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===Online Bio===
 
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Hailing from northeast England, Martin J Dougherty has been a gamer since 1983 and a published author since 1986. Currently a professional writer, he has been at times a games designer, an engineer, a self-protection instructor, a teacher and a defence analyst.
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Hailing from northeast England, Martin J Dougherty is a professional writer specialising in military history. He has been at times a games designer, an engineer, a self-protection instructor, a teacher and a defence analyst. Martin has published a range of books covering topics as diverse as self-protection, medieval warfare and space flight, and has addressed international conferences on anti-shipping missiles and homeland security issues.
  
Martin has published a range of books covering topics as diverse as self-protection, medieval warfare and space flight, and has addressed international conferences on anti-shipping missiles and homeland security issues.
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Martin is best known in the Traveller community as the creator of the '1248' background. He also founded Avenger Enterprises, an independent Traveller publisher, and wrote several books for Mongoose Traveller including Spinward Marches, Reft Sector and Central Supply Catalogue.
  
Having avidly played every incarnation of the game, Martin became a Traveller author in the early 1990s. He has published materials for [[Traveller: The New Era]], [[Marc Miller's Traveller]], [[GURPS Traveller]], GRIP Traveller and (at the recommendation of the game's creator, Marc Miller) [[T20|Traveller20]].
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Martin's interests include martial arts and fencing. He coaches the University of Sunderland Kickboxing team and Ju-Jitsu club, and has competed to national level as a fencer. As a martial artist he holds black belts in Combat Ju-Jitsu, Tai-Jitsu and Self-Defence. Martin is a Master Level Assessor with the Self-Defence Federation and is currently working on a series of self-protection books with SDF Head Dave Turton.
  
Martin's interests include martial arts and fencing. He coaches the University of Sunderland fencing team and has competed to national level. As a martial artist he holds black belts in Tai-Jitsu and Self-Defence, teaching at the university and in the local community.
 
  
  
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Martin J Dougherty is no longer involved with the Traveller RPG.
  
  
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Revision as of 14:15, 3 February 2010

Martin J. Dougherty is a real-world defense analyst. Martin was the line editor for Traveller at QuikLink Interactive, and has produced a range of Traveller adventures and supplements for all versions of the game, plus the novel Diaspora Phoenix.

He has written for British Isles Traveller Support. Martin now publishes Traveller materials through his own company Avenger Enterprises.

Online Bio

Hailing from northeast England, Martin J Dougherty is a professional writer specialising in military history. He has been at times a games designer, an engineer, a self-protection instructor, a teacher and a defence analyst. Martin has published a range of books covering topics as diverse as self-protection, medieval warfare and space flight, and has addressed international conferences on anti-shipping missiles and homeland security issues.

Martin is best known in the Traveller community as the creator of the '1248' background. He also founded Avenger Enterprises, an independent Traveller publisher, and wrote several books for Mongoose Traveller including Spinward Marches, Reft Sector and Central Supply Catalogue.

Martin's interests include martial arts and fencing. He coaches the University of Sunderland Kickboxing team and Ju-Jitsu club, and has competed to national level as a fencer. As a martial artist he holds black belts in Combat Ju-Jitsu, Tai-Jitsu and Self-Defence. Martin is a Master Level Assessor with the Self-Defence Federation and is currently working on a series of self-protection books with SDF Head Dave Turton.


Martin J Dougherty is no longer involved with the Traveller RPG.


Publications where this person is mentioned in the credits