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== Description ([[Specifications]]) == | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == | ||
| − | ''Popular Spacer Definition:'' A number of old spacers popularly define themselves as [[sophont]]s who spend half their lives or more in [[space]]. {{Page cite|name=The Traveller Book |page=42}} | + | The term has several meanings: |
| + | # ''Popular Spacer Definition:'' A number of old spacers popularly define themselves as [[sophont]]s who spend half their lives or more in [[space]]. {{Page cite|name=The Traveller Book |page=42}} | ||
| + | # ''Military Definition - [[Spacer]]:'' Someone who serves in a ([[space]]) [[navy]] or works on am armed (star) [[ship]]. Naval Officer. Rating. Sailor (archaic).{{Page cite|name= T5 Core Rules |page=89}} | ||
| − | ===Types of Spacers=== | + | === Types of Spacers === |
* [[Belter]]s | * [[Belter]]s | ||
| − | * Deployed | + | * [[Scientist|Deployed Astrophysicists]] |
| − | * Naval | + | * [[Soldier|Military Men]] |
| − | * Starship | + | * Naval Enlisted |
| + | * Naval Officers | ||
| + | * Naval Personnel | ||
| + | * Ratings | ||
| + | * Sailors | ||
| + | * [[Crew|Starship Crew]] | ||
* [[Travellers]] | * [[Travellers]] | ||
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
''Old Spacer's Tales:'' An [[Old Spacer's Tale]] is a legend, myth, or generally good story told by [[spacer]]s. Such tales can be truthful, fictional, or somewhere in-between. They are primarily told for entertainment purposes, a way of passing the long hours spent in the lonely [[void]]s between [[world]]s. | ''Old Spacer's Tales:'' An [[Old Spacer's Tale]] is a legend, myth, or generally good story told by [[spacer]]s. Such tales can be truthful, fictional, or somewhere in-between. They are primarily told for entertainment purposes, a way of passing the long hours spent in the lonely [[void]]s between [[world]]s. | ||
| − | * Please see the [[AAB]] article [[Old Spacer's Tale]]s for more information. | + | * Please see the [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] article [[Old Spacer's Tale]]s for more information. |
| − | == References & Contributors (Sources) == | + | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == |
{{Intermediate}} | {{Intermediate}} | ||
{{Detail}} | {{Detail}} | ||
Revision as of 00:27, 19 April 2019
A Spacer is a tough sophont who has chosen to live and work in hostile expanses of the void, space.
- They are often popularly referred to as star men, travellers, etc.
- The term most often refers to military men, sailors, or naval ratings.
Description (Specifications)
The term has several meanings:
- Popular Spacer Definition: A number of old spacers popularly define themselves as sophonts who spend half their lives or more in space. [1]
- Military Definition - Spacer: Someone who serves in a (space) navy or works on am armed (star) ship. Naval Officer. Rating. Sailor (archaic).[2]
Types of Spacers
- Belters
- Deployed Astrophysicists
- Military Men
- Naval Enlisted
- Naval Officers
- Naval Personnel
- Ratings
- Sailors
- Starship Crew
- Travellers
History & Background (Dossier)
Old Spacer's Tales: An Old Spacer's Tale is a legend, myth, or generally good story told by spacers. Such tales can be truthful, fictional, or somewhere in-between. They are primarily told for entertainment purposes, a way of passing the long hours spent in the lonely voids between worlds.
- Please see the AAB Library Data article Old Spacer's Tales for more information.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- The Traveller Book
- T5 Core Rules
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Marc Miller. The Traveller Book (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), 42.
- ↑ Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 89.