and the
> players will actually travel into Zhodani space. Apparently, it's going
> to lead up to the Fifth Frontier War.
>
> I thought that Mongoose's re-working of (open) /Secret of the Ancients/
> was well done. Given who's involved with these two re-writes, I'm
> optimistic that these two adventures will be far better than their
> originals.
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
>
>
>