I found an old GDW Journal magazine that had an adventure following the aftermath of Duke Byzrk(?) assassination. Later that same year, Dulinor is killed by a Virus affected combine. Byzrk is killed in a powerplant explosion and is stated he was killed by some group within his own sector. Is it possible it was the Virus that caused the powerplant to explode? What do you think?
Virus killed Byzrk?
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I found an old GDW Journal magazine that had an adventure following the aftermath of Duke Byzrk(?) assassination. Later that same year, Dulinor is killed by a Virus affected combine. Byzrk is killed in a powerplant explosion and is stated he was killed by some group within his own sector. Is it possible it was the Virus that caused the powerplant to explode? What do you think?
I found an old GDW Journal magazine that had an adventure following the aftermath of Duke Byzrk(?) assassination. Later that same year, Dulinor is killed by a Virus affected combine. Byzrk is killed in a powerplant explosion and is stated he was killed by some group within his own sector. Is it possible it was the Virus that caused the powerplant to explode? What do you think?
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
How did the virus get all the way to Brzk's domain before Dulinor had accidentally released it?
Are you suggesting that Lucan had other virus based weapon systems...
... nice idea IMHO
Are you suggesting that Lucan had other virus based weapon systems...
... nice idea IMHO
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
How did the virus get all the way to Brzk's domain before Dulinor had accidentally released it?
Are you suggesting that Lucan had other virus based weapon systems...
... nice idea IMHO
Are you suggesting that Lucan had other virus based weapon systems...
... nice idea IMHO
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
How did the virus get all the way to Brzk's domain before Dulinor had accidentally released it?
Are you suggesting that Lucan had other virus based weapon systems...
... nice idea IMHO
Are you suggesting that Lucan had other virus based weapon systems...
... nice idea IMHO
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
Brzk's assassination is 271-1129.
Dulinor's fleet attacked Celetron on 079-1130.
And I still like the idea that Lucan may have deployed more primitive/limited versions of virus based weapons before the main event.
Dulinor's fleet attacked Celetron on 079-1130.
And I still like the idea that Lucan may have deployed more primitive/limited versions of virus based weapons before the main event.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
Brzk's assassination is 271-1129.
Dulinor's fleet attacked Celetron on 079-1130.
And I still like the idea that Lucan may have deployed more primitive/limited versions of virus based weapons before the main event.
Dulinor's fleet attacked Celetron on 079-1130.
And I still like the idea that Lucan may have deployed more primitive/limited versions of virus based weapons before the main event.
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
Brzk's assassination is 271-1129.
Dulinor's fleet attacked Celetron on 079-1130.
And I still like the idea that Lucan may have deployed more primitive/limited versions of virus based weapons before the main event.
Dulinor's fleet attacked Celetron on 079-1130.
And I still like the idea that Lucan may have deployed more primitive/limited versions of virus based weapons before the main event.
As much as I like the idea of a Virus 'trial run', Brzk's assassination was just that, an plain old, everyday, vanilla assassination.
Brzk's death was the result of two distinct Megatraveller metagame aspects coming together. The first metagame artifact was the belated attempt to find a way to end the Rebellion. The second metagame aspect was the increased interest in running 'high powered' campaigns. Let me explain the second one in more detail.
Skill wise, the original CT chargens were good for the 1970s. However as RPGs grew, the skill-poor nature of CT characters became apparent. Consequently, expanded chargens were developed and characters with many more skills appeared. Having more skills is a necessary part of 'high powered' role playing.
Next, just as there was an interest in post-apocolyptic settings during the mid to late 80s, there was an interest in espionage/covert operations campaigns and settings. Traveller got into the 'sooper' spy, 'sekret' agent, Jethro Bodine 'Double Naught' wannabe dreck with the introduction of IRIS. (He hadn't done anything else, Dave Nilsen's masterful deconstruction and decanonization of IRIS ranks him among the greats.) The idea of IRIS saw many imitators, among them Tukera's Vemene and a group belonging to Mendares, a Julian Protectorate megacorp. IIRC, the Mendares groups was called 'Transtar' but I am most likely wrong.
The Mendares organization, which had a hand-in-glove working relationship with whatever official intel groups the Protectorate fielded, was featured in several adventures in both GDW's Challenge and DGP's various magazines. One adventure involved foiling a plot to kill Archduke Brzk. That adventure even detailed Brzk's orbital palace, the same structure that later blew up.
