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|name      = The Kinunir
 
|name      = The Kinunir
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|alsosee  =  
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|alsosee  = [[‎Gaesh class Prison Hulk]]
 
|author    = Marc Miller
 
|author    = Marc Miller
 
|available = http://www.rpgnow.com/product/80158/CTA01The-Kinunir?affiliate_id=875229
 
|available = http://www.rpgnow.com/product/80158/CTA01The-Kinunir?affiliate_id=875229
 
|canon    = Yes
 
|canon    = Yes
 
|caption  = Classic Traveller Adventure 1
 
|caption  = Classic Traveller Adventure 1
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|contents  = TBD
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|contents  =  
 
|edition  = 1st
 
|edition  = 1st
 
|footnote  = Product No. 306
 
|footnote  = Product No. 306
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|year      = 1979
 
|year      = 1979
 
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[[The Kinunir]] is an early [[Classic Traveller]] adventure.  
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[[The Kinunir]] is a [[Game Designers Workshop]] product.
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* It is adventure number one published in 1979 [[CE]].
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* It is an adventure source book written for [[Classic Traveller]].
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* It is adventure number one published in 1979 [[CE]]. It is an earliest stand-alone [[Classic Traveller]] adventure.
  
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== Description (Specifications) ==
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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A mysterious gentleman approaches your group with a proposition-obtain certain trade secrets from a local [[shipyard]], and earn up to Cr 200,000. Easy, right? Maybe, but the job leads your group across several [[parsec]]s, into conflict with the {{Imperial}} authorities, and onto the trail of a 1200-ton [[starship]].
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A mysterious gentleman approaches your group with a proposition-obtain certain trade secrets from a local [[shipyard]], and earn up to [[Cr]]200,000. Easy, right? Maybe, but the job leads your group across several [[parsec]]s, into conflict with the {{Imperial}} authorities, and onto the trail of a 1,200-[[ton]] [[starship]].
  
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''The Kinunir'' is a detailed adventure for Traveller characters, complete with four distinct situations, and array of rumors to lead the characters on, and deck plans and details for an Imperial [[Battle Cruiser]].  
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''The Kinunir'' is a detailed adventure for Traveller characters, complete with four distinct situations, and array of rumors to lead the [[character]]s on, and [[deck plan]]s and details for an Imperial [[Battle Cruiser]].  
  
 
=== Table of Contents ===
 
=== Table of Contents ===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
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|+ Adventure 01 - The Kinunir (book)
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!colspan="2"| Adventure 01 - The Kinunir (book)
 
|-
 
|-
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| Introduction              || align="right" |Page 1
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! Section
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! Page/s
 
|-
 
|-
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| Situations  || align="right" |Page 3
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| Introduction
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| 1
 
|-
 
|-
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| Rumors        || align="right" |Page 7
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| Situations
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| 3
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Battle Cruiser]]s               || align="right" |Page 10
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| [[Rumor]]s  
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| 7
 
|-
 
|-
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| The [[Regina Subsector]]                 || align="right" |Page 12
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| [[Battle Cruiser]]s
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| 10
 
|-
 
|-
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| Deck Plans                || align="right" |Page 14
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| The [[Regina Subsector]]
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| 12
 
|-
 
|-
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| The Crew                || align="right" |Page 30
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| [[Deck Plan]]s
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| 14
 
|-
 
|-
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| Library            || align="right" |Page 38
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| [[Crew|The Crew]]
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| 30
 
|-
 
|-
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| Referee's Notes                   || align="right" |Page 43
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| [[Library Data|Library]]
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| 38
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|-
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| [[Referee]]'s Notes  
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| 43
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] ===
 
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] ===
 
# [[Ancient]]s
 
# [[Ancient]]s
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# [[Antimatter]]
 
# [[Kinunir class Battle Cruiser|Battle Cruisers, Dispositions]]
 
# [[Kinunir class Battle Cruiser|Battle Cruisers, Dispositions]]
 
# [[Kinunir class Battle Cruiser|Battle Cruisers, General Information]]
 
# [[Kinunir class Battle Cruiser|Battle Cruisers, General Information]]
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# [[Interdiction]]
 
