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Yatima replied to the thread The Pioneer RPG Kickstarter is now Live!.BTW, can I say that I love the logotype for Pioneer and the page layouts, the books look great. Congrats to Abby and the rest of the...
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Yatima replied to the thread If you ever wanted to know the origins of the concept for the Aslan....Sure, but that's no reason to argue that Niven's works did not inspire the aliens we find in Traveller when they clearly did. We can't...
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Yatima reacted to actionman's post in the thread So are we 'officially' at TL 8.25 or what? with Like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1 It's Boeing though, so anyone in its sights is probably pretty safe. And this is only what...
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Yatima replied to the thread The Pioneer RPG Kickstarter is now Live!.Backed. Now to forget about it until next year 🫣
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Yatima replied to the thread If you ever wanted to know the origins of the concept for the Aslan....I'm not sure that's so. The Aslan and Kzinti are both felinoid, with warrior cultures that emphasise personal honour and a stark...
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Yatima replied to the thread Pioneer - Get Ready for Launch!.That Podcast is simply brilliant, one of the best I have ever heard.
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And/or (I suggest and) the incredible BBC podcast Thirteen Minutes to the Moon.
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P-Minus 1 Day. We are all prepped on the launch pad, and the Pioneer RPG is set to launch on Kickstarter tomorrow! Get ready to...
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Yatima replied to the thread If you ever wanted to know the origins of the concept for the Aslan....What's being argued is not that the Aslan are a direct lift of the Kzinti in all details, but that they are a primary inspiration for...
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Yatima reacted to collins355's post in the thread If you ever wanted to know the origins of the concept for the Aslan... with Like.
Marc Miller: There have been some excellent analyses of the literary antecedents of Traveller, and they go into far more detail than I...
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Yatima reacted to WHULorigan's post in the thread If you ever wanted to know the origins of the concept for the Aslan... with Like.
Ironically, I would say the Pierson's Puppeteers were actually "split" into two races as inspiration: the Hivers and the K'kree. The...
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Yatima reacted to actionman's post in the thread If you ever wanted to know the origins of the concept for the Aslan... with Like.
After a cursory internet search, some thoughts: Larry Niven introduced the Kzinti in 1966 in the story "The Warriors". C.J. Cherryh...
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Yatima replied to the thread If you ever wanted to know the origins of the concept for the Aslan....I think Larry Niven's Kzinti are the elephant in the room, here. Same can be said for his Pierson's Puppeteers as the archetype for the...
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P-Minus 2 Days The new Pioneer RPG of space exploration in the very near future launches on Thursday. Start channelling your inner For...