So, in Brzk's assasination, we see a several metagame and story threads come together. We see the first faction in the Rebellion that fails; a necessity if we are to end the Rebellion somehow, we see a tie-in to all the published Mendares' 'spook group' adventures, and we see another example of 'high power' espionage/covert operation leanings RGPs had at the time.
A 'Trinity' test of Virus would be nice, but it doesn't quite fit in the OTU. Once released, Virus cannot be put back in the bottle. Virus used to destroy Brzk's orbital palace is also Virus released to infect the Antares system, the subsector, the sector, and eventually all of Chartered Space.
Those who dd 'off' Brzk may have used a 'virus' or 'virii' for the job, but they didn't use Virus.
Have fun,
Bill
Brzk's death was the result of two distinct Megatraveller metagame aspects coming together. The first metagame artifact was the belated attempt to find a way to end the Rebellion. The second metagame aspect was the increased interest in running 'high powered' campaigns. Let me explain the second one in more detail.
Skill wise, the original CT chargens were good for the 1970s. However as RPGs grew, the skill-poor nature of CT characters became apparent. Consequently, expanded chargens were developed and characters with many more skills appeared. Having more skills is a necessary part of 'high powered' role playing.
Next, just as there was an interest in post-apocolyptic settings during the mid to late 80s, there was an interest in espionage/covert operations campaigns and settings. Traveller got into the 'sooper' spy, 'sekret' agent, Jethro Bodine 'Double Naught' wannabe dreck with the introduction of IRIS. (He hadn't done anything else, Dave Nilsen's masterful deconstruction and decanonization of IRIS ranks him among the greats.) The idea of IRIS saw many imitators, among them Tukera's Vemene and a group belonging to Mendares, a Julian Protectorate megacorp. IIRC, the Mendares groups was called 'Transtar' but I am most likely wrong.
The Mendares organization, which had a hand-in-glove working relationship with whatever official intel groups the Protectorate fielded, was featured in several adventures in both GDW's Challenge and DGP's various magazines. One adventure involved foiling a plot to kill Archduke Brzk. That adventure even detailed Brzk's orbital palace, the same structure that later blew up.
So, in Brzk's assasination, we see a several metagame and story threads come together. We see the first faction in the Rebellion that fails; a necessity if we are to end the Rebellion somehow, we see a tie-in to all the published Mendares' 'spook group' adventures, and we see another example of 'high power' espionage/covert operation leanings RGPs had at the time.
A 'Trinity' test of Virus would be nice, but it doesn't quite fit in the OTU. Once released, Virus cannot be put back in the bottle. Virus used to destroy Brzk's orbital palace is also Virus released to infect the Antares system, the subsector, the sector, and eventually all of Chartered Space.
Those who dd 'off' Brzk may have used a 'virus' or 'virii' for the job, but they didn't use Virus.
Have fun,
Bill
As much as I like the idea of a Virus 'trial run', Brzk's assassination was just that, an plain old, everyday, vanilla assassination.
Brzk's death was the result of two distinct Megatraveller metagame aspects coming together. The first metagame artifact was the belated attempt to find a way to end the Rebellion. The second metagame aspect was the increased interest in running 'high powered' campaigns. Let me explain the second one in more detail.
Skill wise, the original CT chargens were good for the 1970s. However as RPGs grew, the skill-poor nature of CT characters became apparent. Consequently, expanded chargens were developed and characters with many more skills appeared. Having more skills is a necessary part of 'high powered' role playing.
Next, just as there was an interest in post-apocolyptic settings during the mid to late 80s, there was an interest in espionage/covert operations campaigns and settings. Traveller got into the 'sooper' spy, 'sekret' agent, Jethro Bodine 'Double Naught' wannabe dreck with the introduction of IRIS. (He hadn't done anything else, Dave Nilsen's masterful deconstruction and decanonization of IRIS ranks him among the greats.) The idea of IRIS saw many imitators, among them Tukera's Vemene and a group belonging to Mendares, a Julian Protectorate megacorp. IIRC, the Mendares groups was called 'Transtar' but I am most likely wrong.
