Imperial Encyclopedia

Imperial Encyclopedia
MT Imperial Encyclopedia
Author		Marc Miller
Publisher		Game Designers Workshop
Version		MegaTraveller
Edition		1st
Format		Book (Softback)
Language		English
Pages		98
Year Published		1987
Canonical		Yes
Available from		RPGNow
Also See		Equipment
ISBN 0-943580-48-X Stock #0213

The Imperial Encyclopedia is a Game Designers Workshop product.

• It is a core source book written for MegaTraveller.

Description (Specifications)

The Third Imperium survived for more than a thousand years. In less than a minute, it has shattered. An assassin has cut down the emperor and his heirs in one bold stroke, throwing the largest interstellar empire in history into chaos. there are many candidates for the empty throne, and the worlds of the Imperium are divided in their allegiances. By a curious twist of fate, the assassin himself now controls three rebellious sectors. The emperor's nephew, considered by many to be a murderer himself, has assumed the throne over the objections of the Imperial Assembly. Star fleet battles rage throughout the disputed territories. As sectors are stripped of their fleets to fight in the rebellion, Imperial territory is invaded by alien forces, sensing weakness and plunder. Sector after sector secedes from the Imperium to manage its own defense. Sector after sector falls to external forces.

And on this stage of rebellion and interstellar chaos, Traveller sets an ongoing drama of role-playing adventure .... Players travel from star system to star system, taking sides in the rebellion, fighting for their cause while fighting to stay alive. The dangers of the interstellar environment combine with the dangers of a Shattered Imperium to challenge players and referees, and provide never-ending excitement in the far future.

The Imperial Encyclopedia: This book is a reference for both players and referees. It includes essays on the Imperium and other interstellar empires, descriptions of starships and vehicles in common use throughout known space, lists of equipment available on the open market and its prices, maps, and other information valuable to players and referees alike.

Table of Contents

MT Imperial Encyclopedia (Book)
Section	Page/s
Wars of the Imperium	Page IFC
Battlefields of the Rebellion	Page 4
Chronology of Recorded History	Page 6
The Emperors' List	Page 8
Nobles	Page 12
Library Data	Page 16
Library Data: Referee's Introduction	Page 48
Equipment	Page 52
Drugs	Page 67
Vacc Suits	Page 68
Combat Equipment	Page 69
Weapons Chart	Page 75
Starships, Spacecraft, and Vehicles	Page 76
Travelling	Page 86
Starship Encounters	Page 91
Starship Operating Procedures	Page 92
The Spinward Marches	Page 94

Library Data Entries (Public)

Library Data Entries (Public)
1 to 56	57 to 111	112 to 167
Column 1: AAB Amber Zone Ancients Andory Anglic Antares Antares, League of Ansing Expedition Antebellum Antiquity Artifact Aslan Aslan Border Wars Aslan Hierate Assassination, Right of Astrography Barracks Emperors Behind the Claw Belt Mining Belter Bilstein Yards Brzk Capital Centaurs Chirper Church of the Chosen Ones Ciencia Iphegenia Civil War Client State Confederation Corridor Coyns Crisis of '99 Currency, Imperial Darmine Darrian Confederation Deneb Digest Touring Award Directions, Galactic Domain Droyne Dulinor Emperors of the Flag Express Boats False War Federation Fifth Frontier War First Frontier War First Imperium First Interstellar War The Forboldn Project Fourth Frontier War Gas Giant General Shipyards Glea Good War / Bad War	Column 2: Grand Prince Great Rift Guaran Hiver Hive Federation Holiday Year Humaniti Humans Imperial Calendar Imperial Research Station Imperial Research Imperial Rules of War Imperial Stationery Imperial Sunburst Imperial Warrant Interdiction Iolanthe Iridium Throne Jump Dimming Jumpspace Kedzudh, Commonality of Kirur K'kree Kuzu Lair Lancia Lanthanum Lesser Rift Llellewyloly Loeskalth Main Major Race Mercenary Minor Race Moot Monadium Naval Base Naval Depot Nobility Nth Interstellar War Octagon Society Oort Cloud Outworld Coalition Pacification Campaigns Peerage Phoenix Project Postal Union Psionics Psionics Institute Psionic Suppressions Psychohistory Rachele Society Rachelean Revolts Ramshackle Empire Red Zone Repatriation Bond	Column 3: Rule of Man Rule of Terra Scout Base Second Frontier War Second Imperium Sector Shudusham Concords Signal GK Six Races Soegz Solomani Solomani Autonomous Region Solomani Confederation Solomani Hypothesis Solomani Movement Solomani Rim War Solomani Security Solomani Sphere Sophont Sophontology Spinward Marches Starports Strephon Subsector Superheavy Elements Survey, First Survey, Second Sword Worlds Confederation Sylean Federation System System Defense Boat Terra Terran Confederation Third Frontier War Third Imperium Thoengling Empire Trade Routes Travel Zone Trojan Points Twilight Twilight's Peak Two Thousand Worlds Vargr Vargr Campaigns Vargr Extents Vegan Vegan Autonomous District Vilani Vland War Way Station Xboat Xboat Station Year Zero Zhdant Zhodani

