Droyne Planets

[Timerover51]

And place Droyne worlds at quite different spots than the other sources place them. The map in Droyne is highly inaccurate.


Hans

As the Droyne Module is specifically focused on the Droyne as an Alien Race, I am going to assume that it represents the most accurate picture of the location of the Droyne Worlds. I cannot help it that other material is inaccurate.

 

[rancke]

The Traveller Wiki gives Spirelle 95 million Droyne out of a 723 million.

The 95 million figure is from BtC and fits nicely with the D1 notation.

Also says that the humans are squeezing the Droyne out, which is more than bit odd, as the land surface of Spirelle is actually larger than the land surface of Earth, given the lower hydrographic factor.

I've no idea where that is from. BtC describes the humans as friendly and easygoing and makes no mention of the Human-Droyne relationship. Not that the two statements wouldn't be easy to reconcile. The tripling of the Droyne population between 1117 and 1201 is a bit more puzzling if they're being squeezed.

However, as it does not show up in the Droyne Alien module, I figure on ignoring it. That Droyne population would be greater than the populations on Candory and Andor, and as such, should have shown up in the module.

I'm pretty sure that approach will compel you to ignore several other canonical populations. I could be misremembering, but I think some Droyne and a lot of Chirper populations are missing from that map. I prefer to go with the positive evidence.


Hans

 

[Timerover51]

The 95 million figure is from BtC and fits nicely with the D1 notation.

I've no idea where that is from. BtC describes the humans as friendly and easygoing and makes no mention of the Human-Droyne relationship. Not that the two statements wouldn't be easy to reconcile. The tripling of the Droyne population between 1117 and 1201 is a bit more puxxling if they're being squeezed.

I'm pretty sure that approach will compel you to ignore several other canonical populations. I could be misremembering, but I think some Droyne and a lot of Chirper populations are missing from that map. I prefer to go with the positive evidence.

Hans

One, Behind the Claw is GURPS Traveller, and I am most emphatically, NOT, a fan of GURPS. So, as far am I am concerned, the Behind the Claw reference has no validity.

Two, the Traveller Map currently shows NO DROYNE population on Spirelle. A survey of the Traveller Map tonight shows no other Droyne or Chirper populations in the Spinward Marches other than those that appear in the Droyne Module.

Three, I do not have nor do I plan to get the Regency Sourcebook, nor do I have the Spinward Marches Campaign. Therefore, I am going with the materials that I have in my possession.

Four, how I run My Traveller Universe is up to me to decide, and if I choose to ignore comments from elsewhere, that is my prerogative as the Game Master and Universe designer.

 

[rancke]

Four, how I run My Traveller Universe is up to me to decide, and if I choose to ignore comments from elsewhere, that is my prerogative as the Game Master and Universe designer.

You asked for a list of canonical Droyne worlds. Inexorabletash did you the favor of providing you with one. I did you the favor of pointing out a canonical world (RgS is canon whether you own a copy or not) that wasn't on the list. What you do with the information is your business, but you have no call to get huffy if I point out that you're ignoring canon references when you started out asking about canon references.

In the future, you can take it for granted that any helpful remarks I may make will be for the benefits of others as will any corrections. So don't take them personally. Especially do not take them for attempts to dictate what you can and can't do in your own personal Traveller Universe.


Hans

 

[Qstor2]

One, Behind the Claw is GURPS Traveller, and I am most emphatically, NOT, a fan of GURPS. So, as far am I am concerned, the Behind the Claw reference has no validity.

Four, how I run My Traveller Universe is up to me to decide, and if I choose to ignore comments from elsewhere, that is my prerogative as the Game Master and Universe designer.

Well for what its worth GT has been said to be canon up to 1116.

Mike

 

[aramis]

Well for what its worth GT has been said to be canon up to 1116.

Mike

which it logically cannot be, because Dulinor aborts the asassination early enough to not have massive arrests follow. Which means at least a year. It is, after all, a massive conspiracy in thd OTU, and just a bad dream in GT.

 

[rancke]

We
ll for what its worth GT has been said to be canon up to 1116.

which it logically cannot be, because Dulinor aborts the asassination early enough to not have massive arrests follow. Which means at least a year. It is, after all, a massive conspiracy in thd OTU, and just a bad dream in GT.

The divergence point has to be at least as far back as 1114, possibly a bit earlier, but that doesn't mean information from 1116 or 1117 or even 1120 can't apply to the OTU. It just means that it doesn't automatically apply, the way information from before the CP do; you have to be careful to account for possible divergences. Admiral von Newguy may not be in the same place in 1120 in the OTU as he is in the GTU, but if he was born in 1070 in the GTU, he was born in 1070 in the OTU.

And if Droyne have been on a world for millenia in the GTU then they've been on that world for millenia in the OTU...


Hans

 

[Nathan Brazil]

I found the easiest way to go is that simply OTU and ATU are parallel universes. While I favor OTU ("The Rebellion and Virus happened. Deal with it." - Me) as my "home universe", I happily grab any and all info from GURPS. If there is a conflict between sources, OTU wins. Even when the ATU info may in fact make more sense (perhaps misinformation?). It is the only way I can keep My Little Ponies of Death from T:1248!!

 

[LeperColony]

Unless the Droyne left in 1115 in the OTU after only 999 years!