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− | A [[Dossier]] is a collection of documents or data about a particular person, event, subject, or | + | A [[Dossier]] is a collection of documents or data about a particular person, event, subject, or another topic. They are typically stored in electronic formats. However, in lower-tech systems, they may be retained on paper, stone tablets, or other media. |
== Description ([[Specifications]]) == | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == | ||
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| The dossier section of this kind of file details: | | The dossier section of this kind of file details: | ||
* The history of a specific or general facility type over [[technological epoch]]s to include a variety of details that would be of interest to someone with the [[Traveller Gene]]. | * The history of a specific or general facility type over [[technological epoch]]s to include a variety of details that would be of interest to someone with the [[Traveller Gene]]. | ||
− | * It might also include a basic overview of what the facility does and who finds it of use. This would complement the [[specifications]] section. There can be overlap between the two headings. | + | * It might also include a basic overview of what the facility does and who finds it of use. This would complement the [[specifications]] section. There can be an overlap between the two headings. |
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| [[Fleet]] | | [[Fleet]] | ||
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| [[Language]] | | [[Language]] | ||
| The dossier section of this kind of file details: | | The dossier section of this kind of file details: | ||
− | * The historical linguistics of a language: Who uses it, where it is | + | * The historical linguistics of a language: Who uses it, where it is used, how it developed, what status or prestige is associated with it, etc. |
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| [[Periodical]] | | [[Periodical]] | ||
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| [[Polity]] | | [[Polity]] | ||
| The dossier section of this kind of file details: | | The dossier section of this kind of file details: | ||
− | * History and background of the polity with details about the | + | * History and background of the polity with details about the polity's capabilities such as its commercial reach, military, technology, etc. |
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| [[Publication]] | | [[Publication]] | ||
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| [[Sophont]] | | [[Sophont]] | ||
| The dossier section of this kind of file details: | | The dossier section of this kind of file details: | ||
− | * A basic high level overview of the | + | * A basic high-level overview of the species' history and how they came to be on the interstellar stage... Or why they are trapped within their gravity well with non-spacefaring technology. |
* Cultural sophontology: belief system, values, psychology, religion, morality, motivation, traditions, aesthetics, architecture, art, language, calendar, timekeeping system/s, [[etc.]] | * Cultural sophontology: belief system, values, psychology, religion, morality, motivation, traditions, aesthetics, architecture, art, language, calendar, timekeeping system/s, [[etc.]] | ||
* Societal sophontology: Government, trade, military, research, technology, [[etc.]] | * Societal sophontology: Government, trade, military, research, technology, [[etc.]] | ||
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The [[AAB]] adopted the dossier system early in the time of the [[Vilani Imperium]], and all of its succeeding [[empire]]s have kept the system. It has a relatively standard format although many administrators over the millennia have modified or otherwise edited the files and databases, leaving a not perfectly standard set of data. | The [[AAB]] adopted the dossier system early in the time of the [[Vilani Imperium]], and all of its succeeding [[empire]]s have kept the system. It has a relatively standard format although many administrators over the millennia have modified or otherwise edited the files and databases, leaving a not perfectly standard set of data. | ||
− | The [[Library Data]] used on [[Ship’s Computer]]s at and [[starport]] libraries may diverge from the data collections at [[AAB]] [[Data Repository]] installations. | + | The [[Library Data]] used on [[Ship’s Computer]]s at and [[starport]] libraries may diverge from the data collections at [[AAB]] [[Data Repository]] installations. <ref name=ms/> |
== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == |
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A Dossier is a collection of documents or data about a particular person, event, subject, or another topic. They are typically stored in electronic formats. However, in lower-tech systems, they may be retained on paper, stone tablets, or other media.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
While dossiers typically apply to personnel and events in a conventional sense, within the AAB Library Data files, they are typically used to describe history or background relating to sophontic matters, which is to say the knowledge relating to technologically sophisticated species, rather than astronomical, physical, or other scientific data related to relatively unchanging facts. Hard data is filed under Specifications.[1]
Dossiers often describe the physical possessions of an individual, the details and layout of a facility, or the sophontilogical story of a world and its inhabitants. On vehicles and ships, the dossier describes the history and background of a design, its roles, its origin, who made it, why, and the like. [1]
Detailed Dossier Breakdown[edit]
Article Type | Remarks |
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Army | TBD |
Base | The dossier section of this kind of file details:
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Corporation or Megacorporation | The specifications section of this kind of file details:
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Creature | The dossier section of this kind of file details:
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Facility | The dossier section of this kind of file details:
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Fleet | TBD |
Goods | The dossier section of this kind of file details:
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Language | The dossier section of this kind of file details:
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Periodical | The dossier section of this kind of file details:
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Personage (VIP) | The dossier section of this kind of file details: |
Polity | The dossier section of this kind of file details:
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Publication | The dossier section of this kind of file details:
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Sector | The dossier section of this kind of file details: |
Ship | The dossier section of this kind of file details:
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Sophont | The dossier section of this kind of file details:
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Subsector | The dossier section of this kind of file details: |
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The AAB adopted the dossier system early in the time of the Vilani Imperium, and all of its succeeding empires have kept the system. It has a relatively standard format although many administrators over the millennia have modified or otherwise edited the files and databases, leaving a not perfectly standard set of data.
The Library Data used on Ship’s Computers at and starport libraries may diverge from the data collections at AAB Data Repository installations. [1]
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak