Sigtrygg
Emperor Mongoose
Traveller background in CT and MT days was written from the point of view of in-universe authors and was sometimes wrong, misleading or containing hidden truths, the Aslan's major race status for example.
There is something iffy about the Vilani/Geonee competition for early dominance. The Vilani had a pocket empire constructed via stl for decades before discovering jump. They claim to have used original research, and yet had loads of Ancient era tech around.
The Geonee - a sector and a half away - invent the jump drive in -9240. By complete coincidence only five years later in -9235 the Vilani invent theirs.
Some time later the Vilani 'discover' the Geonee... there is definitely more to this story than we have been told so far.
If you want to know the truth behind Vilani jump 1 and 2 technology and the Annic Nova listen to this MWM podcast - start at 36:40
https://gamingandbs.com/marc-miller-traveller-bbs016/
There is something iffy about the Vilani/Geonee competition for early dominance. The Vilani had a pocket empire constructed via stl for decades before discovering jump. They claim to have used original research, and yet had loads of Ancient era tech around.
The Geonee - a sector and a half away - invent the jump drive in -9240. By complete coincidence only five years later in -9235 the Vilani invent theirs.
Some time later the Vilani 'discover' the Geonee... there is definitely more to this story than we have been told so far.
If you want to know the truth behind Vilani jump 1 and 2 technology and the Annic Nova listen to this MWM podcast - start at 36:40
https://gamingandbs.com/marc-miller-traveller-bbs016/