# [[Interdiction]]
 
# [[Iolanthe]]
 
# [[Iolanthe]]
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# [[Kinunir]]
 
# [[Lanthanum]]
 
# [[Lanthanum]]
 
# [[Oberlindes Lines]]
 
# [[Oberlindes Lines]]
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# [[Prison Hulk]]
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# [[‎Gaesh class Prison Hulk|Prison Hulk]]
 
# [[Psionics]]
 
# [[Psionics]]
 
# [[Psionics Institute]]
 
# [[Psionics Institute]]
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# [[Verbal Override]]
 
# [[Verbal Override]]
  
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=== Selected Astrography ===
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=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
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{{LibraryEntries}}
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=== [[Astrography|Selected Astrography]] ===
 
* [[Spinward Marches Sector]]
 
* [[Spinward Marches Sector]]
 
** [[Regina Subsector]] (full map and [[UWP]] data)
 
** [[Regina Subsector]] (full map and [[UWP]] data)
  
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=== Selected Corporations ===
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=== [[Corporation|Selected Corporations]] ===
 
# [[Clan Severn Shipyards]]
 
# [[Clan Severn Shipyards]]
 
# [[General Shipyards]]
 
# [[General Shipyards]]
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# [[GSbAG]] (GSB), [[AG]] AKA "Gas Bag"
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# [[GSbAG]] (GSB), [[AG]] AKA "[[Gas Bag]]"
 
# [[Mars Yards]]
 
# [[Mars Yards]]
 
# [[Oberlindes Lines]]
 
# [[Oberlindes Lines]]
  
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=== Selected Creatures ===
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=== [[Creature|Selected Creatures]] ===
 
# [[Tree Kraken]]
 
# [[Tree Kraken]]
 
# Unidentified Pouncer
 
# Unidentified Pouncer
  
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=== Selected Equipment (Combat) ===
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=== [[Equipment|Selected Equipment]] (Combat) ===
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# [[Laser Combine]]
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# [[Laser Carbine]]
  
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=== Selected Equipment (Non-combat) ===
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=== [[Equipment|Selected Equipment (Non-combat)]] ===
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# Deltic Mk1827 JK [[Fusion]] [[power plant]]
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# [[Deltic]] Mk1827 JK [[Fusion]] [[power plant]]
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# Dupree 734 impulse [[maneuver drive]]
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# [[Dupree]] 734 impulse [[maneuver drive]]
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# Garbage Desiccator
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# [[Garbage Desiccator]]
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# [[Imperial Stationary]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=9, 40}}  
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# [[Imperial Stationery]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=9, 40}}  
 
# [[Imperial Warrant]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=22}}  
 
# [[Imperial Warrant]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=22}}  
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# ISMM Model/7.3 on-board computer
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# [[ISMM]] Model/7.3 on-board computer
 
# Naval [[computer]] model 7.3  
 
# Naval [[computer]] model 7.3  
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# Shva type r3-55 [[jump drive]] (with integral r2-55 backup)
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# [[Shva]] type r3-55 [[jump drive]] (with integral r2-55 backup)
  
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=== Selected Events ===
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=== [[Event|Selected Events]] ===
 
# [[Battle of Two Suns]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=38}}
 
# [[Battle of Two Suns]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=38}}
 
# [[Festival]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=39}}
 
# [[Festival]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=39}}
  
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=== Selected Locations ===
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=== [[Astrography|Selected Locations]] ===
 
# [[Imperial Prison Station 17]] ([[The Gash]]) at [[Pixie (world)|Pixie]] (0303)
 
# [[Imperial Prison Station 17]] ([[The Gash]]) at [[Pixie (world)|Pixie]] (0303)
  
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=== Selected Legislation / Projects ===
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=== [[Law|Selected Legislation / Projects]] ===
 
