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The Galaxiad is a Traveller campaign setting, being developed by FFE.

It occurs nearly 800 years after the Golden Age of the Third Imperium largely in the 1900's.
The setting has been in development for a number of years.

Description (Specifications)

The Galaxiad is a high-tech wafer-based interactive entertainment telenovela. It covers events in and around the Golden Age of the Third Imperium. It culminates in Season Ten, the finale to end all finales, resolves all of the threads of the previous encounters to finally defeat a universal foe, although the ending was left tantalizingly ambiguous.

The producers claim that the series is based on actual diaries, ships' logs, and planetary records. The events portrayed mesh with the historical time period, but the events themselves, and the things in them, are apocryphal. No one has ever found the cool, fantastic, or horrifying sci-fi stuff portrayed in the show.

The Galaxiad is played by characters, with the overarching concept that it is a simulation. Once each episode in the simulation is complete, the players are "back" in 1902 (typically in the Republic of Regina, but other locales are possible).

Library Data Entries (Public)

History & Background (Dossier)

It is a setting for Traveller, 800 years after the Golden Age of the Third Imperium (year 1902 by the Imperial calendar).

Galaxiad Holovid Experience Seasons

First Transmission
Horde
Ten Thousand Parsecs
Beyond the Barren Worlds
Secret of the Essaray
Dashus Khurisi
Far Side
Irreality
Kursae
Last Transmission

Brief Timeline to 1902

From 1200 through 1450, the whole of Charted Space undergoes disruptive change which leaves worlds incapable of supporting themselves. As a result, most colonies fail. Some worlds hang on by stripping dieback colonies of supplies, but in time those supplies give out and those worlds fail as well. The few worlds that survive this phase find a technological equilibrium and focus on keeping themselves alive and safe. These become Strong Worlds.

A few of these Strong Worlds eventually form the nucleus of emerging pocket empires. By year 1900, a handful of these empires have taken root, separated from one another by tenuous routes 40 to 50 parsecs long. These empires set the stage for the Galaxiad.

(1310): Both the Regency and the "Fourth Imperium" are officially considered dead. The next 200 years are called The Collapse, a period of damaging chaos and full-on upheaval.
(14??): Regina reaches TL-16, but the achievement is short-lived.
(15??): The Foreven War. Regina is EMP'ed.
(1648): The Republic of Regina is formed, with three Strong Worlds forming its core.
(1780): The beginning of the False Spring in the Spinward Marches.
(1850): Regina re-achieves TL-16.
(1902): Regina achieves TL-17.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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Author & Contributor: Robert Eaglestone
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

