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The [[Referee's Companion]] is a [[Game Designers Workshop]] product.
 
The [[Referee's Companion]] is a [[Game Designers Workshop]] product.
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* It is a setting source book designed for [[MegaTraveller]].
 
   
 
   
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
Expand the rebellious universe of ''[[MegaTraveller]]'' with more rules, background, information, and materials for the dedicated [[referee]]. Materials that simply would not fit into the grand, three-volume ''MegaTraveller'' rules set have been brought together into one volume as the ''MegaTraveller Referee's Companion''. This compendium helps provide detail to science-fiction campaigns, adds scope to ''MegaTraveller'' projects, and sparks interest in any adventure. The ''MegaTraveller Referee's Companion'' includes:  
 
Expand the rebellious universe of ''[[MegaTraveller]]'' with more rules, background, information, and materials for the dedicated [[referee]]. Materials that simply would not fit into the grand, three-volume ''MegaTraveller'' rules set have been brought together into one volume as the ''MegaTraveller Referee's Companion''. This compendium helps provide detail to science-fiction campaigns, adds scope to ''MegaTraveller'' projects, and sparks interest in any adventure. The ''MegaTraveller Referee's Companion'' includes:  
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* ''[[Major Race|The Alien Races]]'': Coverage of the major alien races that travellers are bound to meet: the fierce warrior [[Aslan]]; the [[Psionics|psionic]] [[Zhodani]]; the fragmented, canine [[Vargr]]; and the puzzling [[Droyne]]. Essays deal with the races' [[homeworld]]s, physical appearance, and abilities, mental make-up, and interstellar territories. Coverage of their histories helps referees understand their backgrounds, making it easier to use alien individuals as non-player characters. Tables for word generation in alien [[language]]s make it possible for referees to add spice and mystery to everyday activities, and glossaries provide translations for known words in the alien languages.
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* ''[[Major Race|The Alien Races]]'': Coverage of the major alien races that travellers are bound to meet: the fierce warrior [[Aslan]]; the [[Psionics|psionic]] [[Zhodani]]; the fragmented, canine [[Vargr]]; and the puzzling [[Droyne]]. Essays deal with the races' [[homeworld]]s, physical appearance, and abilities, mental make-up, and interstellar territories. Coverage of their histories helps referees understand their backgrounds, making it easier to use alien individuals as [[non-player character]]s. Tables for word generation in alien [[language]]s make it possible for referees to add spice and mystery to everyday activities, and glossaries provide translations for known words in the alien languages.
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* ''Large-Scale Combat'': Rules for a simple system of converting characters into conglomerate units, resolving battles between these larger units, and reconverting the units back into individual characters. the system makes large-scale battles possible, without losing the detail of individual player characters.
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* ''Large-Scale Combat'': Rules for a simple system of converting characters into [[Military Unit|conglomerate units]], resolving battles between these larger units, and reconverting the units back into individual characters. the system makes large-scale battles possible, without losing the detail of individual [[player character]]s.
 
* ''Timekeeping'': A simple, direct system of tracking time for adventurers using the [[Imperial Calendar]]. Use it to make the proper date always available. Plus, details on alien timekeeping systems for when the adventure strays into foreign territory.
 
* ''Timekeeping'': A simple, direct system of tracking time for adventurers using the [[Imperial Calendar]]. Use it to make the proper date always available. Plus, details on alien timekeeping systems for when the adventure strays into foreign territory.
 
* ''Communications'': Information on how starship communications systems work in the typical [[star system]].
 
* ''Communications'': Information on how starship communications systems work in the typical [[star system]].
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=== Table of Contents ===
 
=== Table of Contents ===
 
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| Character Cards  
 
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| align="right" |Inside front cover
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| [[IFC]]
 
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| Introduction           | align="right" |  5
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| Introduction  
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|-
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| Large-Scale Combat     | align="right" | 6  
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| Large-Scale Combat  
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| 6  
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Small Conglomerate Unit Example         || align="right" | 16
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| Small Conglomerate Unit Example  
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| 16
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Convert Back                           || align="right" | 17
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| Convert Back  
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| 17
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Combat Charts                           || align="right" | 18
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| Combat Charts  
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| 18
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Conglomerate Unit Conversion Checklist || align="right" | 19
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| [[Military Unit|Conglomerate Unit Conversion Checklist]]
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| 19
 
|-
 
|-
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| In-System Operations   || align="right" | 20
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| In-System Operations  
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| 20
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; In-System Travel Times                 || align="right" | 21
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| In-System Travel Times  
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| 21
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; System Travel                           || align="right" | 22
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| System Travel  
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| 22
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; The Activity Checklists                 || align="right" | 24
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| The Activity Checklists  
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| 24
 
|-
 
|-
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| Technology             || align="right" | 26
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| [[Technology]]
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| 26
 
