tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.comments2016-02-25T07:40:29.477-06:00Thornwood-Daarnulud InstituteCraig A. Glesnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-69459431363316395252014-12-24T18:57:38.671-06:002014-12-24T18:57:38.671-06:00Let it be known, that upon review the Ministry of ...Let it be known, that upon review the Ministry of Defense shall henceforth in Canon is the Ministry of War. Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-31529686444538653272014-12-03T17:46:48.097-06:002014-12-03T17:46:48.097-06:00Hey Craig, have just found your site and this scou...Hey Craig, have just found your site and this scout post, if i may, i would like deckplans and an image of the ship Ian Stead designed. i love his work.<br /><br />fireyphoenix22@yahoo.com<br /><br />see you on coti thanks jay<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-43280047357151353192014-02-04T06:40:37.701-06:002014-02-04T06:40:37.701-06:00Bzzzzt! After further review it has been discover...Bzzzzt! After further review it has been discovered that this font is not intact Eurostile Oblique, since the "I" has crossbars which they don't in Eurostile. Grrr. Well, back to square one. Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-62587145071234403872014-02-01T16:16:07.858-06:002014-02-01T16:16:07.858-06:00And praise be to ARPA! I have found my answer, bet...And praise be to ARPA! I have found my answer, between memory and Google I found it again. The mystery font for the curious and non-font lovers is Eurostile Oblique. Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-90953276497294098722013-12-04T07:15:17.686-06:002013-12-04T07:15:17.686-06:00Holy crap! Image seeing you here?
Heya! Hope thi...Holy crap! Image seeing you here? <br /><br />Heya! Hope things are good with you. <br /><br />I for some reason did not get notified when this went up. Hmmm, now I must check settings and the other threads... What else have I been missing?Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-12375115504187251682013-09-04T05:01:06.383-05:002013-09-04T05:01:06.383-05:00Hi Craig, It's your sister. Hoping you are w...Hi Craig, It's your sister. Hoping you are well. Missed seeing you when we were home this summer. Drop me a line when you can, or you can follow my blog: "Sand In My Boobs". With love from your little sis, Gen =)Gen =)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10086146955400216386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-77251819741823703222013-05-12T21:37:14.304-05:002013-05-12T21:37:14.304-05:00No, that was on purpose. My immune system fights t...No, that was on purpose. My immune system fights the physical battles. I am the Psi vet. :p<br /><br />As to the Eternal Champion. *shrugs* Got me, your self description works for me too, just like the song.Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-92142220188808588762013-05-12T20:39:35.871-05:002013-05-12T20:39:35.871-05:00Re: Vet of the Psychic wars...
Isn't that whe...Re: Vet of the Psychic wars...<br /><br />Isn't that when Mr. Mike Moorcock was writing/singing with them? I'm not a BOC afficionado, but that is a good song. <br /><br />Now I've buttered you up, I'll let you know you've spelled Psychic wrong... (You have Physical..)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-90849471660453095942013-05-01T06:18:38.453-05:002013-05-01T06:18:38.453-05:00Look you. It wasn't space pirates, he has a ra...Look you. It wasn't space pirates, he has a rare syndrome and he would like it if you stopped staring at his legs like that. :p<br /><br />Thanks. It was just a quick bit to add a bit of color, and I do like to illustrate my games. Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-5529654958825710562013-04-30T21:20:39.833-05:002013-04-30T21:20:39.833-05:00I'm liking the sketch a lot! Brings the Imperi...I'm liking the sketch a lot! Brings the Imperium to life, a little snazzy pomp for the nobles/officials. Poor chap seems to be having a problem with space pirates nicking his feet though! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-91801278775333781182013-03-08T13:44:08.144-06:002013-03-08T13:44:08.144-06:00Yeah, Traveller Government Codes are still Travell...Yeah, Traveller Government Codes are still Traveller Government Codes. <br /><br />Now as to Speaker's Corner, said the Yank, first off thanks. I could not for the life of me remember if it had a name. So, yeah, exactly like that. To the question of whether they pay attention or not, I think it might just be a bit of both. For instance they may leave it be until a like say a third to half of what they are hearing is getting pretty close to big-t Treason.