What's New at Freelance Traveller?

05 Jan 2008 - New Article: Relic Hunter for TNE

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:39:43 -0500

Daryl Frewing brings us this new career for Traveller: The New Era. You
can read about it in the Character Generation Rules section of Doing It
My Way.

Relic Hunter
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/chargen/tnerelic.html

Character Generation Rules
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/chargen/index.html

Doing It My Way
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/index.html

05 Jan 2008 - New Article: AI Specialist Career for TNE

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:40:18 -0500

Daryl Frewing takes the study of Virus beyond mere Computer skill in
this new career for Traveller: The New Era.  Read it in the Character
Generation Rules section of Doing It My Way.

AI Specialist
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/chargen/tneai.html

Character Generation Rules
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/chargen/index.html

Doing It My Way
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/index.html

05 Jan 2008 - New Article: Self-Improvement "Career" for TNE

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:40:35 -0500

Daryl Frewing presents this secondary, temporary career that can be used
to develop skills not directly related to a character's principal
career. Read it in the Character Generation Rules section of Doing It My
Way.

Self-Improvement
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/chargen/tneselfimp.html

Character Generation Rules
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/chargen/index.html

Doing It My Way
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/index.html

05 Jan 2008 - New Article: Mary-Jo van Marik

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:40:59 -0500

Ben Harrison profiles this manipulative member of the nobility for us,
in Up Close and Personal.

Mary-Jo van Marik
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/characters/ben-harrison/mary-jo-van-marik.html

Up Close and Personal
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/characters/index.html

08 Jan 2008 - New Article: Crucible Highport

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:41:19 -0500

Peter Trevor reviews Ed Messina's Classic Traveller website. This
LinkLook will be found in Critics' Corner.

Crucible Highport Review
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/websites/cruciblehi.html

LinkLooks
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/websites/index.html

Critics' Corner
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/index.html

23 Jan 2008 - New Article: Unfit

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:18:34 -0500

Richard Aiken brings us a new adventure seed, Unfit, in which the
adventurers are on escort duty.

Unfit
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/advents/gotg/unfit.html

Getting Off The Ground
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/advents/gotg/index.html

Active Measures
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/advents/index.html

26 Feb 2008: Correction - Computer Connection (Mac Traveller Programs)

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:42:49 -0500

We were advised that the link to the Mac version of StarGen actually
pointed to the Windows version. This has been corrected; there are
separate versions for OS X (on PPC) and MacOS 9 and earlier (PPC and
68K); links to both have been provided.

Traveller Programs for Macintosh
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/swlist/macprogs.html

Computer Connection
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/swlist/index.html

Information Center
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/index.html

26 Feb 2008: New Article - Skirmish at Apple Tree Farms

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:42:49 -0500

Ewan Quibell brings us this "scenario kit" inspired by and based on a
children's punch-out story diorama. Read about its creation in Doing It
My Way.

The Making of "Skirmish at Apple Tree Farms"
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/skirmapple.html

Doing It My Way
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/index.html

26 Feb 2008: New Article - Fooz Murphy

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:42:49 -0500

Angus McDonald profiles this ex-Marine and bodyguard, in Up Close and
Personal

Fooz Murphy
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/characters/angus-mcdonald/fooz-murphy.html

Up Close and Personal
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/characters/index.html

11 Apr 2008 - New Video: Traveller, The Movie Trailer

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:32:58 -0400

Andrew Boulton created a video of scenes from a hypothetical Traveller
movie, and posted it to YouTube.  We've got an embed of it in the
Multimedia Gallery.

Traveller, The Movie Trailer
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/gallery/andrewboulton/travellervideo.html

Multimedia Gallery
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/gallery/index.html

11 Apr 2008 - New Article: Harriet MacPherson

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:32:58 -0400

Peter Brenton profiles this Imperial investigator with an unusual knack
for getting the information.

Harriet ("Hattie") MacPherson
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/characters/peter-brenton/harriet-macpherson.html

Up Close and Personal
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/characters/index.html

27 Apr 2008 - New Article: Temporal Tonic Wine

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:54:11 -0400

Alan Hume's winning entry in the first Freelance Traveller contest of
2008, to come up with a consumer good, has been posted to (naturally) In
A Store Near You

Temporal Tonic Wine
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/consgoods/olddogwine.html

In A Store Near You
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/consgoods/index.html

27 Apr 2008 - New Article: Ulysses Perceval Smythe

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:54:11 -0400

Daniel Phelps profiles this remittance man and small-time thief who can
also act as a gentleman's gentleman.

Ulysses Perceval Smythe
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/characters/daniel-phelps/ulysses-p-smythe.html

Up Close and Personal
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/characters/index.html

Minor Design Changes

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:54:11 -0400

As you've no doubt noticed, we've been doing some touch-up on the design
of the site based on feedback from others.  We hope that these minor
changes make using our site more pleasant for you, and we will be
continuing to make minor modifications in continued response to
continued feedback.

30 Apr 2008 - New Section: The Freelance Traveller Contests

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:33:44 -0400

Freelance Traveller is now running contests for creating articles for
specified sections of our site.  This is still something of an
experiment, and where we post the actual contest announcements is still
not finalized.  However, information on past contests can now be found
here, and eventually, there will be provisions for actually entering the
contests from our website.

The Freelance Traveller Contests
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/contests/index.html

2 May 2007: New Article - Arka Kaelech

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:45:44 -0400

John T. Kwon profiles this enigmatic trader along the Zhodani border.

Arka Kaelech
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/charcters/john-t-kwon/arka-kaelech.html

Up Close and Personal
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/characters/index.html

19 May 2008: New Article - Rikarunasha's Peers, Precedence, and Protocols of the Third Imperium

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:40:31 -0400

Rikarunasha's is a comprehensive guide to the history and precedence of
the Third Imperium's nobles, from the lowliest baron all the way up to
the Emperor. Described by Jeff Zeitling, In A Store Near You.

Rikarunasha's
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/consgoods/rikarunasha.html

In A Store Near You
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/consgoods/index.html

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19 May 2008 - New Article: Freelance Traveller Contest #2008-02

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:40:31 -0400

Freelance Traveller Contest #2008-02: Jump Destination is concluded. The
summary of the requirements, and links to the winners, have been posted.

Freelance Traveller Contest #2008-02: Jump Destination
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/contests/2008-02.html

Freelance Traveller Contests
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/contests/index.html

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19 May 2008 - New Article: Zeimbo

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:40:31 -0400

Leslie DeGroff profiles this former capital of an empire. This was one
of the winners of Freelance Traveller Contest #2008-02. Read about
Zeimbo in Jump Destinations.

Nika
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/zeimbo.html

Jump Destinations
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/index.html

Lecture Hall and Library
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/index.html

Kurishdam
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/index.html

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19 May 2008 - New Article: Nika

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:40:31 -0400

Jonathan Broederlow profiles this former capital of an empire. This was
one of the winners of Freelance Traveller Contest #2008-02. Read about
Nika in Jump Destinations.

Nika
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/nika.html

Jump Destinations
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/index.html

Lecture Hall and Library
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/index.html

Kurishdam
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/index.html

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3 Jun 2008 - New Article: Freelance Traveller Contest 2008-03: Ship's Locker

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:58:37 -0400

This latest Freelance Traveller Contest, open to participants on any
Traveller forum, is to come up with ... stuff ... that would be found in
the Ship's Locker.  See the Contest Statement in the Freelance Traveller
Contests section.

Freelance Traveller Contest 2008-03: Ship's Locker
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/contests/2008-03.html

Freelance Traveller Contests
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/contests/index.html

3 Jun 2008 - New Article: Extrapolating the UWP

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:58:37 -0400

Doyle Taverner brings us this brief essay on understanding and
interpreting the Universal World Profile, as an aid to preparing for a
game. This is the first article in a new section of Doing It My Way,
Referees' Tips.

Extrapolating the UWP
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/reftips/extrapuwp.html

Referees' Tips
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/reftips/index.html

Doing It My Way
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/index.html

3 Jun 2008 - New Article: Jump Destination - Cathai

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:58:37 -0400

Ken Pick brings us this planetary writeup from a campaign from the
earliest days of Traveller.  Read about it in Jump Destinations, in the
Lecture Hall and Library section of Kurishdam.