The Mendares organization, which had a hand-in-glove working relationship with whatever official intel groups the Protectorate fielded, was featured in several adventures in both GDW's Challenge and DGP's various magazines. One adventure involved foiling a plot to kill Archduke Brzk. That adventure even detailed Brzk's orbital palace, the same structure that later blew up.
So, in Brzk's assasination, we see a several metagame and story threads come together. We see the first faction in the Rebellion that fails; a necessity if we are to end the Rebellion somehow, we see a tie-in to all the published Mendares' 'spook group' adventures, and we see another example of 'high power' espionage/covert operation leanings RGPs had at the time.
A 'Trinity' test of Virus would be nice, but it doesn't quite fit in the OTU. Once released, Virus cannot be put back in the bottle. Virus used to destroy Brzk's orbital palace is also Virus released to infect the Antares system, the subsector, the sector, and eventually all of Chartered Space.
Those who dd 'off' Brzk may have used a 'virus' or 'virii' for the job, but they didn't use Virus.
Have fun,
Bill
Brzk's death was the result of two distinct Megatraveller metagame aspects coming together. The first metagame artifact was the belated attempt to find a way to end the Rebellion. The second metagame aspect was the increased interest in running 'high powered' campaigns. Let me explain the second one in more detail.
Skill wise, the original CT chargens were good for the 1970s. However as RPGs grew, the skill-poor nature of CT characters became apparent. Consequently, expanded chargens were developed and characters with many more skills appeared. Having more skills is a necessary part of 'high powered' role playing.
Next, just as there was an interest in post-apocolyptic settings during the mid to late 80s, there was an interest in espionage/covert operations campaigns and settings. Traveller got into the 'sooper' spy, 'sekret' agent, Jethro Bodine 'Double Naught' wannabe dreck with the introduction of IRIS. (He hadn't done anything else, Dave Nilsen's masterful deconstruction and decanonization of IRIS ranks him among the greats.) The idea of IRIS saw many imitators, among them Tukera's Vemene and a group belonging to Mendares, a Julian Protectorate megacorp. IIRC, the Mendares groups was called 'Transtar' but I am most likely wrong.
The Mendares organization, which had a hand-in-glove working relationship with whatever official intel groups the Protectorate fielded, was featured in several adventures in both GDW's Challenge and DGP's various magazines. One adventure involved foiling a plot to kill Archduke Brzk. That adventure even detailed Brzk's orbital palace, the same structure that later blew up.
So, in Brzk's assasination, we see a several metagame and story threads come together. We see the first faction in the Rebellion that fails; a necessity if we are to end the Rebellion somehow, we see a tie-in to all the published Mendares' 'spook group' adventures, and we see another example of 'high power' espionage/covert operation leanings RGPs had at the time.
A 'Trinity' test of Virus would be nice, but it doesn't quite fit in the OTU. Once released, Virus cannot be put back in the bottle. Virus used to destroy Brzk's orbital palace is also Virus released to infect the Antares system, the subsector, the sector, and eventually all of Chartered Space.
Those who dd 'off' Brzk may have used a 'virus' or 'virii' for the job, but they didn't use Virus.
Have fun,
Bill
As much as I like the idea of a Virus 'trial run', Brzk's assassination was just that, an plain old, everyday, vanilla assassination.
Brzk's death was the result of two distinct Megatraveller metagame aspects coming together. The first metagame artifact was the belated attempt to find a way to end the Rebellion. The second metagame aspect was the increased interest in running 'high powered' campaigns. Let me explain the second one in more detail.
Skill wise, the original CT chargens were good for the 1970s. However as RPGs grew, the skill-poor nature of CT characters became apparent. Consequently, expanded chargens were developed and characters with many more skills appeared. Having more skills is a necessary part of 'high powered' role playing.
Next, just as there was an interest in post-apocolyptic settings during the mid to late 80s, there was an interest in espionage/covert operations campaigns and settings. Traveller got into the 'sooper' spy, 'sekret' agent, Jethro Bodine 'Double Naught' wannabe dreck with the introduction of IRIS. (He hadn't done anything else, Dave Nilsen's masterful deconstruction and decanonization of IRIS ranks him among the greats.) The idea of IRIS saw many imitators, among them Tukera's Vemene and a group belonging to Mendares, a Julian Protectorate megacorp. IIRC, the Mendares groups was called 'Transtar' but I am most likely wrong.