<br /><br />As for my Nobles, I don't have much to go on, but RL ones and the ever cool "Mote In God's Eye", "The Gripping Hand", and some other Niven and Pournelle stuff. On the most part I am sort of well, ummm, making it up as I go along, so they aren't that nailed down yet. On the other hand being another of those folks who wanted to know more about the Imperial Nobility than that little bit we got in MT, I am going to be making some shit real. <br /><br />The High and Low Justice is for Counts and above, it is done in the name of the Imperium, but since I am running a somewhat constitutional monarchy...in space, their decisions are looked at. Another thing to keep in mind Justice wise is they are going to back you up before sentencing. Just in case. Because in the 21st Century we may not be able to fix dead by the time of the Permatic Imperium they can fix dead. Mostly. Given the right conditions. And tools. <br /><br />Now, why are Counts allowed to dispense Justice, well because it is a much smaller empire and my Nobles are much more personally involved. <br /><br />Which ties into the rulership of planets. That is a topic that gets dicey. Honestly, right now I kind of have them set up like say those Military Advisers the US sent to Vietnam back in the 1960s. Sure, they aren't supposed to directly interfere with the day to day workings, just advise and perhaps give them some nice tech from the Imperium to fight those nasty insurgents, but maybe sometimes they do sort of wander into the bush have a small battle or two. You know, by accident. Cesabe is an example of how this sort of arrangement works:<br /><br />"FS 0823] Cesabe C 757 7AB-8 Ga Ag {+1} {366+1) [4857] Nob: BC.<br /> <br /> Herbert the Stoic rules Cesabe with a gentle hand. ...<br /> While Herbert does in fact enjoy the confidence of the people of Cesabe, there are some who feel his exploitation of the people's fear of the "Star Travellers" is throttling their development of this agricultural garden world. Meanwhile Herbert and the Baron Wilkinson are maintaining a rather honorable, and quiet discrete, working relationship, the people support Herbert brings the bounties of the stars to them while keeping them safe from getting exploited by the superior Imperials. Dame Livonia serves her Order here and advises Herbert on occasion. She is also there to remind Herbert of the position that Baron Wilkinson negotiates from. "<br /><br />Herbert is in fact the Ruler of the World, but he understands that to a certain extent he does so because the Imperium doesn't have any problems with him personally. At first this may seem sort of dickish and well yeah, governments are like that, grow up Timmii, but the relationship is designed to slowly, centuries if need be, bring them fully into interacting with the other interstellar polities. Meanwhile there is an undercurrent of unhappiness with Herbert's keeping all the goodies under his control which suggests that there may be some chance for the other faction to convince Baron Wilkinson and Dame Livonia to support their coup. (Or where mercenary tickets come from :D)<br /><br />Still, Cesabe is a world with Gov Code that is not 6 Captive. Now, those worlds are directly ruled by some Imperial Noble. Jowern is a perfect example, it is the sole property of Rudolf Interhaus. Now, he is bound in his actions by having accepted the Imperial Banner as his House has done for Ages. Back when the world was outside the Imperium, Rudolf could do pretty much what he wanted.Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-10820090861344181122013-03-08T02:11:35.602-06:002013-03-08T02:11:35.602-06:00Having a lightning rod for the vox populi, like Sp...Having a lightning rod for the vox populi, like Speakers' Corner in London, is an interesting experiment in attempting to graft Athenian Democracy onto Representative Democracy. Do the authorities pay attention to what is said at such places, or do they let the natural BS detectors of the people who frequent such places inform those spouting BS that their ideas are fertiliser?<br /><br />I assume that T5 has similar planetary Government types to CT and, as we know, some governments handle anti-government thought and speech differently to others (in that one man's expression of dissent and disagreement with the staus quo is another man's threat to the body political, attack on the glorious state and proof positive that all who don't think as WE do are insane and should be locked up).<br /><br />Now, anti-imperial dissent is another matter all together and that is bound up with how you envision the aristocracy and nobility of the Imperium in your Traveller setting.<br /><br />CT Nobles were inspired by the Dumerest (sp?) and Flandary novels, and possibly by the noble system as expressed in "The Mote in God's Eye". While the source material indicated an active, leading, ruling nobility in an almost medieval sense. CT didn't really do more than sketch out an idea of nobility and the Imperium.<br /><br />Since then, later writers have danced around the entire issue until we reach the Mongoose Spinward March book where the nobility have become Euro MPs, appointed from without and with little or no ties to the planet they "rule" or represent.<br /><br />So, if you are going to give nobles the power to dispense High and Low Justice (and I'm thinking that this something more for Subsector Dukes and upward as they are essentially acting in the Emperor's name), then I think that nobles in Traveller must rule their planets.