Cathai
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/cathai.html

Jump Destinations
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/index.html

Lecture Hall and Library
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/index.html

Kurishdam
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/index.html

18 Jun 2008 - New Article: Seamus O'Doul

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:56:54 -0400

Tim Dougherty profiles this ex-Solomani ex-Scout who has an entertaining
story for every occasion.

Seamus O'Doul
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/characters/tim-dougherty/seamus-odoul.html

Up Close and Personal
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/characters/index.html

18 Jun 2008 - New Article: Infocenter - 17 Jun 2008 - Mongoose Outlines Traveller Line Plans

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:57:07 -0400

Mongoose Publishing has outlined their plans for the Traveller line on
their blog. We have received permission to reprint a lightly-edited
version of this announcement, which you can read in the News About
Traveller section of the Information Center.

Mongoose Plans
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/news/20080617mongoose.html

News About Traveller
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/news/index.html

Information Center
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/index.html

02 Jul 2008 - New Article: Advanced Lasers

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:41:46 -0400

Ken Pick brings us this expansion and update of his article from
Challenge 65 on laser weapons. Read it in the new section of In A Store
Near You, The Gun Shop.

Advanced Lasers
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/consgoods/guns/advlasers.html

The Gun Shop
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/consgoods/guns/index.html

In A Store Near You
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/consgoods/index.html

02 July 2008 - New Article: The Traveller Concept

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:41:46 -0400

Billye Gilbert joins our Multimedia Gallery with this small collection
of concept renders of some well-known ships.

The Traveller Concept
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/gallery/billyegilbert/travconcept.html

The Multimedia Gallery
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/gallery/index.html

03 July 2008 - New Articles: Dirtside II TO&Es

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:12:39 -0400

Ken Pick brings us the Tables of Organization and Equipment (TO&E) for
the Striker Zero/Dirtside II conversions of three GURPS Traveller: Star
Mercs units, and one more that was adapted from a 1905 Jules Verne novel
for the Glavion Cluster campaign. You can find them in Doing It My Way.

Death's Head Hussars
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/striker0/ds2/DS2DeathsHead.html

Rifles, Inc.
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/striker0/ds2/DS2RiflesInc.html

Trantaxer Company
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/striker0/ds2/DS2Trantaxer.html

The Merry Fellows
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/striker0/ds2/DS2MerryFellows.html

Dirtside II
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/striker0/ds2/index.html

Striker Zero
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/striker0/index.html

Doing It My Way
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/index.html

04 July 2008 - New Article: Breeforth's Legacy

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:40:28 -0400

Ken Pick brings us a writeup of another world from the Glavion Cluster
campaign, this one reminiscent of the American 'wild west'.  Jump
Destinations are found in Lecture Hall and Library, a subsection of
Kurishdam.

Breeforth's Legacy
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/breeforth.html

Jump Destinations
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/index.html

Lecture Hall and Library
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/index.html

Kurishdam
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/index.html

7 July 2008 - New Article: Ship's Locker

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:04:01 -0400

The Ship's Locker is where all sorts of eclectic miscellany ends up
getting tossed.  You can see what some people thought they might find
there in this new section of The Shipyard.

Ship's Locker
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/shipyard/locker.html

The Shipyard
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/shipyard/index.html

7 July 2008 - New Article: Freelance Traveller Contest 2008-04: Armed and Dangerous

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:04:01 -0400

The latest Freelance Traveller Contest asks that you design a personal
firearm.  Read the contest statement in the Freelance Traveller Contests
section.

Freelance Traveller Contest 2008-04: Armed and Dangerous
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/contests/2008-04.html

Freelance Traveller Contests
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/contests/index.html

12 July 2008 - New Article: Mongoose Traveller Core Rules Review

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:03:55 -0400

Our editor, Jeff Zeitlin, reviews the newest set of core rules for
Traveller, from Mongoose Publishing.  You can read his comments in
Critics' Corner.

Mongoose Traveller
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/rttcore.html

Critics' Corner
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/index.html

12 July 2008 - Minor Updates

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:03:55 -0400

Some minor updates to the entry page and the submissions guidelines have
been made.