Library Data Entries (Restricted)

1. Ancients
2. Aslan
3. Assassination, Right of
4. Chirper
5. Church of the Chosen Ones
6. Coyns
7. Droyne
8. Express Boats
9. Hive Federation
10. Imperial Rules of War
11. Imperiallines
12. K'kree
13. Moot, The
14. Phoenix Project
15. Psionics Institute
16. Psionic Suppressions
17. Psychohistory
18. Psionics Suppressions
19. Rachele Society
20. Six Races
21. Solomani Hypothesis
22. Solomani Security
23. Strephon
24. Travel Zone
25. Twilight's Peak
26. Vargr
27. War, Imperial Rules of
28. Zhdant
29. Zhodani

Selected Astrography

Settings:

1. Charted Space
   1. Imperial Space
      1. Spinward Marches Sector

Astrographic Phenomena:

1. Gas Giants
2. Oort Clouds
3. Rings
4. Ringworlds
5. Rosettes
6. Sphereworlds
7. Trojan Points

Selected Equipment (Combat)

Armor

1. Ablat Armor
2. Battle Dress-13
3. Battle Dress-14
4. Chameleon Suit
5. Cloth Armor
6. Combat Armor-11
7. Combat Armor-12
8. Combat Armor-14
9. Combat Environment Suit
10. Flak Jacket
11. Jack Armor
12. Mesh Armor
13. Reflec Armor

Ironmongery

Archaic Ranged Weapons

Archaic Ranged Weapons:

1. Blowgun
2. Bola
3. Boomerang
4. Heavy Crossbow
5. Light Crossbow
6. Long Bow
7. Repeating Crossbow
8. Short Bow
9. Sling

Early Firearms

1. Flintlock Pistol
2. Flintlock Musket
3. Hand Cannon
4. Percussion Revolver
5. Percussion Rifle

Hand-to-Hand Weapons

1. Battle Axe
2. Bayonet
3. Blade
4. Broadsword
5. Club
6. Cutlass
7. Dagger
8. Foil
9. Halbred
10. Hand Axe
11. Machete
12. Pike
13. Plastic Knife
14. Spear
15. Staff / Cudgel
16. Sword

Personal Slugthrowers

1. Accelerator Rifle 6mm
2. Advanced Combat Rifle 7mm
3. Advanced Combat Rifle 9mm
4. Assault Rifle 5mm
5. Assault Rifle 7mm
6. Assault Rocket Launcher lOmm
7. Autopistol 7mm
8. Autopistol 9mm
9. Autorifle 7mm
10. Autoshotgun 18mm
11. Body Pistol 5mm
12. Carbine 7mm
13. Gauss Pistol 4mm
14. Gauss Rifle 4mm
15. Hunting Rifle 13mm
16. Light Assault Gun (LAG) 20mm
17. Magnum Snub Pistol lOmm
18. Revolver 5mm
19. Revolver 7mm
20. Revolver 9mm
21. Revolver 9mm Magnum
22. Rifle 7mm TL-4
23. Rifle 7mm TL-5
24. Rifle 9mm
25. Shotgun 18mm
26. SMG 9mm
27. Snub Pistol l0mm Auto

