On 12/8/26 22:43, NotKnown AtThisAddress - jeffrowse at hotmail.com (via
tml list) wrote:
> Hello (other) Jeff,
>
> I've always pictured the TAS as the Traveller version of the Royal
> Geographical Society, TAS members normally those well-off enough to
> travel where and when they want who choose to share their information
> and hospitality with others of a similar status and, to an extent,
> with the general population as well; to answer your specific points:
>
> <snip>
>
> Sorry of this is a bit long and rambling, I'm at work and rapidly
> running out of lunch break... and it only covers the general TAS
> establishment, not the more, ah, "fun" ones...
>
> Jeff.
>
> (no, the other Jeff.  No, not that one, the /other/ other Jeff.  Oh
> never mind...)
> AKA Captain Chicken, Leg-end in his own Lucnhbox.
>
Jeff (Rowse),

That's not how I had previously envisioned the TAS in one of my GTU, but
it is now!  I'm going to have the scale of the facilities vary by port
type and trade volume - those on/around Terra in 1140 Imperial (Sol Rim
1827, GTL 12, A port, on at least two BTN12 major routes) will be
significantly bigger than those on Cerebin (Reft 0217, GTL 10, B port,
on one BTN9 feeder route).

I'm also yoinking it for the Advisoryverse, where "Travellers' Aid
Society" is scratched out and replaced by something - tentatively "Free
Traders' Association".  The canonical TAS can never arise in that GTU as
the Third Imperium will never arise, thanks to some wingnut named
Milford discovering another way out of the Terran pocket, after one hell
of a misjump, and naming it Teapot.

Alex