The Mendares organization, which had a hand-in-glove working relationship with whatever official intel groups the Protectorate fielded, was featured in several adventures in both GDW's Challenge and DGP's various magazines. One adventure involved foiling a plot to kill Archduke Brzk. That adventure even detailed Brzk's orbital palace, the same structure that later blew up.
So, in Brzk's assasination, we see a several metagame and story threads come together. We see the first faction in the Rebellion that fails; a necessity if we are to end the Rebellion somehow, we see a tie-in to all the published Mendares' 'spook group' adventures, and we see another example of 'high power' espionage/covert operation leanings RGPs had at the time.
A 'Trinity' test of Virus would be nice, but it doesn't quite fit in the OTU. Once released, Virus cannot be put back in the bottle. Virus used to destroy Brzk's orbital palace is also Virus released to infect the Antares system, the subsector, the sector, and eventually all of Chartered Space.
Those who dd 'off' Brzk may have used a 'virus' or 'virii' for the job, but they didn't use Virus.
Have fun,
Bill
Brzk's death was the result of two distinct Megatraveller metagame aspects coming together. The first metagame artifact was the belated attempt to find a way to end the Rebellion. The second metagame aspect was the increased interest in running 'high powered' campaigns. Let me explain the second one in more detail.
Skill wise, the original CT chargens were good for the 1970s. However as RPGs grew, the skill-poor nature of CT characters became apparent. Consequently, expanded chargens were developed and characters with many more skills appeared. Having more skills is a necessary part of 'high powered' role playing.
Next, just as there was an interest in post-apocolyptic settings during the mid to late 80s, there was an interest in espionage/covert operations campaigns and settings. Traveller got into the 'sooper' spy, 'sekret' agent, Jethro Bodine 'Double Naught' wannabe dreck with the introduction of IRIS. (He hadn't done anything else, Dave Nilsen's masterful deconstruction and decanonization of IRIS ranks him among the greats.) The idea of IRIS saw many imitators, among them Tukera's Vemene and a group belonging to Mendares, a Julian Protectorate megacorp. IIRC, the Mendares groups was called 'Transtar' but I am most likely wrong.
The Mendares organization, which had a hand-in-glove working relationship with whatever official intel groups the Protectorate fielded, was featured in several adventures in both GDW's Challenge and DGP's various magazines. One adventure involved foiling a plot to kill Archduke Brzk. That adventure even detailed Brzk's orbital palace, the same structure that later blew up.
So, in Brzk's assasination, we see a several metagame and story threads come together. We see the first faction in the Rebellion that fails; a necessity if we are to end the Rebellion somehow, we see a tie-in to all the published Mendares' 'spook group' adventures, and we see another example of 'high power' espionage/covert operation leanings RGPs had at the time.
A 'Trinity' test of Virus would be nice, but it doesn't quite fit in the OTU. Once released, Virus cannot be put back in the bottle. Virus used to destroy Brzk's orbital palace is also Virus released to infect the Antares system, the subsector, the sector, and eventually all of Chartered Space.
Those who dd 'off' Brzk may have used a 'virus' or 'virii' for the job, but they didn't use Virus.
Have fun,
Bill
Thanks for the info. But for those who like the idea of the 'Virus' being used here is one idea.
One of the many technichians working on the 'Virus' project leaves/escapes from the research facility and head back to his home sector as things are starting to fall apart. He manages to download an earlier version and take it with him, such as in a MT ipod.
The technician falls in with one of the groups opposed to Brzk. The group plans to kill Brzk at the power plant, but getting explosives or their own operatives into the plant is not possible. The Tech says we can download this program into the power plant's computer and that will cause the power plant to explode. Since this is an ealrier version of the Virus, it does not have the characteristics of the later version, such as replication.
This can be used or just plain old sabotage.
One of the many technichians working on the 'Virus' project leaves/escapes from the research facility and head back to his home sector as things are starting to fall apart. He manages to download an earlier version and take it with him, such as in a MT ipod.
The technician falls in with one of the groups opposed to Brzk. The group plans to kill Brzk at the power plant, but getting explosives or their own operatives into the plant is not possible. The Tech says we can download this program into the power plant's computer and that will cause the power plant to explode. Since this is an ealrier version of the Virus, it does not have the characteristics of the later version, such as replication.
This can be used or just plain old sabotage.
