Official Traveller Universe

The OTU or Official Traveller Universe is the baseline background and setting for Traveller and started being developed in the late 1970's and early 1980's.

• It is still being developed in the present.

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Please see the following AAB articles for more information:

• ATU
• IMTU
• OTU
  • Lorenverse

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Description (Specifications)

The universe described in the published material for Classic Traveller, MegaTraveller, The New Era, Marc Miller's Traveller, T20, and The New Era: 1248.

• Please see the Canon article for a better idea where the borders of the OTU line up.

History & Background (Dossier)

• Note-1: Since the GURPS Traveller Universe doesn't diverge from the OTU until a short time before 1116, anything published for GURPS Traveller that applies to events earlier than 1116 or so also applies to the OTU.
• Note-2: The first few original LBB Traveller books did not yet have a developed OTU and were a generic RPG system, meant to be used as a template for other sci-fi backgrounds. The OTU developed later and became the default setting.

References & Contributors / Sources

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science