Laser Weapons

1. Laser Carbine-8
2. Laser Carbine-13
3. Laser Pistol-9
4. Laser Pistol-13
5. Laser Rifle-9
6. Laser Rifle-13

High-Energy Weapons

1. FGMP-14
2. FGMP-15
3. FGMP-16
4. Neural Pistol
5. Neural Rifle
6. PGMP-12
7. PGMP-13
8. PGMP-14
9. Plasma Rifle-16

Accessories

1. Electronic Sights
2. Folding Stocks
3. Integral Laser Pistol-14
4. Silencer
5. Shoulder Stocks
6. Tangle Net
7. Telescopic Sights
8. Tranq Spray

Ammunition

1. Ammo Belt
2. Arrow
3. Blowgun Pellet
4. Bolt
5. Flintlock Musket Ball
6. Flintlock Pistol Ball
7. Hand Cannon Ball
8. Magazine
9. Percussion Revolver Balls x6
10. Percussion Rifle Ball
11. Sling Stone
12. Stripper Clip

Selected Equipment (Non-combat)

1. Airlock, Portable
2. Air Tanks
3. Air Tanks, Underwater
4. Atmosphere Tester
5. Attache Case
6. Axe, Ice
7. Backpack
8. Ball, Rescue
9. Base, Advanced
10. Battle Computer
11. Beacon, Emergency
12. Binoculars
13. Binoculars, Electronic
14. Binoculars, Image Converter
15. Binoculars, PRIS
16. Boots, Climbing
17. Bugs and Detectors
18. Bullhorn
19. Cabin, Prefabricated
20. Cable
21. Calculator, Hand
22. Camera
23. Carpentry Tool Set
24. Charges, Breaching
25. Clothing, Cold Weather
26. Clothing, Desert
27. Commdots
28. Communicator/Recorder
29. Communicator
30. Communicator, Laser
31. Communicator, Video
32. Compass, Magnetic
33. Computer, Hand
34. Counter, Radiation
35. Crampons
36. Data-Display/Recorder Headpiece
37. Densitometer, Handheld
38. Desert Survival Kit
39. Detector, Metal
40. Detector, Stress
41. Disguise Kit
42. Dye, Water
43. Echo Sounder
44. Electronic Tool Set
45. Filter Respirator Combination
46. Flare, Smoke
47. Flare Gun
48. Signal Flare
49. Illumination Flare
50. Gauge, Depth
51. Gauge, Tank Pressure
52. Gill, Artificial
53. Gill, Bionic
54. Gill, Powered
55. Goggles
56. Goggles, Combination IRRI
57. Goggles, Infrared
58. Goggles, Light Intensifier
59. Grapnel
60. Grapnel Gun
61. Grav Belt
62. Hammer, Rock
63. Heatsuit
64. Heatsult Battery
65. Heatsuit Power Pack
66. Helmet, Transparent
67. Hoist, Climbing
68. Hoist, Jumar
69. Hoist, Mechanical
70. Hoist, Powered
71. Lamp, Gas or Oil
72. Lantern, Cold Light
73. Locator, Inertial
74. Lockpick Set
75. Locks, Combination
76. Locks, Electronic
77. Locks, Tumbler
78. Machete
79. Map, Electronic
80. Mask, Face
81. Mask, Filter
82. Mask, Protective
83. Mechanical Tool Set
84. Medical Kit
85. Medical Scanner, Computer
86. Medical Scanner, Pocket
87. Metalwork Tool Set
88. Mirror, Return
89. Mirror, Signal
90. Mountaineer's Kit
91. Navigator, Inertial
92. Oxygen Rebreather
93. Parachute
94. Parachute, Grav
95. Parawing
96. Pitons
97. Psionic Shield Helmet
98. Respirator
99. Rope
100. Satellite, Navigational
101. Sensor, NAS, Portable & NAS Handset
102. Shoes, Rock
103. "Sniffer" Bioscanner
104. Snorkel
105. Snowshoes
106. Solar Vaporator
107. Still, Fusion
108. Suit Air Conditioner
109. Suit, Desert Survival
110. Suit, Dry
111. Suit, Heated
112. Suit, Heated Dry
113. Suit Heater
114. Suit, Protective
115. Suit, Protective, Heavy
116. Suit, Wet
117. Survival Bubble
118. Swim Fins
119. Swimming Equipment
120. Tarpaulin
121. Tarpaulin, Reflectorized
122. Tent
123. Tent, Pressure
124. Torches
125. Torches, Electric
126. Translators, Language
127. Wall Patches
128. Water Filtration / Distillation Unit
129. Water Purification Kit
130. Weight Belt