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|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Technology Charts                       || align="right" | 28
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| Technology Charts  
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| 28
 
|-
 
|-
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| Robots in the Imperium || align="right" | 35
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| [[Robot|Robots in the Imperium]]
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| 35
 
|-
 
|-
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| Communications         || align="right" | 38
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| [[Communication Technology|Communications]]
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| 38
 
|-
 
|-
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| Megacorporations        || align="right" valign="top" | 40
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| [[Megacorporation]]s
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| 40
 
|-
 
|-
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| Keeping Time           || align="right" | 42
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| Keeping Time  
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| 42
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; The Imperial Calendar                   || align="right" | 43
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| [[Imperial Calendar|The Imperial Calendar]]
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| 43
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Comparative Years                       || align="right" | 44
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| Comparative Years  
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| 44
 
|-
 
|-
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| Research               || align="right" | 46
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| [[Research]]
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| 46
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; The Research Project                     || align="right" | 47
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| The Research Project  
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| 47
 
|-
 
|-
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| Aliens                 || align="right" | 49
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| Aliens  
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| 49
 
|-
 
|-
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| Droyne                 || align="right" | 50
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| [[Droyne]]
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| 50
 
|-
 
|-
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| Zhodani               || align="right" | 59
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| [[Zhodani]]
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| 59
 
|-
 
|-
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| Aslan                 || align="right" | 68
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| [[Aslan]]
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| 68
 
|-
 
|-
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| Vargr                 || align="right" | 74
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| [[Vargr]]
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| 74
 
|-
 
|-
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| Large-Scale Campaigns || align="right" | 80
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| Large-Scale Campaigns  
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| 80
 
|-
 
|-
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| Mapping             || align="right" | 84
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| Mapping
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| 84
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Sector Map                                 || align="right" | 86
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| Sector Map  
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| 86
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Subsector Grid                             || align="right" | 87
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| Subsector Grid  
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| 87
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; System Map                                 || align="right" | 88
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| System Map  
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| 88
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; World Map                                 || align="right" | 89
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| World Map  
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| 89
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Continental Map                           || align="right" | 90
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| Continental Map  
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| 90
 
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|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Local Map                                 || align="right" | 91
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| Local Map  
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| 91
 
|-
 
|-
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| Alien Languages       || align="right" | 94
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| [[Language|Alien Languages]]
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| 94
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Vilani Word Generation                     || align="right" | 95
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| Vilani Word Generation  
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| 95
 
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Aslan, Vargr, Zhodani. and Droyne Word Generation || align="right" | 96
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| Aslan, Vargr, Zhodani. and Droyne Word Generation  
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| 96
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Sounds List                               || align="right" | 97
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| Sounds List  
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| 97
 
|-
 
|-
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| &nbsp; &nbsp; Blank Word Generation Tables               || align="right" | 98
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| Blank Word Generation Tables  
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| 98
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
 
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
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# [[Charted Space]]
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# [[Homeworld]]
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# [[Imperial Calendar]]
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# [[Jump Drive]]
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# [[Jump Point]]
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# [[Language]]
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# [[Low Berth Rack]]
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# [[Megacorporation]]
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# [[Military Unit]]
 
# [[Relativity Rifle]]
 
# [[Relativity Rifle]]
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# [[Research]]
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# [[Robot]]
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# [[Starship]]
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# [[Star System]]
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# [[Technology]]
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# [[Technology Level]] ([[TL]])
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# [[Third Imperium]]
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=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
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{{LibraryEntries}}
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=== [[Language|Selected Languages]] ===
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# [[Anglic]]
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# [[Gvegh]]
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# [[Oynprith]]
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# [[Trokh]]
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# [[Zdetl]]
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=== [[Robot|Selected Robots]] ===
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# [[Dover-Gabe class Courier Robot]]
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=== [[Sophont|Selected Sophonts]] ===
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# [[Aslan]]
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# [[Droyne]]
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# [[Humaniti]]
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# [[Vargr]]
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# [[Zhodani]]
  
 
== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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Latest revision as of 14:03, 30 October 2019

Referee's Companion
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Author Marc Miller
Publisher Game Designers Workshop
Version MegaTraveller
Edition 1st
Format Book (Softback)
Language English
Pages 98
Year Published 1988
Canonical Yes
Available from RPGNow
ISBN 0-943580-71-4 Stock #0215

