Massilia Sector/meta

Jones-Low Notes (2007)

One interesting tidbit about this sector is that while Digest Group Publications spells it "Massilia", Game Designers' Workshop seems to prefer the spelling "Massila".

Mark Seemann (via the TML) wrote the following:

Massilia is the Latin word for the French city of Marseilles. It makes good sense that Solomani conquerers would name a sector after a Terran city, and the name would then have stuck. I don't think Massila means anything, and having heard about DGP's Gary Thomas' fondness for ancient Terran languages, this explanation makes the most sense to me.

Meta-History & Background

Massilia Sector was originally designed by Marc W. Miller and appears in the Classic Traveller Atlas of the Imperium (GDW, 1984).

• It was further refined by Joe D. Fugate Sr. and appears The Travellers Digest and in Knightfall (GDW, 1990).

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1. In 1982, Classic Traveller Library Data (N-Z) was published.
2. In 1984, Classic Traveller Atlas of the Imperium was published.
3. In 1986, Classic Traveller Solomani (Alien Module) was published.
4. In 1989, the periodical The Travellers' Digest 11 was published.
5. In 1990, MegaTraveller Alien - Vilani & Vargr was published.
6. In 1990, MegaTraveller Knightfall was published.
7. In 1993, TNE Traveller:The New Era (book) was published.
8. In 1996, T4 First Survey was published.
9. In 2012, Mongoose Traveller: Solomani was published.

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• It has been T5 Second Survey reviewed and updated to T5 standards.