District 268 research station

[ResslynHalvik]

There seems to be some disagreement about the research station in District 268.

• Traveller Map has research station Theta in Judice: https://travellermap.com/?p=-100.892!43.5!7
• Traveller wiki page for Judice says it has a research station, but not what its designator is: https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Judice_(world)?sector=Spinward Marches&hex=1337
• Traveller wiki page for research stations has no station Theta in the Spinward Marches: https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Imperial_Research_Station#8._Research_Station_Theta
  but does have station Eta in Judice: https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Imperial_Research_Station#7._Research_Station_Eta
• In Mongoose book Behind the Claw , the subsector map on p124 shows a research station station in Mille Falcs, but not in Judice (and the book doesn't mention it)
  but the poster map of the Spinward Marches included with the book shows a research station in Judice

 

[Sigtrygg]

The research station is on Judice. Always has been. Anyone saying otherwise can't read sources.
See CT S:3 The Spinward Marches and the boxed adventure Tarsus which states:
"A situation Involving one of the Imperium's research stations {similar to the one on Judice)."

 

[Limpin Legin]

Just thinking laterally - could the one research station have moved from Judice to Mille Falcs, and thus appear in two different places on two different maps?

 

[MonsterX]

I can see where this is going: The research station keeps blinking out of reality, and popping up in different places , due to a physics experiment gone wrong. It is in both places and neither at the same time.

 

[swordtart]

There seems to be some disagreement about the research station in District 268.

Two words - Plausible Deniability

Given the dubious things that go on in imperial research stations and the vagaries of funding etc. it is hardly surprising they have ephemeral existence. Also Judice is a very hostile world and has no other population. Sounds like an accident waiting to happen

"Such research stations are sited in areas which need the boost to the local economy, or in remote areas far from the potential disturbance of Imperial politics." GDW - Library Data A-M p33.

• Traveller Map has research station Theta in Judice: https://travellermap.com/?p=-100.892!43.5!7
• Traveller wiki page for Judice says it has a research station, but not what its designator is: https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Judice_(world)?sector=Spinward Marches&hex=1337

The link you site also designates the station as Theta (History & Background).
"In 1103, Imperial Research Station Theta was established just offshore of the largest sea with the mission of studying the world's exotic and fascinating lifeforms"

• Traveller wiki page for research stations has no station Theta in the Spinward Marches: https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Imperial_Research_Station#8._Research_Station_Theta
  but does have station Eta in Judice: https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Imperial_Research_Station#7._Research_Station_Eta

The Research Station data is for 1116. It notes that there is a research station at Judice but with a different designation (Eta). I am not sure what the designation represents off-hand but since multiple stations can have the same designation it clearly isn't a unique identifier of the location. It may be that stations can change designation depending on what they are researching, which branch of the Imperial bureaucracy is funding them etc. Someone with more knowledge on this area would need to comment.

• In Mongoose book Behind the Claw , the subsector map on p124 shows a research station station in Mille Falcs, but not in Judice (and the book doesn't mention it)
  but the poster map of the Spinward Marches included with the book shows a research station in Judice

This is likely an oversight, but I don't have that book. It may be set at a different time and the base has closed down or moved or suffered some catastrophe.

Imperial research stations would be ideal spy bases and given the political flux in District 286 and the fact that Judice is on the Mertactor - Collace Main it is strategically important. The precarious nature of funding allocation would make any director extremely susceptible to political influence.

It may only have a class E port, and fuelling on the Gas Giant may be the default but an Imperial Base of any kind would be valuable. Sometimes it might be expedient to let it fall off the RADAR on occasion. ISS might not visit systems that already have Imperial assets and simply rely on the submitted reports. Those reports may be in error or deliberately falsified. In the research that has military application may sudden "disappear" from academic publications once it becomes more than theoretical

"Lost a research station the ISS has, how embarrassing."