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Imperials would be along for their different perspective rather than any notional immunity to the effects of the Wave. The PCs being the Imperials was going to be the modus by which Zhodani society was to be explored through close contact that wasn't necessarily adversarial.

This is a great idea. Although... seems like the natural place for it would be in future JTAS issues rather than in its own book.

Of course you're right. Although I see us as essentially unbeholden to the rigidities of post Golden Age continuity.

There's Project Longbow, which could easily have discerned that something big was headed rimward. So I dunno that it'd be that big of a retcon.

My original notion about setting this up as a campaign included Imperial characters, brought in by the Zhodani, probably through intermediaries, exactly because they are from a non-psionic society... and because the Zhos take a long view, and know that the Wave is going to disrupt non-Zho space...

I'd love to see a big campaign on the eighth Zhodani Core Expedition, which is already underway in 1105. And this is the one that just maybe has a chance to stop, deflect or otherwise mitigate the Empress Wave, of which the Zhodani cannot be unaware due to their secret ancient tech, reach...