<br /><br />Funny thing is, this isn't too alien a concept - many modern nations have a Head of State and while usually a figure head, it wasn't too long ago that the head of state actually ruled, set policy for the government of the day to develop and implement, listened to petitions, acted as the highest appeal court and dispensed justice.<br /><br />Now, would a ruler of a planet be worried about some hot head spouting rubbish concerning the Emperor or the Imperium? Probably not. I imagine that local intelligence and police agencies would keep an eye on such small groups of nutbars and, if you subscribe to such organisations as the Ministry of Justice, then multi-system groups can be investigated.<br /><br />Interesting question - too tired and hot from this darn summer weather to carry my thoughts much further forward at this time. G'night. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14192928573798426693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-17692598152102339952013-03-07T06:37:29.001-06:002013-03-07T06:37:29.001-06:00Dear Commenter,
Please note because some unknown ...Dear Commenter,<br /><br />Please note because some unknown error I am not able to monitor this page, so if you have some comments you like addressed I suggest you post them on the individual post for that person or persons.<br /><br />Laterness,<br />Craig.Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-91485207516124289782012-12-06T04:30:24.316-06:002012-12-06T04:30:24.316-06:00Hi Craig, I have nominated you for a Liebster Blog...Hi Craig, I have nominated you for a Liebster Blog Award on my <a href="http://waystarhighport.blogspot.co.nz/" rel="nofollow">blog</a> as a thank you for inspiring me to keep on working on my Traveller campaign.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14192928573798426693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-68163806950204264252012-11-08T02:32:18.850-06:002012-11-08T02:32:18.850-06:00Thanks. Glad it makes sense to someone besides me....Thanks. Glad it makes sense to someone besides me. As for your references, pretty much dead on.Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-79875897869116346022012-11-08T02:26:34.153-06:002012-11-08T02:26:34.153-06:00Nice write up, and makes a lot of sense. Agent/Sco...Nice write up, and makes a lot of sense. Agent/Scout sounds like an interesting career - bit like Texas Rangers or C19th US Marshals.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14192928573798426693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-42987594876426615342012-11-07T15:04:27.524-06:002012-11-07T15:04:27.524-06:00Yeah, but if no can see inside the closed structur...Yeah, but if no can see inside the closed structure think of the interesting things one could shuttle safely covered as just another Scout Service tender moving X-Boats.<br /><br />Oh, Vlad's Scout Tenders are not light on the armaments and defenses, it discourages people from trying to snatch the winning Space Lotto numbers. In the core of the Imperium it is mostly a hold over from the first century when things weren't so stable. It was during this time that the Imperial Marshals and the Scouts worked together to keep law and order. Back when the only Imperial service around to deal with crimes were the Scouts, Protocols stated the Scouts should do what they can to maintain and expand civilization. So, the Scouts ended up with limited law enforcement powers to investigate and arrest. They were a tad more heavily armed then too. <br /><br />Yes, in the Permatic Imperium, the Imperial Scout Service a more paramilitary service. I find this in keeping with the role. It is amazing the number of covert agents that get seconded to military intelligence from Scout contact teams. I am thinking of letting Scouts take a Term of Agent Career or even letting folks who take the Agent Career to have been Scouts with Intelligence or Contact groups. I will of course have to go back and compare the skill sets. <br /><br />Basically, the Scouts have a rep as being a bunch of crazy, rock counting, alien meeting, mail carriers. In truth they do a lot of the real intelligence gathering of the Imperium. They also in times of war function as true Scouts, seeking out the enemy, forewarning of their movements and doing commando type stuff. They function as a large uncounted pool of recon/special forces troops. Also, they can be used as skirmishers. <br /><br />Oh, last thing, it would be twenty-four Scout bases. I missed one and on a route too. (Remember kids, getting sleep is required when working on big projects.)<br /><br />So that is the basics of my Scouts at the moment. <br /><br />Laterness,<br />Craig.Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-32438816857604830132012-11-07T00:53:36.220-06:002012-11-07T00:53:36.220-06:00If you're working towards a total of your arme...If you're working towards a total of your armed forces, I would tend to ignore the Scouts - unless your scouts take on a more Paramilitary role than the traditional 3I model. <br /><br />While the Scouts may deploy large tenders, most of their vessels (again in the 3I model) tend to be lightly armed. Of course, dispersed structure tenders may be redeployable to carry monitors, fuel bunkerage, or troop pods but, traditionally, most scout tenders tend to be under 5000 dtons and closed structures for hauling/servicing X-boats and so not a lot of use elsewhere.