Selected Pharmaceuticals (Drugs)

Medicinal Drugs:

1. Antibiotics
2. Antitoxins
3. Metabolics
4. Vaccines

Nonmedicinal Drugs:

1. Anagathics
2. Combat Drug
3. Fast Drug
4. Fast Drug Antidote
5. Medical Slow Drug
6. Slow Drug
7. Slow Drug Antidote
8. Truth Drug

Selected Ships

1. Close Escort
2. Corsair
3. Far Trader
4. Free Trader
5. Laboratory Ship
6. Broadsword class Mercenary Cruiser
7. Patrol Cruiser
8. Safari Ship
9. Scout/Courier
10. Seeker
11. Subsidized Merchant
12. System Defense Boat
13. Yacht

Selected Smallcraft & Spacecraft

1. Fighter
2. Gig
3. Launch
4. Modular Cutter
5. Pinnace
6. Ship's Boat
7. Shuttle
8. Slow Boat
9. Slow Pinnace

Selected Suits

1. Body Pressure Suit
2. General Purpose Vacc Suit
3. Hard Bubble Helmet
4. Hard Helmet
5. High-pressure Oxygen Tank
6. Hostile Environment Vacc Suit
7. Long Range Thruster Pack (LRTP)
8. Magnetic Grips
9. Portable Life Support System (PLSS)
10. Pressure Suit Gloves
11. Pressure Suit Helmet
12. Pressure Suit Vacuum Belt
13. Standard Oxygen Tank
14. Suit Patches
15. Tailored Vacc Suit
16. Thermal-Meteoroid Garment
17. Ultra High-pressure Oxygen Tank

Selected Vehicles

1. Enclosed Air/Raft
2. G-Carrier
3. Ground Car
4. Open-Top Air/Raft
5. Speeder
6. Tracked ATV
7. Wheeled ATV

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)

Imperial Encyclopedia is one of the foundational works of MegaTraveller.

• It deals with library data, maps, world data, and equipment. The Encyclopedia includes all of the raw information necessary to learn about the Shattered Imperium and role play within it.

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The MegaTraveller Imperial Encyclopedia is the basic and most comprehensive reference for every Traveller participant.

• It was written for the Divided Imperium so many of the secrets have limited applicability to the Imperium Eternal or T5 Standard timelines.

Credits (Primary Sources)

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit	Authors & Contributors
Design	Marc W. Miller
Additional Design	Frank Chadwick, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Gary L. Thomas
Contributions	Loren Wiseman, J. Andrew Keith, John Harshman, Timothy B. Brown
Cover Painting	Steve Venters
Interior Illustrations	Bryan Gibson, Tom Peters, Liz Danforth, Steve Crompton, William H. Keith, Jr., Rob Caswell, Tim Bradstreet

External Link/s

Commentary & Data articles:

1. EXTERNAL LINK: Good Reads Entry
2. EXTERNAL LINK: Library Thing Entry
3. EXTERNAL LINK: RPG GEEK Entry

Reviews:

1. EXTERNAL LINK: RPG NET Review

Other Articles:

1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

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