Sorry, I failed to update the Subject line.
> Funny how actual history becomes "canon" in Traveller by being referenced
> there. It would be an interesting experiment to think of historical events
> not yet mentioned in Traveller (therefore in danger of existentially
> disappearing) and seeing if you could rewrite that bit of history. Have
> some character say, "that39;s like Hannibal crossing the Rubicon," and then
> maybe Julius Caesar ends up with an army of elephants. Arguably Traveller
> is on an alternate timeline because of Yaskoydray harvesting the
> Australopithecines, but equally arguably it's not, because how do we know
> he didn't?
>
> Re: Brigham Young, that was 9th grade, and I had not known he was a
> Mormon, I just knew it from the name of the University, and the name is
> phonetically very pleasing and powerful.
>
>> FYI: Mormons are canon in Traveller, at least they get mentioned in
>> DGP's
>> "Solomani & Aslan".
>> But hey, religion in a sci-fi RPG, what a preposterous idea. ;-)
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> Funny how actual history becomes "canon" in Traveller by being referenced
> there. It would be an interesting experiment to think of historical events
> not yet mentioned in Traveller (therefore in danger of existentially
> disappearing) and seeing if you could rewrite that bit of history. Have
> some character say, "that39;s like Hannibal crossing the Rubicon," and then
> maybe Julius Caesar ends up with an army of elephants. Arguably Traveller
> is on an alternate timeline because of Yaskoydray harvesting the
> Australopithecines, but equally arguably it's not, because how do we know
> he didn't?
>
> Re: Brigham Young, that was 9th grade, and I had not known he was a
> Mormon, I just knew it from the name of the University, and the name is
> phonetically very pleasing and powerful.
>
>> FYI: Mormons are canon in Traveller, at least they get mentioned in
>> DGP's
>> "Solomani & Aslan".
>> But hey, religion in a sci-fi RPG, what a preposterous idea. ;-)
>>
>>
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