Travelling Society

A Travelling Society is an organization, usually business entities, providing services to Travellers. These services are intended to make potentially dangerous interstellar travel much more hospitable.

Description (Specifications)

Specific services differ from one organization to the next, but here are some of the more commonly available services:

• News
• Travel warnings
• Precautionary advice
• Starport lounges
• Lounges on larger starships
• Discounts with participating business partners

History & Background (Dossier)

Travelling Societies are organizations, usually business entities, providing services to Travellers. These services are intended to make potentially dangerous interstellar travel much more hospitable.

Travelling Societies
Name	Extancy	Type	Purpose	Remarks
Octagon Society	Non-extant	Interstellar Aid Organization	Luxury Service (Comfort Travellers)	Established in 342, the Octagon Society was the first major distressed spacefarer assistance operation to appear in the Spinward Marches. The group thrived on public contributions and on some tax revenues for 150 years; then it collapsed in the late 400's when scandals emerged over the quality of shelter construction and the disposition of certain funds.
Scanian Traveller's Aid Fund	Extant	Interstellar Aid Organization	Luxury Service (Comfort Travellers)	TBD
Travellers' Aid Society	Extant	Interstellar Aid Organization	Luxury Service (Comfort Travellers)	The Travellers' Aid Society (TAS) is a private organization which maintains hostels and facilities at nearly all class A and B starports in Charted Space.

See also

Starport facilites

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• Starport Types
  • Spaceport
  • Class A Starport
  • Class B Starport
  • Class C Starport
  • Class D Starport
  • Class E Starport
  • Class F Spaceport
  • Class G Spaceport
  • Class H Spaceport
  • Class X Starport
  • Class Y Spaceport
• Facilities
  • Concourse
  • Extrality
  • Highport
  • Downport
  • Parkbay
  • Star Bar
  • Startown
• Services
  • Imperial Ship Builders Association (ISBA)
  • Naval Architect
  • Starport Authority
  • Travellers' Aid Society (TAS)
  • Travelling Society
  • Trader's Guild
  • Travellers' Naval Architecture Society (TNAS)

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