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An [[Ancients Site]] is a [[world]] (...or conceivably a [[star system]]) which includes one or more locations identified as the ruins of the [[Precursor|long-dead race]] called the [[Ancient]]s. {{Page cite|name= T5 Core Rules|page=TBD}}
* Ancient Sites are often exploited for the [[artifact]] remains of this long dead highly advanced technological [[civilization]]. {{Page cite|name= T5 Core Rules|page=TBD}} 

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
No two ''Ancients Sites'' are alike. Each should be considered unique despite similarities and differences with other identified sites. It is near impossible to identify more than rare commonalities between identified sites although researchers try. {{Unpublished cite|author=Maksim-Smelchak}}

=== Strange Technologies & Stranger Creators ===
While the term ''Ancients Site'' is identified with technologies higher than [[TL-15]], some sites do, in fact, possess lesser technologies, and very often very alternate technologies, not well understood by the conventional sciences of [[Charted Space]]. [[Biotechnology]], [[Singing Crystal|strange crystals]], [[Monadium|unidentified materials]], [[psionic]] materials, and even stranger things have been found. One exploring such a site should keep an open mind because the [[Ancients]] and other [[precursor]]s almost certainly didn't think anything like us. {{Unpublished cite|author=Maksim-Smelchak}}

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
[[Artifact]]s are objects produced by the high-tech [[civilization]] of the Ancients (...which are distinct from [[archeological]]s).{{Page cite|name= T5 Core Rules|page=TBD}} It is the hope of every adventurer in [[Charted Space]] to find valuable [[artifact]]s and other treasures at an undiscovered ancients site.{{Unpublished cite|author=[[Maksim-Smelchak]]}}
 
=== Ancient Civilizations ===
''LONG AGO:'' Intelligence does not guarantee success. For eons, [[world]]s evolved [[Sophont|intelligent life]], and each of these [[sophont]] species lived and died without ever leaving its home [[system]]. Eventually, some sophonts reached beyond their [[system]] to the nearest [[star]]s. Some established colonies on other [[world]]s; some tried to explore the [[universe]] with [[generation ship]]s. But all were restricted by their [[NAFAL]] technology [[ship]]s, and even long-lived races found the speed limits of the universe frustrating.{{Page cite|name= T5 Core Rules|page=TBD}}

These races often established [[precursor]] sites, which are generically identified as Ancients Sites. While identified as Ancients Sites, not all are. Some sites have been tentatively identified as belonging to other [[precursor]] species. Researching the more advanced technology of the [[Ancients]] can be fraught with danger. The [[TL-15]] theoretical technology maximum of most of [[Charted Space]] would have been as child's play to the [[Ancients]] and the legendary [[Grandfather]]. [[TL-15]] sophonts are like dawdling infants trying to identify let alone use these ancient [[device]]s and technologies. It's not uncommon for an adventurer to encounter lethal effects from Ancients [[Artifact]]s.{{Unpublished cite|author=[[Maksim-Smelchak]]}}

Identifying Ancients [[Artifact]]s is additionally complicated by the incredibly diverse nature of the [[technology]] of the Ancients. No two [[device]]s might appear alike or actually be the same type, use the similar design principles, or even use the same technological bases. Some devices almost certainly use psionic technologies, while others almost certainly do not. Many contain materials near unknown or even absolutely unknown to [[Charted Space]] such as [[Monadium]].{{Unpublished cite|author=[[Maksim-Smelchak]]}}

Nevertheless, it is very safe to say that [[Traveller Gene|adventurers]] should take extreme caution when exploring Ancients Sites! {{Unpublished cite|author=[[Maksim-Smelchak]]}}

== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) ==
''Ancients Sites'' are located throughout the following areas: <br>
''[[Charted Space]]:''
* Many Sectors
** Many Subsectors

=== World Listing: 1105 ===
The following [[system]]s and [[world]]s are associated with Ancients Sites:
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== See also ==
{{Referral-Tree-X-Xenoarchaeology}}

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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{{Sources
|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Twilight's Peak |page=TBD}} ({{CT}} [[Adventure 3]])
|S2= {{Ludography cite|name= Library Data (A-M) |page=TBD}} ({{CT}} [[Supplement 8]])
|S3= {{Ludography cite|name= Secret of the Ancients |page=TBD |version= Classic Traveller |article= Artifacts and Ancient Sites}} ({{CT}} [[Adventure 12]])
|S4= {{Ludography cite|name= T5 Core Rules |page=TBD}}
|S6= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
}}


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