The Referee's Companion is a Game Designers Workshop product.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Expand the rebellious universe of MegaTraveller with more rules, background, information, and materials for the dedicated referee. Materials that simply would not fit into the grand, three-volume MegaTraveller rules set have been brought together into one volume as the MegaTraveller Referee's Companion. This compendium helps provide detail to science-fiction campaigns, adds scope to MegaTraveller projects, and sparks interest in any adventure. The MegaTraveller Referee's Companion includes:

  • The Alien Races: Coverage of the major alien races that travellers are bound to meet: the fierce warrior Aslan; the psionic Zhodani; the fragmented, canine Vargr; and the puzzling Droyne. Essays deal with the races' homeworlds, physical appearance, and abilities, mental make-up, and interstellar territories. Coverage of their histories helps referees understand their backgrounds, making it easier to use alien individuals as non-player characters. Tables for word generation in alien languages make it possible for referees to add spice and mystery to everyday activities, and glossaries provide translations for known words in the alien languages.
  • Large-Scale Combat: Rules for a simple system of converting characters into conglomerate units, resolving battles between these larger units, and reconverting the units back into individual characters. the system makes large-scale battles possible, without losing the detail of individual player characters.
  • Timekeeping: A simple, direct system of tracking time for adventurers using the Imperial Calendar. Use it to make the proper date always available. Plus, details on alien timekeeping systems for when the adventure strays into foreign territory.
  • Communications: Information on how starship communications systems work in the typical star system.
  • In-System Operations: Details of what a starship is expected to do, and how it does it as the ship moves from jump point to a world and back again.
  • Research: Coverage of the use of the Uncertain task to conduct important research into scientific, personal, or commercial ventures.
  • Mapping: Map grids to help the referee design and generate any world, and present it with style as part of any adventure.
  • Megacorporations: Names, ownership, and commercial interests of the thirteen star-spanning Imperial megacorporations.
  • Technology: Details of the achievements of the standard tech levels inside the Imperium, plus information on the higher tech levels so rarely encountered.
  • Robots: Information on robots, the nascent work force for high tech Imperial worlds.

Table of Contents[edit]

MegaTraveller: Referee's Companion
Section Page/s
Character Cards IFC
Introduction 5
Large-Scale Combat 6
Small Conglomerate Unit Example 16
Convert Back 17
Combat Charts 18
Conglomerate Unit Conversion Checklist 19
In-System Operations 20
In-System Travel Times 21
System Travel 22
The Activity Checklists 24
Technology 26
Technology Charts 28
Robots in the Imperium 35
Communications 38
Megacorporations 40
Keeping Time 42
The Imperial Calendar 43
Comparative Years 44
Research 46
The Research Project 47
Aliens 49
Droyne 50
Zhodani 59
Aslan 68
Vargr 74
Large-Scale Campaigns 80
Mapping 84
Sector Map 86
Subsector Grid 87
System Map 88
World Map 89
Continental Map 90
Local Map 91
Alien Languages 94
Vilani Word Generation 95
Aslan, Vargr, Zhodani. and Droyne Word Generation 96
Sounds List 97
Blank Word Generation Tables 98

Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]

  1. Charted Space
  2. Homeworld
  3. Imperial Calendar
  4. Jump Drive
  5. Jump Point
  6. Language
  7. Low Berth Rack
  8. Megacorporation
  9. Military Unit
  10. Relativity Rifle
  11. Research
  12. Robot
  13. Starship
  14. Star System
  15. Technology
  16. Technology Level (TL)
  17. Third Imperium

Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]

Library data entries


Selected Languages[edit]

  1. Anglic
  2. Gvegh
  3. Oynprith
  4. Trokh
  5. Zdetl

Selected Robots[edit]

  1. Dover-Gabe class Courier Robot

Selected Sophonts[edit]

  1. Aslan
  2. Droyne
  3. Humaniti
  4. Vargr
  5. Zhodani

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]

The Referee's Companion is a core rule book for MegaTraveller.

  • Additional rules for MegaTraveller campaigns. Expand the universe of MegaTraveller with more rules, background, information, and materials for the dedicated referee.

Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit Authors & Contributors
Design Marc W. Miller
Additional Design Frank Chadwick, Joe D. Fugate, Sr., Gary L. Thomas
Cover Illustration James Holloway
Interior Illustrations Jeff Dee, Liz Danforth, Tom Peters, A. C. Farley, Rob Caswell, Brian Gibson

External Link/s[edit]

Commentary & Data articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

Reviews:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

Other Articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

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