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[[Grand Census]] is a [[Digest Group Publications]] product. | [[Grand Census]] is a [[Digest Group Publications]] product. | ||
* It is a source book written for [[Classic Traveller]]. | * It is a source book written for [[Classic Traveller]]. | ||
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) == | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == | ||
| − | Looking for Adventure? New cultures? Strange new | + | Looking for Adventure? New cultures? Strange new [[societies]] with unusual [[custom]]s? Travel can be a broadening experience, as long as you go where things are different. |
| − | Here, in one book, is all the information that players and referees need to discover the diversity in the 11,000 worlds of the {{Imperium}}. Starting with the basic [[UWP]] for a world, ''Grand Census'' leads you step-by-step to detailed cultural characteristics, including details of the social structures, government | + | Here, in one book, is all the information that players and referees need to discover the diversity in the 11,000 worlds of the {{Imperium}}. Starting with the basic [[UWP]] for a world, ''Grand Census'' leads you step-by-step to detailed cultural characteristics, including details of the social structures, government [[institution]]s, [[language]]s, and [[technology]]. |
Whether you're a ''Traveller'' player or a referee, ''Grand Census'' tells what you want to know when you arrive at a new world. | Whether you're a ''Traveller'' player or a referee, ''Grand Census'' tells what you want to know when you arrive at a new world. | ||
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* ''Cultural Design'': Extensive rules, charts, and tables to tell you everything about the cultural characteristics of a world: details of social outlook, types of government, organizational structures, detailed law levels, unusual customs, and intelligent native life. | * ''Cultural Design'': Extensive rules, charts, and tables to tell you everything about the cultural characteristics of a world: details of social outlook, types of government, organizational structures, detailed law levels, unusual customs, and intelligent native life. | ||
* ''Detailed Tech Levels'': A complete, official breakdown of [[tech level]]s, with different classifications for energy, computers/robotics, communications, medicine, environmental control, transport systems, weapons, and more. | * ''Detailed Tech Levels'': A complete, official breakdown of [[tech level]]s, with different classifications for energy, computers/robotics, communications, medicine, environmental control, transport systems, weapons, and more. | ||
| − | * ''Cultural Profile Form'': The new Imperial Scout Form 22, to record all the cultural details of a world. | + | * ''Cultural Profile Form'': The new [[Imperial Scout Form 22]], to record all the cultural details of a world. |
| − | * ''Landing Party Contact Procedures'': How contacts with alien | + | * ''Landing Party Contact Procedures'': How contacts with alien [[civilization]]s are made. Including new skills for Scout characters. |
| − | * ''High-tech Exploration Equipment'': New equipment for Traveller, including the pocket [[Medical Scanner|medical scanner]] and med scanner-computer, a portable [[Neural Activity Sensor|neural activity sensor]] and handset, pocket [[communicator]]s and [[commdot]]s, a data-display/recorder [[Data Headpiece|headpiece]], and high-tech [[field glasses]], with an illustration for every item. | + | * ''High-tech Exploration Equipment'': New equipment for Traveller, including the pocket [[Medical Scanner|medical scanner]] and med scanner-computer, a portable [[Neural Activity Sensor|neural activity sensor]] and handset, pocket [[communicator]]s and [[commdot]]s, a [[data-display/recorder]] [[Data Headpiece|headpiece]], and high-tech [[field glasses]], with an illustration for every item. |
| − | * ''New Vessels'': Illustrated descriptions of the four-man [[air/raft]], the survey [[G-Carrier]], the enclosed two-man [[G-Tube]], the [[Grav cycle|grav bike]], and the tech level 15 [[Grav Belt|grav belt]]. | + | * ''New Vessels'': Illustrated descriptions of the four-man [[air/raft]], the survey [[G-Carrier]], the enclosed two-man [[G-Tube]], the [[Grav cycle|grav bike]], and the [[tech level 15]] [[Grav Belt|grav belt]]. |
* ''Index'': Not only is everything you want in '''Grand Census''', but you can find it fast. | * ''Index'': Not only is everything you want in '''Grand Census''', but you can find it fast. | ||
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| Index || align="right"|48 | | Index || align="right"|48 | ||
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| + | === [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) === | ||
| + | # [[TBD]] | ||
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| + | === [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) === | ||
| + | {{LibraryEntries}} | ||
== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
| − | + | It is a comprehensive guide to contacting and detailing [[culture]]s. | |
=== World-building & Colonization === | === World-building & Colonization === | ||
| − | {{ | + | {{CT}} [[Worlds and Adventures]] (1977) created the [[UWP]], which was later expanded with "Extended [[UWP]] Statistics", and was continued with the following products: |
* [[World Displays]] (1981), by [[Ad Astra Products]], which provided subsector and world record forms. | * [[World Displays]] (1981), by [[Ad Astra Products]], which provided subsector and world record forms. | ||
* [[Grand Survey (book)|Grand Survey]] (1986), by [[Digest Group Publications]], which detailed the [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service]] and the [[Grand Survey]]s, which allowed detailed physical characteristics and an accurate map of the world. [[Grand Survey (book)|Grand Survey]] called the [[UWP]], the UPP or Universal Planetary Profile. | * [[Grand Survey (book)|Grand Survey]] (1986), by [[Digest Group Publications]], which detailed the [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service]] and the [[Grand Survey]]s, which allowed detailed physical characteristics and an accurate map of the world. [[Grand Survey (book)|Grand Survey]] called the [[UWP]], the UPP or Universal Planetary Profile. | ||
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=== Credits (Primary Sources) === | === Credits (Primary Sources) === | ||
