Hexadecimal Notation

Hexadecimal Notation is an alphanumeric symbolic representation shorthand or symbolic system. It is the default standard used throughout Charted Space.

Description (Specifications)

In Hexadecimal Notation, the digits 0 through 9 are represented by the common arabic numbers: the digits 10 through 15 are represented by the letters A through F. The highest single digit in base 16 notation is 15 (F).

T5 Expanded Hexidecimal System

Note: The expanded system removes the letters "I" and "O" as they resemble numbers.

Expanded Hexidecimal System

#	Symbol	Remarks
0	0	Standard Indian numeral
1	1	Standard Arabic numeral
2	2	Standard Arabic numeral
3	3	Standard Arabic numeral
4	4	Standard Arabic numeral
5	5	Standard Arabic numeral
6	6	Standard Arabic numeral
7	7	Standard Arabic numeral
8	8	Standard Arabic numeral
9	9	Standard Arabic numeral
10	A	Original hexidecimal notation from Classic Traveller.
11	B	Original hexidecimal notation from Classic Traveller.
12	C	Original hexidecimal notation from Classic Traveller.
13	D	Original hexidecimal notation from Classic Traveller.
14	E	Original hexidecimal notation from Classic Traveller.
15	F	Original hexidecimal notation from Classic Traveller.
16	G	Original hexidecimal notation from Classic Traveller.
17	H	Expanded hexidecimal notation from T5.
18	J	None
19	K	None
20	L	None
21	M	None
22	N	None
23	P	None
24	Q	None
25	R	None
26	S	None
27	T	None
28	U	None
29	V	None
30	W	None
31	X	None
32	Y	None
33	Z	None

History & Background (Dossier)

Hexadecimal Notation has been part of Traveller since its earliest days in the late 1970's CE.

• As of 2017 CE, T5, the latest version of Traveller from FFE now uses an expanded hexidecinal system known as E-hex.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Hexadecimal. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The text of Wikipedia is available under the Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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 Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy
• MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients
• Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 34.
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science