Mongoose Traveller: The Borderland

The Borderland
Author		Martin Dougherty
Publisher		Mongoose Publishing
Version		Mongoose Traveller
Format		Book (PDF)
Language		English
Pages		40
Year Published		2015
Canonical		Yes
Available from		DriveThru RPG, Mongoose

Mongoose Traveller: The Borderland is a Mongoose Publishing source book.

The Borderland is the unofficial name given to a region of space in Trojan Reach Sector. It is also – not coincidentally – the name of a subsector in that area. The two overlap, though the term ‘Borderland’ is sometimes used in a wider context to refer to the general area surrounding the subsector of that name.

The Borderland is a region of great strategic significance lying between the border of the Third Imperium in Tobia Subsector and the territory of the Aslan Hierate in Tlaiowaha Subsector. One cluster of seven star systems (the Voidsedge Cluster) lies entirely within the Borderland subsector, whilst another (the Wildeman Cluster) of eight worlds lies on the border of the Borderland and Tobia subsectors. These two clusters of worlds make up the region normally referred to as the Borderland, whatever the star charts may say about which subsector they are in.

The Borderland is a buffer zone between the Imperium and the Aslan Hierate, with its own small local powers caught between the two big players. It is a region of rather vigorous local politics, in which a handful of relatively small starships can tip the balance of power. The sort of place where the crew of a beat-up old Free Trader can make a real difference… or meet an untimely end without anyone knowing what happened to them.

This book is an overview of the Borderland; its powers and polities, their agendas and their rivalries. Further supplements will detail the Wildeman and Voidsedge Clusters and the surrounding systems, presenting a wealth of adventure opportunities in a ‘small ship universe’ where a group of Travellers can rise to fame and fortune with a few good decisions, and lose it all just as quickly.

Credits

Author

Martin Dougherty

Editor

Matthew Sprange

Layout

Will Chapman, Amy Perrett

Table of Contents

Mongoose Traveller:
The Borderland

Section	Page/s
Introduction	2
About the Borderlands	3
Trojan Reach Sector	5
The Borderland	8
The Wildeman Cluster	19
The Voidsedge cluster	20
The Exocet star system	21
Travelling in the Borderland	24
Running a game in the Borderlands	36

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.

• Martin Dougherty. The Borderland (Mongoose Publishing, 2015), 2.