User:Maksim-Smelchak
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Maksim-Smelchak (Author) Title
- 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 Links
- Allegiance Code
- (Category: Meta)
- Sector
- Sector List
- Sector Map
- Sector Matrix
- Sectors
- Subsector Map
- Trade map summary
- Universal World Profile
Maksim-Smelchak (Author) 2015 Completed Goals
Some of Maksim's current goals in 2015 were:
January 2015
- Add (create), edit, and update all of the articles about sophonts. DONE! (January 2015)
- Work on the Major Race pages. DONE! (January 2015)
- Add the "High Tortuga" materials. DONE! (January 2015)
- Clean up some of the "Ludography" pages. DONE! (January 2015)
- Expand the Gypsy Knights Games pages. DONE! (January 2015)
- Create the John Watts author page. DONE! (January 2015)
- Review and re-structure tons of Darkstar's entries. DONE! (January 2015)
- Create pages for all Zhodani foodstuff animals. DONE! (January 2015)
February 2015
- Catalogue Aslan clans. DONE! (February 2015)
- Catalogue Tlaukhu and build tables for it. DONE! (February 2015)
- Create Edafosax page. DONE! (February 2015)
- Review my copy of Classic Traveller Adventure 3: Twilight's Peak (book) for missing material. DONE! (February 2015)
- Create Fulacinian Trapper creature entry. DONE! (February 2015)
- Create Fulacinian Snow Cat creature entry. DONE! (February 2015)
- Update Fulacin (world) page. DONE! (February 2015)
- Build out table for Traveller eras/milieus/backgrounds. DONE! (February 2015)
- Build out table for Traveller editions. DONE! (February 2015)
- Update ludography master page. DONE! (February 2015)
March 2015
- Build out tables for the life cycle of the Daghadasi. DONE! (March 2015)
- build out Animal classification entries. DONE! (March 2015)
- Write/create the Reticulan Parasite creature page. DONE! (March 2015)
- Create table for Sector names. DONE! (March 2015)
- Create Gulperwhale creature page. DONE! (March 2015)
- Build life cycle tables for the Oegongong. DONE! (March 2015)
- Help Thomas with creature updating. DONE! (March 2015)
April 2015
- Finished work on letter "ABC" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Finished work on letter "DEF" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Finished work on letter "GHI" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Finished work on letter "JKL" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Finished work on letter "MNO" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Finished work on letter "PQR" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Finished work on letter "S" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Finished work on letter "W" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Finished work on letter "XYZ" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Finished work on letter "T" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Finished work on letter "U" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Finished work on letter "V" of the Allegiance Code/alphabetical pages. Created new polity entries for missing governments. DONE! (April 2015)
- Created creature entries for other members of Daghadasi ecosystem. DONE! (April 2015)
May 2015
- None yet
Maksim-Smelchak (Author) 2015 Uncompleted Goals
(Thematic) Creatures & Sophonts
- Create, edit, and update many articles about alien lifeforms creatures.
- Finish reviewing Don's master sophont list.
- Create creature entry for assorted lifeforms from Cymbeline/Arcturus (Solomani Rim 2527).
- Create creature entry for assorted lifeforms from the Sunless Sea.
- Create creature entry for plankton from Irlaggur (world).
- Create creature entry for Ranage Tree from Ivendo/Lanth (Spinward Marches 2319).
- Create creature entry for "Kaiidian Giants" on Kaiid (Lishun 0621) from timeline entry 1100.
- Create creature entries for other members of Kaflowe/Keum (Massilia 0514) ecosystem.
- Create and detail creatures from Shudusham (world).
- Create and detail creatures from Velpare (world).
- Create and detail creatures from Dalsgaard (world).
- Create and detail entries for Robject's creatures.
- Expand creature entry for Ostu from Viiman/Ten Suns (Massilia 0321).
- Create sophont entry for Gogs from Mirayn (world).
- Create sophont entry for Kiiroka from Vras (Old Expanses 0738) from timeline entry 1098.
- Create sophont entry for Wanderers from Gateway to Destiny.
- Expand sophont entry for Athar from A'a'suni/Pact (Dagudashaag 2227).
- Expand sophont entry for Ilraiki from Gasha (Massilia 1508).
(Thematic) Polities & interstellar Relations
- Work on the Government pages.
- Finish entering all red polity entries from Thomas's tables.
- Complete work on Allegiance: group page.
- Update Talk:Allegiance Code/alphabetical new/updated T5 Second Survey 4-character codes.
(Thematic) Architecture & Megastructures
- Update Gateway (Da 1331) (world) entry.
- Create special table to map out Gateway (Da 1331) (world) Beanstalk.
- Track down and record "Worlds with beanstalks" category.
- Track down and records "Worlds with terraforming projects" category.
(Thematic) Personage & VIPs
- Update & format entire line of Emperors
- Update & format entire line of special characters
(Thematic) Languages & Linguistics
- Develop language templates
- Update various dictionaries
- Add Eaglestone Vilani language articles with his permission
- Make a language summary like Thomas'es Trade map summary...
- Catalogue existing alien language terminology
- Dig into my old linguistics and semiotics textbooks to re-familiarize myself
(Thematic) Worlds & Sectors
- Edit and update world entry for: Darrian Confederation
- Edit and update world entry for: Maelstrom (De 2522) (world)
- Edit and update world entry for: Vanejen (world)
- Update Imperial Research Station entry with newer stations.
- Update Imperial Research Station entry with station data tables.
(Thematic) Business & Economy
- Eventually work my way into the Megacorporations pages.
- Eventually work my way into the Corporations pages.
- Ask Thomas about his macroeconomy files and calculations.
(Meta) Editing & Wordsmithing
- Clean up and word-smith the "High Tortuga" materials.
(Meta) Permission & Communication
- Contact the BITS folks to get permission to share more of their material. Andy Lilly
- Contact (E-mail) FreeTraveller's authors for permission to port over their creatures.
- Contact Jim and recruit him to the cause.
(Meta) Templates, Articles & Images
- Create T-version publisher entry for Traveller The New Era page.
- Finish the GKG pages. Add cover images to all of them.
- Continue to develop templates for creatures & sophonts.
- Add Erin's planets article.
- Expand (...add biography) and update artist (author entry) for David Deitrick.
- Expand (...add biography) and update artist (author entry) for Bradley K. McDevitt.
- Expand (...add biography) and update writer (author entry) for Dave Nilsen.
- Expand (...add biography) and update writer (author entry) for David L. Pulver.
- Expand (...add biography) and update writer (author entry) for User:Tjoneslo.
- Expand (...add biography) and update writer (author entry) for User:Ronald B. Kline, Jr..
- Expand (...add biography) and update writer (author entry) for James Kundert.
- Update all sector pages with headers, titles, etc.
- Update all sector entries with templates and added programs.
- Update all publication entries.
- Update all publisher entries.
- Architecture entries.
- Art entries
- Culture tags
- Law entries.
- Music entries
(Meta) Periodicals & Software
- Update all entries for all periodicals.
- Update software entry for video game.
- Update "Heaven & Earth" entry
- Update all Challenge and JTAS entries with the standard template.
- Create table for Signal-GK entry detailing the thematic details of the fanzine and the T-versions they covered.
- Create template like Template:Fanzines for TAS and others.
- Create template like
for TAS and others.