Aliens of the Rim

Aliens of the Rim
Hivers and Ithklur. Because in space, no one can hear you scheme.
Author		Dave Nilsen, Loren Wiseman
Publisher		Game Designers Workshop
Version		Traveller The New Era
Edition		1st
Format		Bok (Softback)
Language		English
Pages		96
Year Published		1995
Canonical		Yes
Available from		RPGNow
Also See		Hivers (Alien Module) GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 3
ISBN 1-55878-182-X Stock #0318
Table of Contents
Hivers			5
Player's section			27
Referee's section			36
The Ithklur			46
Player's section			65
Referee's section			79
Appendixes			81

Aliens of the Rim is a TNE era background book detailing the Hivers and Ithklur.

Description (Specifications)

Why did the Hivers assassinate Emperor Strephon? Why did the Hivers allow the Third Imperium to fall? What are the Hivers' plans for the future of humanity?

There are those who say that nothing takes place in Charted Space without the Hivers having anticipated it, planned it, shaped it, brought it into being by patient, careful manipulation.

The Hivers are the manipulators - emotionless, perfectly rational beings possessed of infinite patient and subtlety. If interstellar history is a clock, the Hivers are the ones who wind it; the passage of time itself does their bidding. If a tree fell in a forest, and no one was there to hear it, would it make a sound? And how come if there are trees falling down, you never see any Hivers running around with axes?

What do you get when you cross a golden retriever with a box of razor blades? How is it that the most efficient, merciless killers in the universe don't have a mean bone in their bodies? If violence is natural, guileless, and innocent, does that mean one need not take it so personally?

The Ithklur are the most feared warriors known to man. To an Ithklur, Vargr plunder is like a walk in the park; Aslan warrior spirit is the babbling of a toothless child. Other races make such a fuss over violence - why not just do it and enjoy yourself?

To the Hivers, the Ithklur are their trained, elite shock troops, lovingly perfected by millennia of manipulation and social engineering. No finer tool has ever been fashioned.

But as far as the Ithklur are concerned, they have the Hivers just where they want them. Who wants to be a boring taxi driver anyway? If the Hivers want to pretend they're in charge, what does it really hurt, so long as they leave the Ithklur alone?

Who is manipulating whom? Is the Vargr wagging his tail, or is the tail wagging the Vargr? What is the sound made when an irresistible force collides with an immovable object?

Table of Contents

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Aliens of the Rim

Section / Article	Page/s
The Hivers	5
Open Source	6
Players' Section	27
Referees' Section	36
The Ithklur	46
Open Source	47
Players' Section	65
Referees' Section	79
Appendix	81
New Rules	81
Equipment	83
Weapons	85
Inter species Equipment use	86
Glossary	89
Character generation worksheet	93
Character Sheet	94

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Credits (Primary Sources)

Credits (Primary Sources)
Design	Dave Nilsen, Loren Wiseman
Art Direction	Julie F. Callahan
Interior Art	Bradley K. McDevitt
Cover Art	Christina Wald
Cover Design	Bradley K. McDevitt

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