Dear Folks -
Well, _Survival Margin_ (and _Arrival Vengance_*) are two of my favourite Traveller books. I agree with Doug Berry: the restoration of Strephon was the most skillful retcon I've ever seen.
(*)Plus Doug's addendum to AV (which I can't find now, grr) where his TNE group landed outside Strephon's palace at Usdiki, only to find a tomb (like Balin's) with the inscription: "Here lies Strephon Aella Alkhalikoi, Emperor of the Third Imperium. The Gods Punish Those Who Grow Too Proud.".
Doug said his group were silent for five minutes after that.
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David "Hyphen" Jaques-Watson ..at.. Beowulf Down (Tavonni/Vilis/SM 1520)
http://www.tip.net.au/~davidjw
"I file things in historical order, with a hashing algorithm of gravity"
Well, _Survival Margin_ (and _Arrival Vengance_*) are two of my favourite Traveller books. I agree with Doug Berry: the restoration of Strephon was the most skillful retcon I've ever seen.
(*)Plus Doug's addendum to AV (which I can't find now, grr) where his TNE group landed outside Strephon's palace at Usdiki, only to find a tomb (like Balin's) with the inscription: "Here lies Strephon Aella Alkhalikoi, Emperor of the Third Imperium. The Gods Punish Those Who Grow Too Proud.".
Doug said his group were silent for five minutes after that.
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David "Hyphen" Jaques-Watson ..at.. Beowulf Down (Tavonni/Vilis/SM 1520)
http://www.tip.net.au/~davidjw
"I file things in historical order, with a hashing algorithm of gravity"