Editing GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars

{{InfoboxBook2
|name      = Interstellar Wars
|alsosee   = [[Interstellar Wars]]
|author    = Paul Drye, Loren Wiseman, Jon F. Zeigler
|available = TBD
|canon     = Yes
|caption   = One World Against Thousands
|contents  = 
|edition   = 1st
|footnote  = ISBN 1-55634-746-4
|format    = Book (Hardback)
|image     = GTIWcover.jpg
|language  = English
|pages     = 240
|publisher = Steve Jackson Games
|version   = GURPS Traveller
|year      = 2006
}}
[[GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars]] is a [[Steve Jackson Games]] product.
* It is a source book designed for [[GURPS Traveller]].

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
''Overview:'' GT:IW includes an overview of the [[Interstellar Wars]] era, along with a large amount of background on the [[Terran Confederation]], the [[Vilani Imperium]], and the alien races likely to be encountered near Terra. The default year of the setting is 2170 A.D., in the "empty peace" between the [[Third Interstellar War|Third]] and [[Fourth Interstellar War]]s, but enough material is provided to set a campaign at any point between [[First Contact]] between the [[Terran]]s and [[Vilani]] and the defeat of the [[First Imperium]]. Much of the book is tailored towards a Terran-centered campaign.

Rules for generating characters for the setting, [[starship]] design, interstellar trade, exploration, and ship-to-ship combat, all updated for the 4th edition of GURPS, are provided. A [[main-world]] generation system is included which is not as detailed as the GURPS Traveller: First In system, but which is geared specifically towards the time period of the Interstellar Wars. A large map of "[[Known Space]]" shows the nine [[subsector]]s immediately surrounding [[Terra]], which are detailed in the book. The subsector maps, and information for each world are also included. Detailed statistics are present for 26 [[starship]]s, and deckplans for the [[Crockett class Picket Ship]], the [[Hero class Far Trader]], [[Lightning class Frontier Merchant]], and the Imperial [[Gashidda class Patrol Cruiser]] are included.

=== Setting ===
The transition between the [[First Imperium]], governed by the [[Vilani]], and the [[Rule of Man]], led by the [[Terran Confederation]], has always been a pivotal era in [[Marc Miller]]'s Traveller [[universe]]. Although the strategic boardgame Imperium (which predates Traveller) was set in the same era, this is the first supplement for any of Traveller's RPG incarnations which concentrates on this time period.

''GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars'' covers the 200 years of war, peace, and overwhelming change as the ancient [[Vilani Imperium]] falls to the upstart Terrans. This time of conflict presents many opportunities for adventure: forging new [[trade route]]s within the Imperium, defending the [[homeworld]] from invaders during the Siege of Terra, making first contact with alien races, and helping guide the [[Terran Confederation]] in its expansion from a single [[planet]] to a sector-spanning empire.

=== Table of Contents ===
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!colspan="2"| GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars
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! Section / Article
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| Introduction || align="right" |4
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| 1. [[Interstellar Wars|A Dangerous Galaxy]] || align="right" |6
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| 2. The Epic Struggle || align="right" |17
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| 3. [[Terra]] || align="right" |48
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| 4. The Imperium || align="right" |69
|-
| 5. [[Charted Space|The Known Universe]] || align="right" |95
|-
| 6. Characters || align="right" |133
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| 7. [[Technology]] || align="right" |159
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| 8. [[Starship]]s || align="right" |169
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| 9. [[Starship Design]] || align="right" |187
|-
| 10. Starship Combat || align="right" |219
|-
| 11. Campaigns || align="right" |228
|-
| Index || align="right" |239
|}

=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
# [[Aasha]]
# [[Aasha Ziru Sirka]]
# [[Apukallu Kibrat Arban]]
# [[Amrimkhar]]
# [[Anlagar]]
# [[Answerin]]
# [[Apukallu Kibrat Arban]]
# [[Bwap]]
# [[Damgarii]]
# [[Darmine (race)]]
# [[Dhue]] 
# [[Disigshur]] 
# [[Disigshar]]
# [[Droyne]]
# [[Duraag]]
# [[Duriir]]
# [[Duusirka]] 
# [[Engarii]]
# [[Enshii]]
# [[Eshimaar]]
# [[Gaashnarru]]
# [[Gakinisharra]]
# [[Gamirirem]]
# [[Geonee]]
# [[Gisadia]]
# [[Hero class Far Trader]]
# [[Ii]]
# [[Iishakku]]
# [[Interstellar Wars]]
# [[Ishimkarun]]
# [[Ishkaaim]]
# [[Karunii]]
# [[Kash]] ‎ 
# [[Khapsish]]
# [[Kiikag]] 
# [[Kimashargur]]
# [[Khagarii]]
# [[Kiduunuuzi]]
# [[Kuearda]] 
# [[Kulikasu]]
# [[Kurmaruushririi]]
# [[Kushamii]]
# [[Kushuggi]]‎
# [[Lukurranii]]
# [[Lurkugi]]‎ 
# [[Mashushshi]] ‎
# [[Merishmir]] ‎ 
# [[Merishmirra]] 
# [[Meson Accelerator]]
# [[Nadshemi]] ‎
# [[Nugiiri]]
# [[Saarpuhii]]
# [[Sarriiu]]
# [[Shakkanakhu]]
# [[Shangarim]]
# [[Sharaddun]] ‎ 
# [[Shardu]] ‎ 
# [[Shugilii]]
# [[Siigiizuni]] ‎ 
# [[Suerrat]]
# [[Sukauuaashdug]] ‎ 
# [[Terran Confederation]]
# [[United Nations]]
# [[United Worlds]]
# [[Urshaggim]] 
# [[Ushkiirga]] ‎ 
# [[Uskamsii]]
# [[Vegan]]
# [[Vilani]]
# [[Ziru Sirka]]