# [[Forboldn Project]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=9, 39}}
 
# [[Forboldn Project]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=9, 39}}
 
# [[Imperial Edict 97]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=40}}
 
# [[Imperial Edict 97]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=40}}
  
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=== Selected Ships ===
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=== [[Ship|Selected Ships]] ===
 
# [[Kinunir class Vanguard Cruiser|Kinunir class Battle Cruiser]]
 
# [[Kinunir class Vanguard Cruiser|Kinunir class Battle Cruiser]]
 
# [[Type Y class Yacht]]
 
# [[Type Y class Yacht]]
  
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=== Selected Technology ===
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=== [[Technology|Selected Technology]] ===
 
# [[Black Globe Generator]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=3}}
 
# [[Black Globe Generator]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=3}}
 
# [[Computer Bank]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=3}}
 
# [[Computer Bank]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=3}}
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# [[Verbal Override]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=42}}
 
# [[Verbal Override]] {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=42}}
  
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=== Selected Vehicles ===
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=== [[Vehicle|Selected Vehicles]] ===
 
# [[Air/Raft]]
 
# [[Air/Raft]]
 
# [[Grav APC]]
 
# [[Grav APC]]
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# [[Pinnace]]
 
# [[Pinnace]]
  
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=== Selected Worlds ===
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=== [[World|Selected Worlds]] ===
 
# [[Algine (world)|Algine]] (0708)
 
# [[Algine (world)|Algine]] (0708)
 
# [[Boughene (world)|Boughene]] (0304)
 
# [[Boughene (world)|Boughene]] (0304)
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# [[Shionthy (world)|Shionthy]] (0706)
 
# [[Shionthy (world)|Shionthy]] (0706)
  
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== Meta-history & Background (Dossier) ==
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== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
''The Kinunir'' was the first Traveller adventure and many of the later Traveller tropes were not yet established as of this 1979 CE adventure.  
 
''The Kinunir'' was the first Traveller adventure and many of the later Traveller tropes were not yet established as of this 1979 CE adventure.  
 
* ''Ebook: The Fate of the Kinunir'' was a successor story written in response to this adventure.
 
* ''Ebook: The Fate of the Kinunir'' was a successor story written in response to this adventure.
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* [[Fate of the Kinunir: A Story of the Spinward Marches]], a novelization of this adventure is now available.
  
 
=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
 
=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
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Author: [[Marc Miller]]
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Credit
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! [[Author]]s & Contributors
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| [[Author]]
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| [[Marc Miller]]
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|}
  
 
=== External Link/s ===
 
=== External Link/s ===
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COMMENTARY on the The Kinunir:
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''Commentary & Data articles:''
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# External Link: [http://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/2014/08/two-part-traveller-tuesday-un-kinking.html Two-Part Traveller Tuesday: Un-kinking the Kinunir]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/gdw/kinunir.html  Adventure 1: The Kinunir reviewed by Michael Thompson]
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# External Link: [https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/44418/kinunir The Kinunir (1979)]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/tavspecs/maint/kinunirq.htm CANON PROBLEM 3: The Kinunir Question]
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# External Link: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jiSNITbVHU Traveller Roleplaying Game: Adventure 1 The Kinunir (Youtube video) ]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.bryanray.name/wordpress/kinunir-class-battlecruiser-redesigned/  Kinunir Class Battlecruiser redesigned]
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# External Link: [https://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/gdw/kinunir.html Adventure 1: The Kinunir reviewed by Michael Thompson]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=34213  Kinunir for Squadron Strike: Traveller]
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# External Link: [http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=49502/ WUXTRY! Kinunir warrant fake! Read all about it!]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/44418/kinunir The Kinunir (1979)]
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# External Link: [http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/showthread.php?t=34213  Kinunir for Squadron Strike: Traveller]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jiSNITbVHU Traveller Roleplaying Game: Adventure 1 The Kinunir (Youtube video) ]
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# External Link: [http://www.bryanray.name/wordpress/kinunir-class-battlecruiser-redesigned/  Kinunir Class Battlecruiser redesigned]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/2014/08/two-part-traveller-tuesday-un-kinking.html Two-Part Traveller Tuesday: Un-kinking the Kinunir]
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# External Link: [https://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/tavspecs/maint/kinunirq.htm CANON PROBLEM 3: The Kinunir Question ]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=49502/ WUXTRY! Kinunir warrant fake! Read all about it!]
  
