Dear Folks -
Originally posted by jackleg:
What was IRIS?
The Imperial Regency of Intelligence and Security.
Created by Chuck Gannon in
Challenge #33 (with chargen rules in
#34). The original article specifically says it is a MegaTraveller variant, thus allowing Dave's sleight-of-hand decanonisation later on. Many of us (Bill Cameron, Doug Berry, and myself included) are very impressed by the way he did it, with
Survival Margin's Strephon commenting "Who are these IRIS people? You'd think that I might have heard of them once or twice." (NILSEN, David,
Survival Margin, GDW, USA, 1993, p 28).
If I ever get to 1121 IMTU, they are going to be a branch of the Imperial Ministry of Justice (IMoJ) who set themselves up as this "once-secret group of Imperial protectors" trying to stem the tide of anarchy, but wound up becoming almost as bad as all the other factional leaders anyway.
As to the JP/Menderez groups try:
"Julian Protectorate",
Challenge #49 (The Swimsuit Issue)
"Coreward Conspiracy",
Challenge #59 (The Special Mysteries issue)
"Wolf in Sheep's Clothing",
Challenge #67 (Trasilon #1)
"Lightning Never Strikes Twice",
Challenge #68 (Trasilon #2)
"Passing of the Flame",
Challenge #69 (Trasilon #3)