For me, it's a personal preference, and you should utterly disregard it.
They struck me as a little stylized, but they are an established and
important part of the Traveller universe, and the point behind the
universe
is to have lots of places where people can do the things they individually
like. And if people like me say they weren't my favorite, you should tell
me to shut up, because it's not my business. There was, and certainly
should be no such thing as a systemic dislike of the Aslan. They were a
part of Traveller, period, and would remain so. Please don't think that it
is your inexperience that makes you like the Aslan. The problem is people
like me with their big mouths.
As far as their future in TNE, I'm trying to remember what we had in RSB.
There was some stuff in there about the Aslan colonies, but honestly I
can't remember it clearly enough, and my copies of the book are in a
storage unit, not here in the house.
I would say, honestly, that most of our planning attention was on the
areas between the RC and Regency where we knew the expansion to re-explore
the old Imperium would take place. The stuff on the borders of the old 3I
didn't get as much attention.
And that just reminds me about a previous post, yes, the Empress Wave was
set up to do a number on the Zhodani, and there was going to be a specific
impact it was going to have on the Vargr as well, but I can't remember
right now. The Aslan, I can't remember yet. Probably Mike West could say
better, as he knows RSB pretty well.
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 07:27:19 -0000, "krugerbf" <>
wrote:
> By the way, since it was mentioned in one of the recent posts (and as
> long as it doesn't start some kind of massive debate) what is with the
> dislike of the Aslan? I think that they are one of the coolest of the
> Alien races. Hence my love of the Reavers' Deep area.
>
> But most of my players prefer humans, or even Vargr! I did write the
> Ithklur into my Reavers' Deep story as I like the book (sorry, no
gushing
> here yet) but took out the Hivers as they just didn't fit. I have seen
> the Aslan rewrite referenced in The Spinward States by Mike, which I
> madly dug off the CD (thanks FFE!) and will read tonight.
>
> Maybe I haven't been playing long enough but I just like the way the
> Aslan work. In saying that, however, I have promoted one of the minor
> races in the Reavers' Deep which is fast becoming my favorite race.
>
> Question for Dave, or anyone else who might know, but what was the
> future of the Aslan Hierate after TNE? I have seen plenty from all other
> parts of the Traveller universe but all is quiet in my neck of space, or
> is it just that dislike of the Aslan coming out?
>
> Brett.
>
>
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