=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
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=== [[Business Charter|Selected Business Charters]] ===
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=== [[Ship|Selected Ships of the Interstellar War Era]] ===
''Terran Largecraft & Bigcraft:''
# [[Agrippa class Corvette]] AKA [[Agrippa class Destroyer Escort]]
# [[Bannerjee class System Defense Boat]] 
# [[Crockett class Picket Ship]] 
# [[Hardrada class Commerce Raider]] 
# [[Harmonious Repose class Yacht]] 
# [[Iiken class Scout/Courier]] AKA [[Razvedchik class Scout/Courier]]
# [[Indomitable class Battleship]] 
# [[Karl Marx class Heavy Free Trader]] 
# [[Lightning class Frontier Merchant]] 
# [[Phidippides class Fast Courier]] 
# [[Richtoffen class Missile Corvette]] 
# [[StarLeaper class Exploration Vessel]] 
# [[Zheng He class Survey Vessel]] 

''Vilani Largecraft & Bigcraft:''
# [[Crockett class Picket Ship]] (CAPTURED)
# [[Iiken class Scout/Courier]] AKA [[Razvedchik class Scout/Courier]]
# [[Hero class Private Merchant]] 
# [[Gashidda class Patrol Cruiser]] 
# [[Kargash class Light Cruiser]] 
# [[Shamshir class Destroyer Escort]] 
# [[Sharurshid]] [[Type PL-N7122 class Passenger Liner]] 
# [[Sharurshid]] [[Type-BF-N7640 class Branch Freighter]] 
# [[Sharurshid]] [[Type-LF-N4872 class Line Freighter]] (Kaanukir “freighter”)
# [[TBD class Interplanetary Shuttle]] AKA Standard 100-dton Interplanetary Shuttle

==== [[Smallcraft|Selected Smallcraft of the Interstellar War Era]] ====
''Terran Smallxraft:''
# [[Jaguarundi class Light Fighter]] AKA Terran 10-dton Light Fighter 
# [[Locust class Light Laser Fighter]]
# [[Agatha class Assault Craft]] AKA Standard 20-dton Assault Craft pg. 202

''Vilani Smallcraft:''
# [[Adip class Missile Fighter]]
# [[Gashka class Assault Craft]] AKA Standard 20-dton Assault Craft pg. 202
# [[Sharurshid]] [[Type-LF-N4872 class Lifeboat]] AKA Standard 10-dton Lifeboat 
# [[Sharurshid Type-LF-N4872 class Ship’s Boat]] AKA Standard 30-dton Ship’s Boat
# [[TBD class Missile Fighter]] AKA Imperial 10-dton Missile Fighter

== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
[[GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars]] is the first and only book of its kind published in the [[GURPS Traveller]] role-playing game series, by [[Steve Jackson Games]], set early in the history of the Traveller universe.
* Please see the [[Interstellar Wars]] article for more information compiled from the decades of Traveller lore.

=== Edition Notes ===
''What's Missing:'' Although the book includes updated versions of the starship design and combat rules found in earlier GURPS: Traveller books, it does not include any rules for converting characters, vehicles, or other rules systems directly into the 4th edition. Noticeably absent are any statistics for [[weapon]]s, with the quote; "The lists of melee and [[ranged weapon]]s found in the Basic Set are adequate for the Interstellar Wars setting" being the bulk of the book's treatment of them. The Technology chapter is somewhat brief, with most items gleaned from earlier editions of GURPS: Traveller.

One curious omission is that while GT:IW does mention the importance of [[gas giant]]s, and wilderness refueling from them, there is no mechanic in the world-generating system for deciding if a gas giant is present in a system.

(GURPS: Space contains mechanics for system generation, including the presence or absence of [[gas giant]]s in a [[system]].)

=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|+ Credits (Primary Sources)
|-
! Credit
! Authors & Contributors
|-
| Author
| [[Paul Drye]], [[Loren Wiseman]] & [[Jon F. Zeigler]]
|-
| Editor
| [[Wil Upchurch]] and [[Wikipedia:Steve Jackson (USA)|Steve Jackson]]
|-
| Additional Material
| [[Douglas E. Berry]], [[Steve Kenson]], [[Andrea Vallance]], [[David Summers]], [[Christopher Thrash]] & [[Eric Ueber]]
|-
| Starship Design & Combat Systems
| [[David Pulver]] & [[Jon F. Zeigler]]
|-
| Cover
| [[Jesse DeGraff]] & [[Bob Stevlic]]
|-
| Illustrations
| [[Andy Adkins]], [[Jesse DeGraff]], [[Chris Quilliams]] & [[Bob Stevlic]]
|-
| Other
| [[Ken Burnside]]
|}

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== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
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|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
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