Ok, I'm slow and I need help.
I'm thinking of running a game prior to 1000. The Last Hurrah and the report of a Interstellar Wars game over at SJG has inspired me to mull over running a game in a period long before the Third Imperium.
My Question: Is there an established method for "backdating" published sectors and subsectors. i.e., lowering the tech of worlds (improving the tech of some?). I know there is a version of this in TNE but that assumes the destruction delt by Virus.
p.s. My group wants to run a "Mercenary" campaign. Out of all the types of Traveller games I've run in 20 years I've never done a Merc. Any help on that would be appreciated also.
Thanks for the help!
-S.

I'm thinking of running a game prior to 1000. The Last Hurrah and the report of a Interstellar Wars game over at SJG has inspired me to mull over running a game in a period long before the Third Imperium.
My Question: Is there an established method for "backdating" published sectors and subsectors. i.e., lowering the tech of worlds (improving the tech of some?). I know there is a version of this in TNE but that assumes the destruction delt by Virus.
p.s. My group wants to run a "Mercenary" campaign. Out of all the types of Traveller games I've run in 20 years I've never done a Merc. Any help on that would be appreciated also.
Thanks for the help!
-S.