Submissions Guidelines
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/subguide.html

Freelance Traveller Home Page
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/index.html

13 July 2008 - Updates: Published Products

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:42:51 -0400

We've done our best to update the published products lists for those
companies that are still have active licenses to publish Traveller
material commercially.  These lists are all tied to the Traveller FAQ.

The Traveller FAQ
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/faq.html

13 July 2008 - New Article: Mongoose Traveller: The Spinward Marches Review

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:42:51 -0400

Jeff Zeitlin reviews this sourcebook to go with Mongoose Publishing's
Traveller Core Rules release.  See it in Critics' Corner.

Mongoose Traveller - The Third Imperium: The Spinward Marches
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/rttspinmar.html

Critics' Corner
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/index.html

27 July 2008 - New Article: Review of 760 Patrons

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:04:11 -0400

Jeff Zeitlin, Freelance Traveller's editor, brings us this brief look at
the latest Traveller release from Mongoose Publishing, 760 Patrons. Read
his opinion in Critics' Corner.

Mongoose Traveller - 760 Patrons
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/rttpatrons.html

Critics' Corner
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/index.html

27 July 2008 - New Article: Designing Campaign Star Maps

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:04:11 -0400

Derek Wildstar shares a Referee's Tip with us for creating and expanding
a campaign area.  You can read it in the Referees' Tips section of Doing
It My Way.

Designing Campaign Star Maps
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/reftips/starmaps.html

Referees' Tips
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/reftips/index.html

Doing It My Way
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/index.html

04 Aug 2008 - New Article: Light Duty Line-Throwing Tool

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:34:06 -0400

Les DeGroff's Light Duty Line-Throwing Tool was the winner of Freelance
Traveller Contest 2008-04, Armed and Dangerous.  You can see a
description of the tool In A Store Near You.

Freelance Traveller Contest 2008-04 Contest Statement
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/contests/2008-04.html

Light Duty Line-Throwing Tool
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/consgoods/ldltt.html

In A Store Near You
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/consgoods/index.html

04 Aug 2008 - New Article: Spotter

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:34:06 -0400

Derek Wildstar helps us in Getting Off The Ground with this scenario
involving someone with a lot of interest in the PCs' starship.  Why?

Spotter
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/advents/gotg/spotter.html

Getting Off The Ground
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/advents/gotg/index.html

Active Measures
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/advents/index.html

04 Aug 2008 - New Article: Nathir

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:34:06 -0400

Garry Ward describes a new Jump Destination, Nathir. This was an entry
in Freelance Traveller Contest 2008-02. You can find this and other Jump
Destinations in the Lecture Hall and Library section of Kurishdam.

Nathir
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/nathir.html

Jump Destinations
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/index.html

Lecture Hall and Library
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/index.html

Kurishdam
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/index.html

23 August 2008: New Article - Freelance Traveller Contest 2008-05: Handle With Care

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:12:57 -0400

The Contest Statement for Freelance Traveller Contest 2008-05: Handle
With Care has been posted to the Freelance Traveller Contests section.
Anyone who can read the statement is encouraged to enter the contest.

Freelance Traveller Contest 2008-05: Handle With Care
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/contests/2008-05.html

Freelance Traveller Contests
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/contests/index.html

23 Aug 2008 - New Article: Evansion and Korranion

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:12:57 -0400

Ken Pick has reconstructed and genericized another Jump Destination from
the Glavion Cluster campaign of thirty years ago.  You can read about
this two-world system in the Lecture Hall and Library section of
Kurishdam.

Evansion and Korranion
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/evansion.html

Jump Destinations
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/worlds/index.html

Lecture Hall and Library
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/reference/index.html

Kurishdam
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/culture/index.html

23 August 2008 - New Article: The Thick Plotzes

newsadmin@freelancetraveller.com — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:12:57 -0400

When you don't want to thicken the plot, but just inconvenience the
party, you can throw one of these at them.  Compiled by the editor, from
various sources, for Doing It My Way.

The Thick Plotzes
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/plotz.html

Doing It My Way
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/rules/index.html