Specifications

Specifications are used in the description portion of an AAB entry.

• They are used to describe mostly objective data, typically vehicle or ship performance data or hard scientific data such as astrography or planetology.
• More subjective or sophontilogical data is described in the Dossier.

Description (Specifications)

Specifications describe the astronomical, physical, or other scientific data related to relatively unchanging facts. Hard data is filed under this category. It is part of the description of an AAB entry.

Dossiers in the AAB typically describe history or background relating to sophontic matters, which is to say the knowledge relating to technologically sophisticated species typically apply to personnel and events in a conventional sense. They typically describe history or background relating to sophontic matters, which is to say the knowledge relating to technologically sophisticated species.

Detailed Specifications Breakdown

AAB Library Data Article Type

Specifications Sections

Article Type	Remarks
Goods	The specifications section of this kind of file details: Basic technical ability and dimensions of the good. Basic pricing or availability data.
Personage (VIP)	The specifications section of this kind of file details: A high level overview of the VIP. A biography and basic character observations.
Polity	The specifications section of this kind of file details: Basic high level overview of the polity.
Sector	The specifications section of this kind of file details: A high level overview of the sector. Toponyms, linguistics typography, and related data.
Subsector	The specifications section of this kind of file details: An autogenerated summary of subsector data An autogenerated summary of polity data. A listing of Astrographic Features & Trade Routes dated to 1105 unless another data is specifically needed. A world listing dated to 1105 unless another data is specifically needed.
Ship or Smallcraft	The specifications section of this kind of file details: Basic technical ability and dimensions of the ship. Basic pricing or availability data.

History & Background (Dossier)

The AAB adopted the specifications system early in the time of the Vilani Imperium, and all of its succeeding empires have kept the system. It has a relatively standard format although many administrators over the millennia have modified or otherwise edited the files and databases, leaving a not perfectly standard set of data.

The Library Data used on Ship’s Computers at and starport libraries may diverge from the data collections at AAB Data Repository installations.

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