GURPS Traveller: Sword Worlds STEVE JACKSON GAMES 6631 G U THE DAY AFTER R P S T RAGNAROK r a v e The Sword Worlds stand at the border of the Third l l Imperium, a small but proud civilization descended from e r ancient Terran migrants. Their inhabitants have spent : centuries fighting for independence – from the Imperium, S from the other great empires, even from each other. w The GURPS Basic Set and GURPS Traveller are required o A decade ago, the Sword Worlds went to war against the r for full use of this book in a d Third Imperium. They lost. Today, the Sword Worlders are GURPS campaign. The W in search of a new destiny, in a universe where their fierce background presented here pride seems headed for an inevitable fall. GURPS Traveller: will be of great value to any o Sword Worlds brings this unique culture to life. Within Traveller campaign, and will r l these pages, you’ll find: also serve as a source of d inspiration for other SF gamers. s ● A history of the Sword Worlds as a whole, from the first colony to the last disastrous war with the Third THE SWORD WORLDERS: Imperium. Written by ● In-depth information on the present-day political PAUL DRYE, situation, in which the Third Imperium, two Sword HANS RANCKE-MADSEN, Worlder alliances, the Darrian Confederation, and other AND ROBERT PRIOR Based on the award-winning Traveller regional powers all vie for dominance. science-fiction universe by MARC MILLER ● Detailed descriptions of the individual Sword Worlds – Edited by local history, geography, politics, organizations, and S KIMARA BERNARD important personages. T Cover by E WAYNE PETERS V ● Extensive Library Data, covering the important concepts E Illustrated by of Sword Worlder society. J CHUCK BORDELL, A ● Character design guidelines, along with sketch JESSE DEGRAFF, C GLENN GRANT, K biographies and character writeups for a number of S interesting figures. AND ALEX MCVEY O Cartography by N COTT EEVES ● Spaceships, vehicles, and technology specific to the S R G Sword Worlds civilization. A FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING M PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2004 E Cling to honor and tradition in a universe turned S upside down – live the Sword Worlds today! ISBN 1-55634-725-1 ® 6 6 3 9!BMF@JA:RSVQTQoY`ZgZaZnZ` 1 STEVE JACKSON GAMES Printed in www.sjgames.com SJG02695 6631 the USA ® GURPSTraveller ® TM By PAUL DRYE, HANS RANCKE-MADSEN, GURPS System Design ❚ STEVE JACKSON AND ROBERT PRIOR Managing Editor ❚ ANDREW HACKARD Based on the award-winning Traveller GURPS Line Editor ❚ SEAN PUNCH science-fiction universe by MARC MILLER GURPS Traveller Line Editor ❚ JON F. ZEIGLER Additional Material by THOMAS L BONT, Project Administrator ❚ MONIQUE CHAPMAN BRANDON COPE,CONSTANTINE THOMAS, AND JON F. ZEIGLER Art Director ❚ LOREN WISEMAN Production ❚ JUSTIN DE WITT AND PHILIP REED Edited by KIMARA BERNARD Page Design ❚ JACK ELMY Illustrated by CHUCK BORDELL,JESSE DEGRAFF, Print Buyer ❚ MONICA STEPHENS GLENN GRANT, AND ALEX MCVEY GURPS Errata Coordinator ❚ ANDY VETROMILE Cartography by SCOTT REEVES Sales Manager ❚ ROSS JEPSON Cover by WAYNE PETERS Playtesters: Roland Boshnack, Frederick Brackin, Terry Carlino, Peter Dell’Orto, Alain Ducharme, Ian Gorlick, Anthony Jackson, Onno Meyer, Erik Manders, Phil Masters, Dylan Ryall, Thorkell Sigvaldason, Lisa Steele, Christopher Thrash GURPS, Warehouse 23, and the all-seeing pyramid are registered trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. 