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14192928573798426693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-91773338275590369202012-08-28T02:01:14.637-05:002012-08-28T02:01:14.637-05:00Well, color me surprised and embarrassed. It appea...Well, color me surprised and embarrassed. It appears that I posted a blank post. Oops.<br /><br />Well, some day perhaps I will come back here and post some sneaky stuff. <br /><br />Or maybe I will leave it blank. Perhaps it was one of those days.<br /><br />Either way, I am full of interesting and conflicting emotions about this post. Grrr.Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-62858615962226532752012-08-22T08:39:04.692-05:002012-08-22T08:39:04.692-05:00This comment is a both a virtual reminder to mysel...This comment is a both a virtual reminder to myself, but also functions as a teaser on a subject once touched on before. <br /><br />I will have to discuss Assassinware in a future post. It has bearing in the Settings History both in the Traditions of the Grand Multiversal Conspiracy or the Grand Unification Plan from the psychohistorical perspective.<br /><br />Well, I really must return to my last read and sleep. No more shall I post on this till I have got some sleep.<br /><br />Be Well.Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-82440849238111551682012-08-22T07:52:32.675-05:002012-08-22T07:52:32.675-05:00WELL HOT DAMN! I have twelve Followers.
Oh, wait....WELL HOT DAMN! I have twelve Followers.<br /><br />Oh, wait. I saved Tucker. <br /><br />So now the first thing this new "public" follower of this blog sees is a half proofed, raw form post that does not even finish with describing the Imperial government. the reader is left to wonder about how the Imperial Senate works. <br /><br />(shakes head and grins* <br /><br />Figures. Well, first of all, welcome to my neck of the Gibson Matrix. I hope you find this to your liking even in its current form. If it ever makes it to finished real product I promise we will take more time on the proofing the document. You will be paying for that.<br /><br />Well, Lateness.Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-48961935921078461172012-08-22T01:18:07.904-05:002012-08-22T01:18:07.904-05:00Okay, the promised post is growing from some notes...Okay, the promised post is growing from some notes to full fledge detailed stuff. In other words it is being done right now. The transfer process is being interupted by the Ship's Cat. Got go.Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-49660322737384500502012-08-21T19:07:10.610-05:002012-08-21T19:07:10.610-05:00Dur. Ummm. I meant "you:. Not "your"...Dur. Ummm. I meant "you:. Not "your". Sorry, Like I said :"Furiously writing".Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-73570618999691483022012-08-21T19:05:43.417-05:002012-08-21T19:05:43.417-05:00Furiously writing your a nice write up and tour of...Furiously writing your a nice write up and tour of the Permatic Imperium. I shall be touching on a variety of subjects from holograms to BattleDress to the some of the actual functioning of the Imperial government. <br /><br />Please be patient. <br /><br />Laterness,<br />Craig.Craig A. Glesnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696516342754954732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4439795201599980007.post-38126250654662677062012-08-21T05:05:11.392-05:002012-08-21T05:05:11.392-05:00Hi Craig,
My frustration with Traveller Nobility...Hi Craig, <br /><br />My frustration with Traveller Nobility is that the source material (Dumarest, Mote in God's Eye) has a functional nobility that serves, leads and rules. The writers of Traveller (or the later ones, anyway) seem to have become increasingly leery of the nobility having any political role outside of Subsector Dukes, Archdukes and the Emperor. This is in spite of maintaining the "fluff" that the nobility is "powerful" and "influential".<br /><br />So if Count Bob is Count of Peripratzal, why can he not actually be head of state for Peripratzal? So the planet is a Rep Democracy or a Feudal Technocracy, and the government does the day-to-day running of the planet; the Count sets the government policy agenda, and heads the government. As a noble, Count Bob has a personal or family holding, possibly on-world, but the planet is his fief which he holds from the Subsector Duke.<br /><br />Anyway, I would like to see what your thinking is on the subject. <br /><br />I like where you were going with the Imperial Army, and its bases - have you thought further about how military bases, both Army and Navy/Marines might be sited/supported?<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />DavidDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14192928573798426693noreply@blogger.com