Avalon
Avalon is a rumored Regency naval base complex located in the Great Rift.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
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History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Based upon analysis of shipping patterns through trailing Deneb sector, experts think that it is located near the boundary between Corridor and Reft sectors. But in many ways Avalon is more reflective of the tensions and fears of Post-Collapse society.
Much like the legendary Area 51 of ancient Terra, ROMs Freedonia 86 facility, and many Imperial research stations, Avalon is a void into which the popular imagination projects its hopes, dreams and fears.
Most popular stories claim that, much like its legendary antecedent, Avalon is a repository of a massive force of Imperial era troops, possibly the remnants of Strephon's loyal military units, being kept in cold sleep until the Regency has a need for them in the reclamation of the former Imperium. More fanciful fiction has even gone so far as to proclaim that Strephon himself sleeps alongside his Faithful and will lead them into battle himself to purge his suffering empire of its demons, and restore liberty to his people. The power of these "sleeping king" myths in the popular mind should not be underestimated, as it has been a rallying point for reformers and revolutionaries for decades. The RQS and Regency military have been guilty in the past of invoking the story's mythic qualities for recruitment and motivational purposes. While popular credulity in the story has died down in the last quarter century, it remains a popular touchstone, symbolizing the slumbering potential of the Regency, now stirring to awakeness.
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- Peter Gray - Traveller TNE Mailing List Deneb Sector Library Data: Miscellaneous Background published 20 June 2001