Thanks for the info. But for those who like the idea of the 'Virus' being used here is one idea.
One of the many technichians working on the 'Virus' project leaves/escapes from the research facility and head back to his home sector as things are starting to fall apart. He manages to download an earlier version and take it with him, such as in a MT ipod.
The technician falls in with one of the groups opposed to Brzk. The group plans to kill Brzk at the power plant, but getting explosives or their own operatives into the plant is not possible. The Tech says we can download this program into the power plant's computer and that will cause the power plant to explode. Since this is an ealrier version of the Virus, it does not have the characteristics of the later version, such as replication.
This can be used or just plain old sabotage.
One of the many technichians working on the 'Virus' project leaves/escapes from the research facility and head back to his home sector as things are starting to fall apart. He manages to download an earlier version and take it with him, such as in a MT ipod.
The technician falls in with one of the groups opposed to Brzk. The group plans to kill Brzk at the power plant, but getting explosives or their own operatives into the plant is not possible. The Tech says we can download this program into the power plant's computer and that will cause the power plant to explode. Since this is an ealrier version of the Virus, it does not have the characteristics of the later version, such as replication.
This can be used or just plain old sabotage.
Thanks for the info. But for those who like the idea of the 'Virus' being used here is one idea.
One of the many technichians working on the 'Virus' project leaves/escapes from the research facility and head back to his home sector as things are starting to fall apart. He manages to download an earlier version and take it with him, such as in a MT ipod.
The technician falls in with one of the groups opposed to Brzk. The group plans to kill Brzk at the power plant, but getting explosives or their own operatives into the plant is not possible. The Tech says we can download this program into the power plant's computer and that will cause the power plant to explode. Since this is an ealrier version of the Virus, it does not have the characteristics of the later version, such as replication.
This can be used or just plain old sabotage.
One of the many technichians working on the 'Virus' project leaves/escapes from the research facility and head back to his home sector as things are starting to fall apart. He manages to download an earlier version and take it with him, such as in a MT ipod.
The technician falls in with one of the groups opposed to Brzk. The group plans to kill Brzk at the power plant, but getting explosives or their own operatives into the plant is not possible. The Tech says we can download this program into the power plant's computer and that will cause the power plant to explode. Since this is an ealrier version of the Virus, it does not have the characteristics of the later version, such as replication.
This can be used or just plain old sabotage.
Perhaps, the virus used was a variation of Project Samson...
Quite frankly, do prefer Bill's idea of rivaling Intelligence Agencies. The Imperium has always struck me as pre-9/11 United States with its institutional rivary whilst allowing a domestic aristocracy to fill shoes that a meritocracy should have done away with long ago. NB: Not wanting to turning this into a political pulpit topic but the institutional disarray and rivary of the contemporary Imperium is both the strength and its greatest weakeness as outlined when Emperor Dulinor assumes the small Throne on Dlan.
Quite frankly, do prefer Bill's idea of rivaling Intelligence Agencies. The Imperium has always struck me as pre-9/11 United States with its institutional rivary whilst allowing a domestic aristocracy to fill shoes that a meritocracy should have done away with long ago. NB: Not wanting to turning this into a political pulpit topic but the institutional disarray and rivary of the contemporary Imperium is both the strength and its greatest weakeness as outlined when Emperor Dulinor assumes the small Throne on Dlan.
Perhaps, the virus used was a variation of Project Samson...
Quite frankly, do prefer Bill's idea of rivaling Intelligence Agencies. The Imperium has always struck me as pre-9/11 United States with its institutional rivary whilst allowing a domestic aristocracy to fill shoes that a meritocracy should have done away with long ago. NB: Not wanting to turning this into a political pulpit topic but the institutional disarray and rivary of the contemporary Imperium is both the strength and its greatest weakeness as outlined when Emperor Dulinor assumes the small Throne on Dlan.
Quite frankly, do prefer Bill's idea of rivaling Intelligence Agencies. The Imperium has always struck me as pre-9/11 United States with its institutional rivary whilst allowing a domestic aristocracy to fill shoes that a meritocracy should have done away with long ago. NB: Not wanting to turning this into a political pulpit topic but the institutional disarray and rivary of the contemporary Imperium is both the strength and its greatest weakeness as outlined when Emperor Dulinor assumes the small Throne on Dlan.
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