Survival Margin
| Survival Margin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Gateway to the New Era | |||
| Author | Dave Nilsen | ||
| Publisher | Game Designers Workshop | ||
| Version | Traveller The New Era | ||
| Format | Book (Softback) | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Pages | 104 | ||
| Year Published | 1993 | ||
| Canonical | Yes | ||
| Available from | DriveThru RPG | ||
| ISBN 1-55878-139-0 GDW0301 | |||
Survival Margin is a Game Designers Workshop source book written for Traveller The New Era.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
History is full of stories of societies that, just as they seem to be at their heights of power, fall to the depths that their citizens could not have imagined. Some of these falls merely passed the reins of powers from the falling empire to a neighboring rising empire, while others brought the downfall of the known world. This fall is one of the latter.
The Third Imperium fell in a frenzy of self-destruction unmatched in history. As many as 10 trillion deaths resulted from the Imperial Civil War and the artificially intelligent virus.
History is also clear that creative forces are ultimately more powerful than destructive forces. Inside every intelligent there is a force which will never be bowed. While it may be temporarily defeated, it will never surrender.
No matter the catastrophe, no matter how long it takes, it is a force that will always find a survival margin.
The Imperium is dead, long live the New Era.
Survival Margin contains:
- Selected Traveller News Service articles recording the long slide into chaos, from the 1116 assassination of Strephon to the 1130 release of the final weapon. Annotated with the private, personal observations of Emperor Strephon, Archduke Dulinor, and Archduke Norris.
- History of the virus - the artificially intelligent computer life form that changed the face of the Imperium.
- Overview of the emergence of the mysterious Star Vikings.
- Procedures for updating Traveller and MegaTraveller player characters into the Traveller: The New Era system.
Table of Contents[edit]
| Roots of the New Era | 3 |
| A Note on Sources | 5 |
| Traveller News Service, 1116-1130 | 6 |
| When Empires Fall, Part 1 | 67 |
| When Empires Fall, Part 2 | 72 |
| Ililek Kuligaan | 82 |
| The Extent of the Virus | 84 |
| Star Viking Timeline | 86 |
| Campaigning in the New Era | 89 |
| Traveller: The New Era Character Conversion | 95 |
| Library Data | 102 |
Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]
Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]
Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]
It is an important adventure book for Traveller The New Era.
Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]
| Credits (Primary Sources) | |
|---|---|
| Credit | Authors & Contributors |
| Compilaton, Redaction and New Material | Dave Nilsen |
| Complied Material | Marc Miller, Timothy B. Brown, Gary L. Thomas, Chuck Gannon, Steve Maggi, and Dave Nilsen |
| Art Direction | Steve Bryant |
| Cover Illustration | Ray Van Tilburg |
| Interior Illustrations | Rick Harris and Mike Vilardi |
External Link/s[edit]
Commentary & Data articles:
- EXTERNAL LINK: TBD
Reviews:
- EXTERNAL LINK: TBD
Other Articles:
- EXTERNAL LINK: TBD
References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]
|
This article is missing content for one or more detailed sections. Additional details are required to complete the article. You can help the Traveller Wiki by expanding it. |
- Dave Nilsen. Survival Margin (Game Designers Workshop, 1993), 2.