ldadams122000
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What is Galaxid?
Daryl
Daryl
Galaxiad
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Don't pick on the newbies.
As far as I know, the Galaxiad is an adventure planned for T5 that will involve other parts of the galaxy and all the strange things therein, taking advantage of some of T5's uniqueness (which I'm speculating means Fantastic Drives and other high TL goodies). But don't count me as an official source.
As far as I know, the Galaxiad is an adventure planned for T5 that will involve other parts of the galaxy and all the strange things therein, taking advantage of some of T5's uniqueness (which I'm speculating means Fantastic Drives and other high TL goodies). But don't count me as an official source.
Galaxiad is a record of future events in the OTU, looking back some time after they occur. It may be fictional and/or historical in part. When Marc first brought it up, I thought he was describing a poorly written but awesomely detailed graphic future entertainment series...
So I think of an awesome sci-fi video series, but as created by technology available to someone 5000 years in OUR future.
At least that's how I think of the Galaxiad. Part Firefly, part BSG remake, part GalaxyQuest.
So I think of an awesome sci-fi video series, but as created by technology available to someone 5000 years in OUR future.
At least that's how I think of the Galaxiad. Part Firefly, part BSG remake, part GalaxyQuest.
I found this,
http://www.traveller5.net/GalaxiadIntroPublic.pdf
which was unexpected.
Ten seasons though, so more legs than any of the Treks...
:-D
http://www.traveller5.net/GalaxiadIntroPublic.pdf
which was unexpected.
Ten seasons though, so more legs than any of the Treks...
:-D
According to the Really Big Black Book, the story has been retold ("rebooted") many times and in many different ways.
So anything you've heard is probably true... from a certain point of view...
So anything you've heard is probably true... from a certain point of view...
Spaceresearcher
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Most Interesting.
mechascorpio
SOC-12
Finishing the first Kickstarter should be a priority as well. Player's Guide, Deck Plans.
Good scheme, thanks.
ldadams122000
SOC-7
So a historical drama from the far far future. Interesting..
And also fairly smart from a game standpoint. By creating a future "fictional" dramatization of past events, the setting can be used to elaborate the future history of Charted Space (and current staus of other areas of the Galaxy) for use in Traveller Campaigns and publications, while the "dramatization" element means that anyone can treat as few, or as many, of the setting elements or details as they want as "unofficial" (i.e. like Foreven Sector - its framework is laid out, but the details are the Gamemaster's preserve) - i.e. it was the producers' "Creative License" in producing the series. Any given element can be considered to be pseudo-factual.
mike wightman
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It also means that changes from rule edition to rule edition could be explained as being due to TriVid executives imagining things in slightly different ways.
Oh, that explains it perfectly!
MT, TNE, T4, GT, MgT, T5: Traveller "Re-Imagined".
:rofl:
I could draw some parallels, but I don't want to start a flame war.
Many years ago (I'm thinking not long after the demise of Imperium Games), I wrote Marc a letter asking him a few questions about unresolved questions in the story and whether there were going to be any more T4 or TNE books (or something along those lines), and in his reply he mentioned a "Far Far Future" in a tone that suggested that diehard fans would have heard about it (by which I assume he thought I was a diehard, since at the time, Traveller was pretty much dead). I recall him saying that Jump drive would be surpassed, and something about psionics being linked to Jumpspace, and creatures that lived in Jumpspace. (Although it's been so long and I may be confusing some of the things Dave Nilsen revealed about his own plans.)
Having just read a two-page "in-character" description of the Galaxiad, I would guess that this is what he was talking about back then. Whether any of the ideas he shared with me back then have survived or mutated, I can't say. However, I seem to recall having the impression he was talking about things THOUSANDS of years after 3I.
Having just read a two-page "in-character" description of the Galaxiad, I would guess that this is what he was talking about back then. Whether any of the ideas he shared with me back then have survived or mutated, I can't say. However, I seem to recall having the impression he was talking about things THOUSANDS of years after 3I.
