New Era 1248 Sourcebook 1: Out Of The Darkness

Out Of The Darkness
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Author		Martin Dougherty
Publisher		Avenger Enterprises
Version		Traveller The New Era
Edition		1st
Format		Book (PDF)
Language		English
Pages		166
Year Published		2006
Canonical		Yes
Available from		TBD
The New Era sourcebook 1

New Era 1248 Sourcebook 1: Out Of The Darkness is a New Era 1248 source book supporting a milieu beyond Traveller The New Era.

• Out of the Darkness, is a complete 168 page guide to Charted Space in the year 1248, published by ComStar Games.

Description (Specifications)

A century after the Third Imperium tore itself apart in Civil War and dragged the rest of Charted Space down into ruin, Humaniti still teeters on the brink of extinction. But now there is hope.

For emerging from the darkness are the powers of the New Era; the Fourth Imperium, the Terran Commonwealth, the Freedom League, the Zhodani Concord and many others. Diminished, battered and bloody, they remain as beacons in the night and as bastions against the howling tides of destruction.

Out of the Darkness continues the story begun with MegaTraveller’s Rebellion setting and moves forward from the early-reconstruction era of Traveller: The New Era. Compatible with all rules versions, Out of the Darkness presents an overview of Charted Space, with answers at last to the Big Questions of the New Era.

The history section tells of the fall of the Third Imperium and the fate of each faction. The tales of the survivors are told as well as those who strove and failed. The bright defiance of Archduke Margaret’s faction, holding the line to the end; the vainglorious grab for Capital by the Vilani Imperium and of course the horror that became the Black Imperium of Emperor Lucan. From the Second Rule of Man to the New Lords of Kusyu; from the honourable Republic of Regina to the living hell of the Black Imperium remnants, each successor state is unique. Out of the Darkness presents an overview of each, to be further developed in future products.

Between these fledgling empires lie whole sectors of Wilds, punctuated by pocket empires and trading alliances. An entire section of the book deals with conditions in the Wilds and how to generate UWP data for Wilds systems. Later sections of the book present answers to the big questions of the New Era universe – the Empress Wave and its effects on Human Space, the nature of Virus, and what lay behind the Black Curtain surrounding Capital. The fate of the Star Vikings is revealed as they forge Corewards to the aid of their lost human cousins.

Finally, a complete setting for Traveller games in the New Era is presented. The County of Ukse lies on the very fringe of the Fourth Imperium. It is a frontier between the civilized interior and the untamed Wilds, a place where adventurers can make a fortune or meet a miserable end.

Table of Contents

New Era 1248 Sourcebook 1: Out Of The Darkness
Section	Page/s
The Last Page of History	7
About this Book	8
Standards and Assumptions	9
Author’s Introduction	11
The New Era: 1248 Setting	14
Chapter 1: A Unified History of Charted Space	17
The Second Civil War and the Collapse (1116-1130)	24
The Dark Years (1130-1195)	46
The Early Reconstruction (1196-1205)	52
The Rise of the Powers (1206-1208)	57
The Curtain War (1209-1211)	60
The Calm (1212)	61
The Storm (1213-1218)	65
The Founding Years (1219-1221)	68
The Expansion Period (1222-1228)	70
The Grand Clashes (1229-1242)	73
The Last Rally (1243-1246)	75
The Year of Lucan the Great (1247)	78
The New Era (1248-)	79
Chapter 2: Charted Space in the New Era	80
The People of Charted Space	85
Significant Minor Races	88
The Wilds	91
Major and Minor Powers in The New Era	91
The Fourth Imperium	93
The New Ziru Sirka	96
The Freedom League	98
The United Worlds	100
The Spinward States	101
The Solomani Successors	101
The Terran Commonwealth	104
The Solomani Imperium (The Second Rule of Man)	106
Distant Lands	109
Organizations and Power Groups	114
Chapter 3: Referee’s Information	115
Virus	116
Common Viral Strains	119
Viral Entities as Characters	121
The Empress Wave and Related Matters	122
The Tragedy of the Yaskoydri	126
The Eighth Zhodani Core Expedition	127
Avery’s Mission	129
Longbow and Related Projects	131
Matters of History	134
The Great Rescue	135
The Droyne, The Ancients and Related Matters	136
The Deadspace Phenomenon and the Ghost Fleet	144
The Forward Timeline	145
Final Notes	153
Appendix 1: Generating UWP’s for Worlds in The New Era	154
Appendix 2: The County of Ukse	156
The County and Surrounding Region	158
Worlds of The County	160
Nearby Worlds	161
Adventuring in Ukse County	163
Ukse Map	164
Luurii Map	165
Ginugmuu Map	166

Library Data Entries (Public)

1. Black Imperium
2. Empress Wave
3. Fourth Imperium
4. Freedom League
5. Lucan
6. Margaret
7. New Lords of Kusyu
8. New Ziru Sirka
9. Republic of Regina
10. Second Rule of Man
11. Terran Commonwealth
12. Wilds
13. Yaskoydri
14. Zhodani Concord

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