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REVIEWs of The Kinunir:
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''Reviews:''
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# External Link: [http://travellersandbox.blogspot.com/2017/03/adventure-review-kinunir.html Adventure-Review:-The-Kinunir]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://travellersandbox.blogspot.com/2017/03/adventure-review-kinunir.html Adventure-Review:-The-Kinunir]
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# External Link: [http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/index.php?title=The_Kinunir&action=edit&section=15  Traveller Adventure 1: The Kinunir]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/10/retrospective-kinunir.html  Retrospective: Kinunir]
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# External Link: [http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/10/retrospective-kinunir.html  Retrospective: Kinunir]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/index.php?title=The_Kinunir&action=edit&section=15  Traveller Adventure 1: The Kinunir]
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# External Link: [https://zho.berka.com/tag/fate-of-the-kinunir/ ZHODANI BASE AWARDS 2016: Fate of the Kinunir]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://zho.berka.com/tag/fate-of-the-kinunir/ ZHODANI BASE AWARDS 2016: Fate of the Kinunir]
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# INTERNAL LINK: [[White Dwarf|White Dwarf - Issue 19]]
  
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REVIEWs of The Fate of the Kinunir:
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''Other Articles:''
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# External Link: [http://www.castaliahouse.com/review-fate-of-the-kinunir-by-robert-e-vardeman/  Blog REVIEW: Fate of the Kinunir by Robert E. Vardeman]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
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# External Link: [https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/17/17124.phtml REVIEW OF FATE OF THE KINUNIR]
 
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# External Link: [http://www.nyrsf.com/2015/01/fate-of-the-kinunir-by-robert-e-vardeman-and-shadow-of-the-storm-by-martin-j-dougherty-reviewed-by-j.html Two Traveller Novels: Fate of the Kinunir by Robert E. Vardeman and Shadow of the Storm by Martin J. Dougherty, reviewed by James Cambias]
 
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# External Link: [https://www.blackgate.com/2013/08/17/step-into-the-traveller-universe-with-fate-of-the-kinunir/  Step Into the Traveller Universe with Fate of the Kinunir]
 
  
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== References & Contributions (Sources) ==
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== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
 
{{Advanced}}
 
{{Advanced}}
 
{{Sources
 
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|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S1= [[Cite Pending]]  
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
 
 
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Latest revision as of 02:57, 29 November 2023

The Kinunir
CTadv1.jpg
Classic Traveller Adventure 1
Author Marc Miller
Publisher Game Designers Workshop
Version Classic Traveller
Edition 1st
Format Book (Digest)
Language English
Pages 44
Year Published 1979
Canonical Yes
Available from RPGNow
Also See ‎Gaesh class Prison Hulk
Product No. 306

The Kinunir is a Game Designers Workshop product.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

A mysterious gentleman approaches your group with a proposition-obtain certain trade secrets from a local shipyard, and earn up to Cr200,000. Easy, right? Maybe, but the job leads your group across several parsecs, into conflict with the Imperial authorities, and onto the trail of a 1,200-ton starship.

The Kinunir is a detailed adventure for Traveller characters, complete with four distinct situations, and array of rumors to lead the characters on, and deck plans and details for an Imperial Battle Cruiser.