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 The [[Galaxiad]] is a Traveller campaign setting, being developed by [[FFE]].
-* It occurs 700 years after the [[New Era]].
+* It occurs nearly 800 years after the [[Golden Age]] of the [[Third Imperium]] largely in the 1900's.
+* The [[setting]] has been in development for a number of years.
+== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
+The Galaxiad is a high-tech [[wafer]]-based interactive entertainment telenovela. It covers events in and around the [[Golden Age]] of the [[Third Imperium]]. It culminates in Season Ten, the finale to end all finales, resolves all of the threads of the previous encounters to finally defeat a universal foe, although the ending was left tantalizingly ambiguous.
-== Description / Specifications ==
+The producers claim that the series is based on actual diaries, ships' logs, and planetary records. The events portrayed mesh with the historical time period, but the events themselves, and the things in them, are apocryphal. No one has ever found the cool, fantastic, or horrifying sci-fi stuff portrayed in the show.
-The Galaxiad is a high-tech wafer-based interactive entertainment telenovela.  It covers events in and around the Golden Age of the Third Imperium.  It culminates in Season Ten, the finale to end all finales, resolves all of the threads of the previous encounters to finally defeat a universal foe, although the ending was left tantalizingly ambiguous.
-The producers claim that the series is based on actual diaries, ships' logs, and planetary records. The events portrayed mesh with the historical time period, but the events themselves, and the things in them, are apocryphal.  No one has ever found a Lost Depot of Ships, a Wall Of Heroes, a derelict Inertialless Liner, or any other  cool, fantastic, or horrifying sci-fi stuff portrayed in the show.
+The Galaxiad is played by characters, with the overarching concept that it is a simulation. Once each episode in the simulation is complete, the players are "back" in [[1902]] (typically in the [[Republic of Regina]], but other locales are possible).
-The Galaxiad is played by characters, with the overarching concept that it is a simulation of sorts.  Once the simulation is complete, then the players are "back" in 1902 (typically in the [[Republic of Regina]], but other locales are possible).
+=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
+# [[Abyssal]]
+# [[Akishir Kapashu]]
+# [[The Barren Arm]]
+# [[Black Ship]]s
+# [[Core Sophont]]
+# [[Denizen]]
+# [[Dushis Khurisi]]
+# [[Essaray]]
+# [[Hieronymous Device]]
+# [[Hydrogen Society]]
+# [[Kursae]]
+# [[Orion Spur]]
+# [[Persus Arm]]
+# [[Republic of Regina]]
+# [[Sharik's Guide to Sophonts in the Republic of Regina]]
+# [[SRAL]]
+# [[Strong World]]
-== History & Background / Dossier ==
+== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
-It is a setting for Traveller at least 800 years after the Third Imperium (year 1902).
+It is a setting for Traveller, 800 years after the [[Golden Age]] of the [[Third Imperium]] (year 1902 by the Imperial calendar).
-=== Seasons ===
+=== Galaxiad Holovid Experience Seasons ===
 # First Transmission
-# Horde
+# [[Black Ship|Horde]]
 # Ten Thousand Parsecs
-# Beyond the Barren Worlds
+# [[Barren World|Beyond the Barren Worlds]]
-# Secret of the Essaray
+# [[Essaray|Secret of the Essaray]]
-# Dashus Khurisi
+# [[Dashus Khurisi]]
 # Far Side
 # Irreality
-# Kursae
+# [[Kursae]]
 # Last Transmission
 === Brief Timeline to 1902 ===
-From 1200 through 1450, the whole of Charted Space undergoes a disruptive phenomenon which leaves worlds incapable of supporting themselves. As a result, most worlds fall prey to those few systems which preserve a technic culture.
+From 1200 through 1450, the whole of [[Charted Space]] undergoes disruptive change which leaves worlds incapable of supporting themselves. As a result, most colonies fail. Some worlds hang on by stripping dieback colonies of supplies, but in time those supplies give out and those worlds fail as well.  The few worlds that survive this phase find a technological equilibrium and focus on keeping themselves alive and safe.  These become [[Strong Worlds]].
-A few of these [[Strong Worlds]] eventually form the nucleus of emerging [[pocket empire]]s. By year 1900, a handful of these empires have taken root, separated from one another by tenuous routes 30 to 40 parsecs long. These empires set the stage for the Galaxiad.
-* 1310 Both the Regency and the "Fourth" Imperium are officially considered dead.  The next 200 years are called '''The Collapse''', a period of damaging chaos and full-on upheaval.
-* 1400 Regina reaches TL-16, but the achievement is short-lived.
-* 1648 The [[Republic of Regina]] is formed, with three [[Strong Worlds]] forming its core.
-* 1780 The beginning of the '''False Spring''' in the Spinward Marches.
-* 1850 Regina re-achieves TL-16.
-* 1902 Regina achieves TL-17.
-=== Metanote (Relationship to the Lorenverse) ===
+A few of these [[Strong Worlds]] eventually form the nucleus of emerging [[pocket empire]]s. By year 1900, a handful of these empires have taken root, separated from one another by tenuous routes 40 to 50 [[parsec]]s long. These empires set the stage for the Galaxiad.
-By 1450 at the earliest (and perhaps 1650 at the latest), upheavals to both time periods from the Wave, un-weaponized AI, the Lords of Thunder, Lucan, and the Hivers' manipulation merge the OTU into the same timeline as the Lorenverse.
+* ([[1310]]):  Both the [[Regency of Deneb|Regency]] and the "[[Fourth Imperium]]" are officially considered dead.  The next 200 years are called '''[[Collapse|The Collapse]]''', a period of damaging chaos and full-on upheaval.
+* ([[14??]]): [[Regina (world)|Regina]] reaches [[TL-16]], but the achievement is short-lived.
+* ([[15??]]): The [[Foreven War]].  [[Regina (world)|Regina]] is [[EMP]]'ed.
+* ([[1648]]): The [[Republic of Regina]] is formed, with three [[Strong Worlds]] forming its core.
+* ([[1780]]): The beginning of the '''[[False Spring]]''' in the [[Spinward Marches Sector|Spinward Marches]].
+* ([[1850]]): Regina re-achieves [[TL-16]].
+* ([[1902]]): Regina achieves [[TL-17]].
-== References & Contributors / Sources ==
+== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
-{{Intermediate}}
+{{Metadata}}
-{{Detail}}
+{{Advanced}}
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-|S1= Author & Contributor: RYE
+| Author & Contributor: [[Robert Eaglestone]]
-|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
+| Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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+{{LE|Galaxiad|Era: Milieu 1900}}
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+{{MET|Game Mechanic}}