Happy New Year, y'all!
Let's
face it, the TML is somewhat moribund at this point. I think we need
something to reignite the spark. So I'm making one of my modest
suggestions.
So why don't we build a subsector? Lunion/Spinward Marches.
The
idea is simple. We pick a starting year (I'm partial to 1105 so we get
the run-up to the Fifth Frontier War) and anyone interested claims a
planet or two and detail them. Not just strings of numbers, but describe
the world. Physical details, how the government works, social oddities,
languages, economics (I'm completely open to the idea of local
currencies for some worlds) and all the little things that make great
plot hooks.
Since some of the worlds don't make
sense, we should feel free to slightly adjust things (a garden world
orbiting a M9V isn't going to happen, for example) but try to work with
the original material as much as possible.
We'll also do the big story stuff for the subsector's nobility, fleet, trade, etc.
The
end goal is to have a complete setting by January 1st, 2018. I'd like
to have a PDF with maps, art, logos and insignia. . . a complete cluster
of worlds to support adventures for years.
Ideally this would be non-edition specific. Any Traveller fan should be able to use it.