Father Fletch
SOC-12
Just an idea for those of you Traveller fans who may also like the BattleTech universe.
IMTU I have the occasional discovery of so called "Lost Tech". This may be a derelict ship, library cache, tomb opening, etc. Once this occurs any cultural or historic documents present start to filter into the popular culture. This can even represent a previously forgotten wing of the AAB that suddenly comes into availability.
The result of this treasure trove of info is a small cultural renaissance. When the Rosetta stone in our history was discovered, along with the English victory on the Nile, there was a general flurry of Egyptphilia throughout Europe. Similar popular fads can be seen in the architecture and sculpture of the Italian Renaissance and it’s fascination with the Greco-Roman world of 1500 years previous.
I postulate that a "sleeper ship" lost during the Nth Interstellar war had drifted through the Great Rift and been discovered, oh say about 800. This led to an opening of its library stores (UN Library of the Assembly complete collection on Holodisk) which then led to a popularization of late 20th to 22nd century Earth slang, fashion, fiction, film and other fun stuff. A counter cultural backlash occurred 20 years later with the opening of a previously thought destroyed branch of the AAB in Corridor dating to just before the 1st Interstellar war. This produced a Vilanii cultural upswing that led to strict reinterpretation of grammar, technological regulation, "traditional" societal mores, fashion, fiction, film and other fun stuff.
Back and forth these two elements warred, until in typical 3rd Imperial fashion the happy middle ground was reached.
This gives gamers and referees an excuse to include otherwise anachronistic cultural elements into a game that is placed three millennia in the distant future.
Tip-o-the-hat to W.A.Keith and the Grey Death Legion with their Lost-Tech horde.
IMTU I have the occasional discovery of so called "Lost Tech". This may be a derelict ship, library cache, tomb opening, etc. Once this occurs any cultural or historic documents present start to filter into the popular culture. This can even represent a previously forgotten wing of the AAB that suddenly comes into availability.
The result of this treasure trove of info is a small cultural renaissance. When the Rosetta stone in our history was discovered, along with the English victory on the Nile, there was a general flurry of Egyptphilia throughout Europe. Similar popular fads can be seen in the architecture and sculpture of the Italian Renaissance and it’s fascination with the Greco-Roman world of 1500 years previous.
I postulate that a "sleeper ship" lost during the Nth Interstellar war had drifted through the Great Rift and been discovered, oh say about 800. This led to an opening of its library stores (UN Library of the Assembly complete collection on Holodisk) which then led to a popularization of late 20th to 22nd century Earth slang, fashion, fiction, film and other fun stuff. A counter cultural backlash occurred 20 years later with the opening of a previously thought destroyed branch of the AAB in Corridor dating to just before the 1st Interstellar war. This produced a Vilanii cultural upswing that led to strict reinterpretation of grammar, technological regulation, "traditional" societal mores, fashion, fiction, film and other fun stuff.
Back and forth these two elements warred, until in typical 3rd Imperial fashion the happy middle ground was reached.
This gives gamers and referees an excuse to include otherwise anachronistic cultural elements into a game that is placed three millennia in the distant future.
Tip-o-the-hat to W.A.Keith and the Grey Death Legion with their Lost-Tech horde.
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