Grognard_1
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Wow, I didn't realize that so many had been lifted directly from Space Master. How... disappointing.
The Zhodani Coreward Expedition? Is this official?
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GypsyComet
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Lifted is too strong a word. Dave Pulver created many of them for his own homebrew Traveller universe, then converted them to Spacemaster when he wrote for them, then converted them BACK while working for SJG. Most have since been adopted into the OTU. Two that are not are the Inheritors and, IIRC, the Devi.
The Clotho are accepted by Marc, but not as the Addaxur. The Clotho were moved to another corner of the same sector, with a note that outsiders DO confuse the two because the Clotho travel a bit more and are mistaken for the Addaxur since they loosely fit the vague physical description (number of limbs, etc) and because the Addaxur don't travel nearly as far or as often. This is why the MGT v1 Zhodani book has specific art for the Addaxur that was either supplied by Marc or guided by old GDW art in Marc's archives.
Going through some of Ye Olde Stuffe, I was reminded of the Core Expedition threat that we didn't get due to the end of DGP's license, the Primordials. While I don't entirely hate them, and it does seem like Grandfather's style to set up the Zhodani to keep an eye on something he was interested in, I'm not entirely disappointed that they haven't been picked back up by official material.
The MGT version of Secrets of the Ancients does namecheck the Primordials as a potential future threat but doesn't go into further detail. It also introduces some other species and civilizations that were adversaries of the Ancients, one of which is hinted to still be lurking around somewhere in the galaxy.
So the Primordials are still out there but quite possibly not as DGP intended.
*re-reads the last chapter of SotA*
Oh, so just as out there as the Empress Wave.
*ducks and runs for cover*
Wait. If the Joes have been out that way for thousands of years, they've known about The Wave for... quite a while. And... they did what about it again?
Spinward Flow
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"Existential threat to civilization? Ah ... probably nothing to worry about! Tell the neighbors? You must be joking!"
/headdesk
GypsyComet
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They made plans. Because that's what they do.
Their knowing about the Wave is established in Marc's novel as well. "The Chilling Thought"
