Referee's Manual

Referee's Manual
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Author		Marc Miller
Publisher		Game Designers Workshop
Version		MegaTraveller
Edition		1st
Format		Book (Softback)
Language		English
Pages		98
Year Published		1987
Canonical		Yes
Available from		RPGNow
ISBN 0-943580-47-1

The Referee's Manual is a Game Designers Workshop product.

• It is a source book written for MegaTraveller.

Description (Specifications)

The thousand-year empire has fallen in an instant. An assassin has cut down the emperor and his heirs in one bold stroke and thrown the largest, most stable interstellar empire in history into chaos. There are many candidates for the empty throne, and without agreement on their qualifications, the worlds of the Imperium are divided in their allegiances. By a curious twist of fate, the assassin himself controls three rebellious sectors. The Emperor's nephew, considered by many to be a murderer himself, has assumed the throne over the objections of the Imperial Assembly. Other pretenders have stepped forward. Star fleets battle throughout the disputed territories. Sectors are stripped of their fleets to fight in the rebellion, and imperial territory is invaded by alien forces sensing weakness and plunder. Sector after sector secedes from the Imperium to manage its own defense. Sector after sector falls to external forces.

And on this stage of rebellion and interstellar chaos, Traveller sets an ongoing drama of role-playing adventure .... Players travel from star system to star system, taking sides in the rebellion, fighting for their cause while fighting to stay alive. The dangers of the interstellar environment combine with the dangers of a shattered Imperium to challenge players and referees, and provide never-ending excitement in the far future.

The Referee's Manual: This book is intended as a rules reference for the Traveller referee. It includes coverage of vehicle and starship design, starship combat, world and star system generation and description, animal encounters, trade and commerce, detailed task resolution, and administration of adventures.

Table of Contents

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Section	Page/s
Domains of the Imperium	Inside Front Cover
Factions of the Rebellion	4
Introduction	5
Resolving Tasks	11
Referee’s Guide to Tasks	12
Generating Star Systems and Worlds.	16
Universal World Profiles.	22
Basic Mainworld Generation.	24
Extended System Generation	26
Animals	30
Producing Animal Encounter Tables	34
Encounters.	37
Encounter Charts.	40
Interpersonal Tasks	44
Trade and Commerce	46
Trade and Commerce Charts	50
Blank Subsector Map Grid.	55
Craft Design	56
Basic Hull Design.	62
Overall Craft Design	62
Power Supply	64
Locomotion	65
Communicators	67
Sensors and Electronics	68
Weapons	71
Screens	80
Bridge	81
Accommodations	82
Fuel	83
Design Evaluation	84
Starship Combat	90
Starship Combat Charts	97
Cultural Regions of the Imperium	102
Demolition Tables	103
The First Imperium	104
The Rule of Man	Inside Back Cover

Library Data Entries (Public)

1. Electromagnetic Masking

Selected Form/s & Terms

Forms:

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Terms:

1. Universal Craft Profile (UCP)

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)

It is one of the core rule books for MegaTraveller.

• It is a basic reference for the referee that expands on the topic of tasks, and deals in depth with vehicle design and combat (including both surface vehicles and starships), worlds, and commerce.
• It is also one of the components of the Megatraveller [Box Set] (1987).

Credits (Primary Sources)

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit	Authors & Contributors
Design	Marc W Miller
Additional Design	Frank Chadwick, Joe D. Fugate Sr., Gary L. Thomas
Editing	Joe D Fugate Sr., Gary L. Thomas
Contributions	Loren Wiseman, J. Andrew Keith, John Harshman, Timothy B. Brown
Art Director	Barbie Pratt
Sr. Graphic Designer	Lauretta Oblinger
Graphic Designer	Dana Reischauer
Cover Painting	David Deitrick
Interior Illustrations	Tom Peters, Liz Danforth, Steve Crompton, Rob Caswell, Richard Hentz, Bryan Gibson
Typography	Michelle Sturgeon

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