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That said, I would buy B/W POD of Traveller books, even 2e books with artwork converted to B/W with simple filters that improve contrast of greycolor artwork, and background removes.

I am glad the message came through. Such a book would probably be best made now when you have much of the sector writeups set into stone and would have been a major project when the lineup started. Now it is much easier to explain the timeline, to put together those ready texts from 5-6 books...

This post initially was about the best approach to buy into Charted Space, advising to go elsewhere or do your own lore ignoring the canon is changing the subject is obviously legit but totally different tangent.

While your point is valid, the reason I asked this question is because I want (desperately?) to be sold on the canon Charted Space and be able to absorb the higher picture of the whole setting, hopefully from a single source of setting information. Just buying a sector based on the proposals...

That is actually the best approach. A set of 120-150 pages of creature creation rules linked to ecosystem and planetary profile, and then 80-90 pages of example monsters for key planets from various published adventures, or most popular sectors would be the best in usability.

Is this book useful for running Traveller, or it is only support for Mercenary spinoff?

Thank you all for your opinions and suggestions. My only concern is from a consumer standpoint, buying from the core rulebooks usable for any hard sci-fi or sci-fi opera, into the setting of Traveller itself is a very rough and unclear way. I think I will start with the Aliens of Charted Space...

This is a very loaded question, but I am trying to avoid ranting and just wonder about the publishing logic of not having a single starter book that each new DM can buy, understand the world at scale, and then pick a sector book based on his preferences based on this initial book's contents...

I really like the idea for a 2nd book of Central Supply Catalogue that has rules for customizing and creating new weapons, armor, equipment and more. I somehow feel that Field Catalogue is that or could have been this book, but there is a lot of voices against this book that have tried to sway...