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| − | + | !colspan="2"| Credits (Primary Sources) | |
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| − | + | ! Credit | |
| − | + | ! [[Author]]s & Contributors | |
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | | Exploring a [[World]] | |
| − | + | | [[Gary L. Thomas]], [[Nancy Parker]] | |
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | | Detailing a [[Culture]] | |
| − | + | | [[Gary L. Thomas]], [[Joe Fugate]], [[J. Andrew Keith]], [[Ed Edwards]] | |
| − | + | |- | |
| − | + | | Additional Design | |
| − | + | | [[Gary L. Thomas]] | |
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Examples | ||
| + | | [[Gary L. Thomas]], [[Joe Fugate]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | [[Equipment]] Designs | ||
| + | | [[Joe Fugate]], [[Rob Caswell]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Cover Painting | ||
| + | | [[Joe Fugate]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Interior Illustrations | ||
| + | | [[Rob Caswell]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |} | ||
| − | == References & Contributions (Sources) == | + | == References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) == |
{{Intermediate}} | {{Intermediate}} | ||
{{Detail}} | {{Detail}} | ||
{{Sources | {{Sources | ||
| − | |S1= | + | |S1= {{Ludography cite|name=Grand Census|page=1}} |
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}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 05:52, 21 December 2021
| Grand Census | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Creating and Detailing Cultures. | |||
| Author | Gary L. Thomas | ||
| Publisher | Digest Group Publications | ||
| Version | Classic Traveller | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
| Format | Book (Softback) | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Pages | 48 | ||
| Year Published | 1987 | ||
| Canonical | Yes | ||
| Available from | TBD | ||
| Also See | Culture | ||
| Product No. 863 | |||
Grand Census is a Digest Group Publications product.
- It is a source book written for Classic Traveller.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Looking for Adventure? New cultures? Strange new societies with unusual customs? Travel can be a broadening experience, as long as you go where things are different.
Here, in one book, is all the information that players and referees need to discover the diversity in the 11,000 worlds of the Imperium. Starting with the basic UWP for a world, Grand Census leads you step-by-step to detailed cultural characteristics, including details of the social structures, government institutions, languages, and technology.
Whether you're a Traveller player or a referee, Grand Census tells what you want to know when you arrive at a new world.
Chapters include:
- Cultural Design: Extensive rules, charts, and tables to tell you everything about the cultural characteristics of a world: details of social outlook, types of government, organizational structures, detailed law levels, unusual customs, and intelligent native life.
- Detailed Tech Levels: A complete, official breakdown of tech levels, with different classifications for energy, computers/robotics, communications, medicine, environmental control, transport systems, weapons, and more.
- Cultural Profile Form: The new Imperial Scout Form 22, to record all the cultural details of a world.
- Landing Party Contact Procedures: How contacts with alien civilizations are made. Including new skills for Scout characters.
- High-tech Exploration Equipment: New equipment for Traveller, including the pocket medical scanner and med scanner-computer, a portable neural activity sensor and handset, pocket communicators and commdots, a data-display/recorder headpiece, and high-tech field glasses, with an illustration for every item.
- New Vessels: Illustrated descriptions of the four-man air/raft, the survey G-Carrier, the enclosed two-man G-Tube, the grav bike, and the tech level 15 grav belt.
- Index: Not only is everything you want in Grand Census, but you can find it fast.
Table of Contents[edit]
| Grand Census | |
|---|---|
| Section | Page/s |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Exploring a World | 3 |
| Landing Party Equipment | 10 |
| Detailing a Culture | 22 |
| Index | 48 |
Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]
Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]
Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]
It is a comprehensive guide to contacting and detailing cultures.
World-building & Colonization[edit]
Classic Traveller Worlds and Adventures (1977) created the UWP, which was later expanded with "Extended UWP Statistics", and was continued with the following products:
- World Displays (1981), by Ad Astra Products, which provided subsector and world record forms.
- Grand Survey (1986), by Digest Group Publications, which detailed the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service and the Grand Surveys, which allowed detailed physical characteristics and an accurate map of the world. Grand Survey called the UWP, the UPP or Universal Planetary Profile.
- Issue 10 of Travellers' Digest contained some additions and clarifications for Grand Survey.
- Grand Census (1987), by Digest Group Publications, which detailed world cultural characteristics, including details of the social structures, government institutions, languages, and technology of the UWP.
- World Builder's Handbook (1989), by Digest Group Publications, which detailed how Imperial Scouts survey and explore new worlds including colonization and world mapping techniques.
- World Tamer's Handbook (1994), by Game Designers' Workshop, which brought even more detail to the survey and colonization processes.
- Traveller 5th (2013), by Far Future Enterprises, which further continues the UWP legacy with many new features.
Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]
| Credits (Primary Sources) | |
|---|---|
| Credit | Authors & Contributors |
| Exploring a World | Gary L. Thomas, Nancy Parker |
| Detailing a Culture | Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate, J. Andrew Keith, Ed Edwards |
| Additional Design | Gary L. Thomas |
| Examples | Gary L. Thomas, Joe Fugate |
| Equipment Designs | Joe Fugate, Rob Caswell |
| Cover Painting | Joe Fugate |
| Interior Illustrations | Rob Caswell |
References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]
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- Gary L. Thomas. Grand Census (Digest Group Publications, 1987), 1.