Maksim-Smelchak (Author) Title

Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
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Maksim-Smelchak (Author) Biography

Maksim-Smelchak is a long-time Traveller player, fan, and playtester. Maksim very much enjoys the Traveller universe and has a large collection of 6mm sci-fi game miniatures including a number of Traveller forces, which he uses to play a variety of sci-fi mini games including Dirtside II.

While Maksim served in the US Air Force, an old friend gave him a cache of LBB's (Little Black Books). Maksim spent many a C-130 and C-5 transport plane ride pouring through LBB's in-between missions. Maksim currently lives in Northern California in the United States, and is a frequent enjoyer of all kinds of gaming goodness: RPG's (role-playing games), board games, miniature games, etc.
In the past, Maksim has contributed to a variety of gaming products as an author, playtester, magazine article writer, proofreader, illustrator, product reviewer, small press publisher, and in a variety of other roles.
He has previously contributed material to the Traveller RPG Wiki including creating new material, spellchecking, proofreading, Wiki code corrections, word-smithing, and other additions.

Handy Templates & Research

Maksim-Smelchak/layout templates1 (Basic world, Advanced world, basic general entry, military, etc.)
Maksim-Smelchak/layout templates2 (Aslan Clan, Astrographic Feature, Megacorp/corp, & personage)
Maksim-Smelchak/layout templates3 (Creature, goods, duchy, language, polity, etc.)
Maksim-Smelchak/layout templates4 (Experimental research)
Maksim-Smelchak/layout templates5 (Author, Publication citations, Planetology, Star, etc.)
Maksim-Smelchak/layout templates6 (Sector, subsector, Subsector numerical table, etc.)
Maksim-Smelchak/layout templates7 (Empty)

Handy Links

Examples:

ALLEGIANCE CODES: Allegiance Code
- Allegiance Code: Sector
- Example: Allegiance Code/ImLc
- Example: Allegiance Code/SoCf (Expanded UWP)
- Allegiance Code Cargo Table List
ANIMAL (CREATURE) examples
- Category:Animals
- Category:Plants
- Template: Animal simple
- Template talk:Animal simple/doc Smelchak Notes
- Animal classification
ARTICLE SUMMARY
- Template:Summary of page
CANON
- Forum:Second Survey
- Category:Canon
- Category talk:Canon
- Asimidiske (world) |Non-canon trade codes=Ht
COLOURS
- Allegiance standard colors
- Colours
CITATIONS
- Template:InfoboxBook2
  - Template talk:InfoboxBook2
- {{Page cite|name=Starports|page=66-71|citeName=MGS
  - Good example: Mercenary (book)
- Template:Unpublished cite {{Unpublished cite|author= RYE
  - Good example: Falcon (TR 2725) (world)
- INLINE CITATION: {{Page cite|name=The Spinward Marches Campaign|page=9
  - INLINE ONLY GOOD WITH InfoboxBook2
- UNPUBLISHED CITATIONS: Template:Unpublished cite
  - UNPUBLISHED CITATION Example: Jenghe (world) ^[1]
DICTIONARY
- Manual of Style
- Talk:Technology Level
DISMABIGUATION example at Aa (world)
- Maksim-Smelchak/Disambiguation Pages
- HIWG Name List
  - User:Sstefan/Multiple Worlds
GOODS
- Template:InfoboxGoods/doc
HISTORY
- TBD
GOVERNMENT
- Government
- Government/summary
- Template:WorldGov
NOBILITY BOX example at Undim (world) (Local Nobility)
- Imperial Nobility/summary
  - Template:Imperial Nobility
- House Deirdin
- Red Zone no noble example: Altair (world)
POLITY template / example at Akeena Union
- [1]
REDIRECT example at Tinea-fabre (world)
SECTOR:
- Core Sector/layout data Numerical Subsector Sequence Table
SOPHONT: Cleashitar template / example
- Manual of Style/sophont
  - Talk:Manual of Style/sophont
- Humaniti
  - Talk:Humaniti
  - Variant Human Race (Chimerae)
- Minor Race
  - Minor Human Race
    - Talk:Minor Human Race
  - Minor Non-Human Race
- Major Race
  - Major Human Race
  - Major Non-Human Race
- Races/summary
STAR Star
- Template:StarColor
- Template:MonostellarSystem
- Template:BinaryStarSystem
- Template:TrinaryStarSystem
- Template:QuaternaryStarSystem
- Template:QuinaryStarSystem
- Template:SextenaryStarSystem
STARPORT
- Starport
- Template:Starport
  - Starport/summary
T5 Setting
- Traveller 5th
- T-5 Progress Report Ehex
- Agent of the Imperium
TECHNOLOGY WORLD
- Template:WorldTech
  - Template talk:WorldTech TL's: 1-33 & A-Z
- WorldTech/summary
TEMPLATES - SOURCES: Template:Sources
- Template:Sources/doc
- Category:Templates
- Page Cite: R'bak (world)
TIMELINE:
- Template:UWP
- Category:Milieus
- Category:Timeline
TRADE CLASSIFICATION CODES: Trade classification/summaries
- Resource Unit/summary
- Trade classification
- Trade map key
- Trade map summary
- Trade classification/summaries
- [[2]]
UWP CODE examples at Campaign:SBRD/Library/Ext UWP Codes
- Universal World Profile
- Template:UWP
- Expanded UWP Allegiance Codes (polity) Example: Allegiance Code/SoCf
- External Link: Second Survey Data Definitions
- Allegiance Code
WIKI WORKINGS
- MediaWiki:Print.css
WORLD DESCRIPTION example at Yebab (world) (Possible example of description expansion)
WORLD SUMMARY example at Template:World summary GaFd

Links:

Star (Stellar) Links:

TRINARY STAR SYTEM example (3 stars) at Vincennes (De 1122) (world) Trinary System
QUATERNARY STAR SYSTEM example (4 stars) at Al Spe (world)
QUINIARY STAR SYSTEM example (5 stars) at Harpe (world)
SEXTENARY STAR SYSTEM example (6 stars) at Castor (SR 2339) (world) Sextenary System
SEPTENARY STAR SYSTEM
OCTONARY STAR SYSTEM
STAR SPECTRAL CODES Harvard spectral classification