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ISBN 1-55634-725-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 STEVE JACKSON GAMES INTRODUCTION . 4 The Fourth Frontier War . 19 MAP:SACNOTH . 56 About the Authors . 5 Sword Worlds Chronology, Part IV . 19 MAP:BEATER . 57 About the Line Editors . 5 The Fifth Frontier War . 20 1424 Beater . 57 Journal of the Travellers’Aid Society . 5 THE POSTWAR ERA . 21 Hunting on Beater . 58 About GURPS . 5 The Fifth Frontier War . 21 1523 Durendal . 58 Drue and Veske . 59 1. HISTORY . 6 2. WORLDS . 22 MAP:DURENDAL . 59 THE ANCIENTS . 6 THE SWORD WORLDS CONFEDERATION . 22 MAP:HOFUD . 60 THE DARRIANS . 6 The Confederation Political Structure 22 1524 Hofud . 60 What Was the Point? . 6 MAP:SWORD WORLDS SUBSECTOR . 22 MAP:STING . 62 EXILES FROM TERRA . 7 World Data Tables . 23 1525 Sting . 62 The Gram Council . 7 SWORD WORLDS CONFEDERATION The Old Palaces . 63 Mithril . 7 WORLDS . 24 IMPERIAL WORLDS . 64 The Faoheirlyu Contract . 7 MAP:HRUNTING . 24 1526 Biter . 64 The Long Voyage . 7 SWORD WORLDS CONFEDERATION IMPERIAL NAVIGATIONAL DATA . 64 Campaign Seed: Battlestar Gram . 8 NAVIGATIONAL DATA . 24 MAP:BITER . 65 The Final Destination . 8 0921 Hrunting . 25 MAP:STEEL . 66 THE EARLY DAYS . 8 What Are the Sword Worlds? . 26 1529 Steel . 66 Growth and Change . 8 The Exiles . 26 What Might Have Been . 68 The Wahtoi Pipeline . 8 MAP:TIZON . 27 Pests of New Dawn . 69 Population Growth . 9 0922 Tizon . 27 The Maruni . 69 GETTING BACK INTO SPACE . 9 The Athens of the Sword Worlds . 28 MAP:IRON . 70 Alien Contacts . 9 The 15th Emperor . 28 1626 Iron . 70 Sacnoth Takes the Lead . 9 0927 Narsil . 29 MAP:BRONZE . 71 THE SACNOTH DOMINATE . 9 MAP:NARSIL . 31 1627 Bronze . 71 Campaigning in the Sacnoth Dominate . 10 MAP:COLADA . 32 1628 Mithril . 72 The War of the First Rebellion . 11 1022 Colada (Amber Zone) . 32 Crystallice . 72 THE FIVE STATES . 11 The Gadoline Siege . 33 MAP: MITHRIL . 73 Sword Worlds Chronology, Part I . 11 1026 Anduril (Amber Zone) . 34 Campaigning in the Five States . 12 MAP: ANDURIL . 35 3. LIBRARY DATA . 74 THE TRIPLE DOMINION . 12 MAP: MJOLNIR . 36 Aesirism . 74 Campaigning in the Triple Dominion . 12 1121 Mjolnir . 36 Aesir Alliance . 74 Gram and Sacnoth Balkanized . 12 Niflheim . 38 Aki (Spinward Marches 2035) . 74 The Division of the Spoils . 12 MAP: JOYEUSE . 39 Altikrigarnir . 74 A Precarious Balance . 12 1123 Joyeuse (Amber Zone) . 39 Anselhome (Spinward Marches 0820) 74 Sword Worlds Chronology, Part II . 13 Attenmuni . 40 Arkadia (Spinward Marches 1217). 74 The Imperium Returns . 13 MAP:ORCRIST . 41 Arkadia Freikorps . 75 The End of the Triple Dominion . 13 1126 Orcrist . 41 The Early Imperium in the Marches . 75 THE SQUABBLING STATES . 13 Getting Around . 42 Asgard (Spinward Marches 1419) . 75 The Tizon Empire . 14 1130 Enos . 43 Astron Project . 75 Gram and Sacnoth Reunified . 14 MAP:ENOS . 43 Badges . 75 Early Rivalries . 14 MAP:GUNGNIR . 45 Sir Duncan Quesada . 76 Emperor Worship . 14 1221 Gungnir . 45 Balisarda . 77 The Biter Atrocities . 14 Searching for Connections . 45 Beer . 77 Culture Clash . 15 Chipping In . 46 Bionics . 77 Aesirism . 15 1223 Gram . 46 Biter Atrocities . 77 A Seed of Trouble . 15 MAP:GRAM . 47 Black Bull . 77 The Birth of Confederalism . 15 MAP:DYRNWYN . 49 Border Office . 77 THE SECOND DOMINATE . 15 1522 Dyrnwyn . 49 Border Worlds Authority . 77 Sword Worlds Chronology, Part III . 16 BORDER WORLDS . 50 Border Words Commission . 77 The Last Warrior . 17 BORDER WORLDS NAVIGATIONAL DATA . 50 Border Worlds Confederation . 78 The Tizonian War . ..