Editing Campaign:Vargr Incursions/Designer's Notes

==Scope of the Battlespace==
The Battlespace depicted in this game was selected as a result of my interest in [[Corridor Sector|Corridor]] and the [[Rebellion]] and of the [http://www.travellerrpg.com/ COTI Message Board's] discussion thread "''Attn: Historians of the Rebellion Era (1116-1248)''". As a consequence, all of the [[Corridor Sector]]'s [[Subsector]]s adjacent to the [[Vargr Extents]] had to be included. The question then arose as to where the [[Spinward]], [[Coreward]] and [[Trailing]] boundaries should fall. (The [[Rimward]] boundary was naturally dictated by the [[Great Rift]].)

This wiki, and the various publications about the [[Rebellion]] only sparsely records the history of the region. [[Khouth Subsector]] had many notes by [[Peter Gray]] and the information available indicated that the [[United Followers of Augurgh]] were Neutral and the [[Million Subsector]] and [[Atsah Subsector]] were raided anyway. This gave a natural pivot with the [[United Followers of Augurgh|UFA]] acting as the corner. At the [[New Ziru Sirka]] end the question of how much of the [[Voskhod Subsector]] was needed was answered by the maps published in the [[rebellion Sourcebook]] and [[Survival Margin]] which implied that the [[Ngath Confederation]] was also Neutral - and then the very edge of the [[New Ziru Sirka]] became all that was needed. There was no serious competition between forces moved into the [[Corridor Sector]] and those protecting the [[New Ziru Sirka]]'s [[Vargr]] Border.

==Selection of the Political Groupings==
==={{Imperial}}===
The {{Imperium}} has exploded and the [[Corridor Fleet]] has gone. What is left? The [[Domain of Deneb]] and what is to be come the [[New Ziru Sirka]] are obvious parties, and the Traveller Canon indicates that these clash over the resources near [[Durima (world)|Durima]] so these are clearly not the same groups. The [[Sector Duke]] for [[Corridor Sector]] is described as setting up the [[Corsair Alliance]]{{Page cite|name=Megatraveller Journal 3|page=}} - So clearly he isn't supporting or supported by the [[New Ziru Sirka]].

===[[Vargr]]===
There are 5 definite groupings of [[Vargr]]:
* [[United Followers of Augurgh]]
* [[Dzarrgh Federate]]
* [[Irrgh Manifest]] (in two parts)
* [[Glory of Taarskoerzn]]
* [[Ngath Confederation]]
But there are many smaller ones.

These smaller forces fall into 4 main categories:
* Those who are acting as raiders and will work for any [[Vargr]] State that can offer them loot (or the Corsair Alliance)
* The members of the [[Church of the Chosen Ones]] who are effectively at war with the [[Irrgh Manifest]] and all the Human States
* Independents who want to defend their home
* Out-and-out Mercenaries

===Other===
Other groups fall into specific categories
* Droyne
* Independents who want to defend their home
* Various populations that will side with anyone who passes
* Out-and-out Mercenaries
None of these is a playable state as such and so these have been treated as counters that interact with the main political groups in various ways.

==Special Circumstances==
===[[Vargr]] Arms Factory===
see [[Campaign:Vargr Incursions/Rules|Rules]]
===[[Serk (world)|Serk]]===
see [[Campaign:Vargr Incursions/Rules|Rules]]
===[[Khukish (world)|Khukish]]===
[[Megatraveller Journal 3]] describes Kaasu as a place where the power struggles of the {{Imperial}} [[Noble|Nobility]] - the [[Rehman Family]] - 
===[[Ngath Confederation]]===
see [[Campaign:Vargr Incursions/Rules|Rules]]
===[[Camh Ranh (world)|Depot]] and other {{Imperial}} storage facilities===
see [[Campaign:Vargr Incursions/Rules|Rules]]
===Droyne===
see [[Campaign:Vargr Incursions/Rules|Rules]]

==[[Vargr]] Adventurers==
"The [[Vargr Extents]] supplies an infinite number of adventurers" was the first thing I had to get to grips with. And it turned out not to be true for all states. The [[Irrgh Manifest]] and [[Glory of Taarskoerzn]] are all back up by the [[Windhorn Rift]] which blocks any independents arriving from the extents. The same is partly true for the [[Dzarrgh Federate]] too. The [[Ngath Confederation]] is not welcoming of Adventurers and also has the [[Windhorn Rift]] to its back - and there are plenty of other attractions for this type further along the border. So this is not really a major sources of reinforcements until much later.

Which left the [[Gvegh Vargr]] and the [[Dzarrgh Federate]]. The [[Gvegh Vargr]] have two options - to raid via the [[Assemblage of 1116]] or travel across the [[Windhorn Pact of Two]] and the [[United Followers of Augurgh]] to get to corridor. The raiding via the [[Assemblage of 1116]] option appears to me to be likely to draw the majority of more distant potential reinforcements from [[Spinward]]. The [[Dzarrgh Federate]] is a relatively deep state and adventurers setting off to raid in Corridor would need to cross that entire state to do so - or come from within it - or come via the [[United Followers of Augurgh]]. These are all affected by the topography of space which requires a J3 capable transport (for the [[Dzarrgh Federate|federate]]) or J2 capable transport (for the [[United Followers of Augurgh|UFA]]) for progress. These restrictions are what gave rise to the "Box" concept for off-map movement.

==Sources and Contributors==
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