Sheridan Station Report

Sham|Ley|Outworld|2832 A85977A-D             KM  -  410  9 NaHu { 3 } (A6E+5) [9A7F] 1105 RU’s~ 4,200,  Striker GNP~ 640 BCr, RESTLINF GNP~ 1,097 BCr  Demographics Circa 990:  20 Million; Vilani Descent 45%, Solomani Decent 54%, Sydite 1%, Vargr <1% Circa 1105: 40 Million Vilani Descent 30%, Solomani Decent 45%, Other-Migrant- Undetermined  22%, Sydite 3%, Vargr <1% Binary: F7 V M1 V “The main planet has a thin atmosphere and is mostly covered by oceans. Sham’s only continent is primarily evergreen forest, with fairly cool temperature maintained throughout the year, even at the equator.” Merc Heaven, p. 9. History The Kikhei Union is of Vilani descent and pro Imperium, with a Sydite minority. New Heaven was settled by militant Solomani racist and religious fundamentalists.  A small population of ~ 80,000 Vargr lived in New Heaven, as laborers and second class citizens....

Originally posted to Citizens of the Imperium (CotI) (1) The States of Glimmerdrift Reaches | Citizens of the Imperium (travellerrpg.com)   I’ve been working from “Gateway to Destiny” circa 990, primarily using the political descriptions, forward to 1105 as a framework, not canon, to create a “history” of how the current map evolved. One important thing that I observed is that the population numbers were totally re-written, especially in Crucis Margin, and rather than try to reconcile that with mass migration or mass extinction, I’ve been using my own recalculated population figures from an 1105 baseline. The UWP and population figures below are directly from the 1105 data at  https://travellermap.com , because I haven’t retconned them yet. Between 990 and 1105  The Federate Republic  consisted of 11 worlds with a population of 215 mm, highest TL 12, although the majority of the population ~ 165 mm are TL6. Somewhere in that timeframe it ceased to exist. The Federate...

These are my own thoughts on Traveller (R) rules and house rules under development Striker vs. TCS vs. NATO -or- Your TCS Navy is Too Damn Big Suddenly NATO is relevant again, reminds me of 1981. I’m working on a campaign in the Gateway Quadrant circa 1004, and I want to pull together some baseline navies for the multitude of pocket empires that QLI and DGP left behind, which survive into the Travellermap. I’m looking for gameplay, not Keynesian Economic Models, i.e. a modicum of inputs and a range of outputs to be tailored by the referee to fit the game you want.   Let’s start with a comparison of Trillion Credit Squadron (TCS) and Striker. Striker presented a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Model, renamed GWP for Gross World Product.   It went like this: Citizen Income determined by Tech Level x Trade Modifiers (TRAD) x Referee Military Budget (MILBUD) x Branch Allocation (BRALLOC) in CR x Population.   Furthermore a lower TL world, could purchase higher TL...

  Sheridan has two primary competitors in the Gateway Sector: Haytch Dash Ten, usually abreviated H-10 : Glimmerdrift: Sosie (2124) and Galvestar : Gateway: Denkard (2008). H-10 Produces about 50% more ships than Sheridan and at a higher TL 14.  However H-10 is a Bureacracy, and the purchasing process can be excruciating and long, and not all governments are qualified buyers. Galvestar produces TL 11 ships, suitable for most purposes, but only had about a sixth of the capacity of Sheridan, and perhaps 10% of H-10s capacity.  Galvestar is ruled by a dictatorship which does not sell to governments that it finds idealogically offensive (at least not publicly). There are a few other Independent yards with less than 5% of Sheridan's shipbuilding capacity, in the Gateway Sector: Dover :    Gateway:    Ashton (2423) TL 10 - Dictatorship Tsavo :  Crucis Margin:  Bright Heavens (1125) TL 11 - Balkanized Aluudi :  Glimmerdrift:  Darkling (70...

 I've been working on a new Traveler Campaign during the Corona Virus and it's all sitting on my computer, doing no one else any good.  I saw another blog where a referee had posted an amazing amount of good material and I decided that I should put my modicum amount of medicore material into a blog for reference, for players and anyone else in the community who might be interested. What is Sheridan Station? Sheridan is a planet in the OTU (Official Traveler Universe) located in the Even Subsector of the Glimmerdrift Reaches Sector (0324).  Spinward of Sheridan is the Delphi Rift, 7 parscs Rimward of Sheridan is The Imperium Domain of Gateway.  Trailing and Coreward are numerous Non Aligned Human Worlds, States, Confederations and Unions. These are all customers or potential purchasers for Sheridan's numerous and enormous Tech Level 12 shipyards.  Sheridan Station is the hub of commercial and military shipbuilding activity that reaches out across the Glimmerdrift...