Table of Contents[edit]

Adventure 01 - The Kinunir (book)
Section Page/s
Introduction 1
Situations 3
Rumors 7
Battle Cruisers 10
The Regina Subsector 12
Deck Plans 14
The Crew 30
Library 38
Referee's Notes 43

Library Data Entries[edit]

  1. Ancients
  2. Antimatter
  3. Battle Cruisers, Dispositions
  4. Battle Cruisers, General Information
  5. Battle Cruisers, Statistics
  6. Battle of Two Suns, 1084
  7. Black Globe Generator
  8. Express Boats
  9. Festival
  10. Forboldn Project
  11. General Shipyards
  12. Imperial Calendar
  13. Imperial Edict 97
  14. Imperial Stationery
  15. Imperial Warrant
  16. Interdiction
  17. Iolanthe
  18. Kinunir
  19. Lanthanum
  20. Oberlindes Lines
  21. Prison Hulk
  22. Psionics
  23. Psionics Institute
  24. Strephon
  25. Subsector, Map, Local
  26. Travel Zones
  27. Tree Krakens
  28. Verbal Override

Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]

Library data entries


Selected Astrography[edit]

Selected Corporations[edit]

  1. Clan Severn Shipyards
  2. General Shipyards
  3. GSbAG (GSB), AG AKA "Gas Bag"
  4. Mars Yards
  5. Oberlindes Lines

Selected Creatures[edit]

  1. Tree Kraken
  2. Unidentified Pouncer

Selected Equipment (Combat)[edit]

  1. Laser Carbine

Selected Equipment (Non-combat)[edit]

  1. Deltic Mk1827 JK Fusion power plant
  2. Dupree 734 impulse maneuver drive
  3. Garbage Desiccator
  4. Imperial Stationery [1]
  5. Imperial Warrant [2]
  6. ISMM Model/7.3 on-board computer
  7. Naval computer model 7.3
  8. Shva type r3-55 jump drive (with integral r2-55 backup)

Selected Events[edit]

  1. Battle of Two Suns [3]
  2. Festival [4]

Selected Locations[edit]

  1. Imperial Prison Station 17 (The Gash) at Pixie (0303)

Selected Legislation / Projects[edit]

  1. Forboldn Project [5]
  2. Imperial Edict 97 [6]

Selected Ships[edit]

  1. Kinunir class Battle Cruiser
  2. Type Y class Yacht

Selected Technology[edit]

  1. Black Globe Generator [7]
  2. Computer Bank [8]
  3. Contra-terrene Matter [9]
  4. Library Update Program [10]
  5. Verbal Override [11]

Selected Vehicles[edit]

  1. Air/Raft
  2. Grav APC
  3. Jump Capsule AKA Jump Troop Capsule
  4. Pinnace

Selected Worlds[edit]

  1. Algine (0708)
  2. Boughene (0304)
  3. Efate (0105)
  4. Feri (0405)
  5. Forboldn (0208)
  6. Hefry (0309)
  7. Jenghe (0210)
  8. Knorbes (0207)
  9. Menorb (0203)
  10. Pixie (0303)
  11. Regina (0310)
  12. Rethe (0808)
  13. Roup (0407)
  14. Shionthy (0706)

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]

The Kinunir was the first Traveller adventure and many of the later Traveller tropes were not yet established as of this 1979 CE adventure.

Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit Authors & Contributors
Author Marc Miller

External Link/s[edit]

Commentary & Data articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: Adventure 1: The Kinunir reviewed by Michael Thompson
  2. EXTERNAL LINK: CANON PROBLEM 3: The Kinunir Question
  3. EXTERNAL LINK: Kinunir Class Battlecruiser redesigned
  4. EXTERNAL LINK: Kinunir for Squadron Strike: Traveller
  5. EXTERNAL LINK: The Kinunir (1979)
  6. EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller Roleplaying Game: Adventure 1 The Kinunir (Youtube video)
  7. EXTERNAL LINK: Two-Part Traveller Tuesday: Un-kinking the Kinunir
  8. EXTERNAL LINK: WUXTRY! Kinunir warrant fake! Read all about it!

Reviews:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: Adventure-Review:-The-Kinunir
  2. EXTERNAL LINK: Retrospective: Kinunir
  3. EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller Adventure 1: The Kinunir
  4. EXTERNAL LINK: ZHODANI BASE AWARDS 2016: Fate of the Kinunir
  5. INTERNAL LINK: White Dwarf - Issue 19

Other Articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]

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.
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