The Core Expeditions Errata

[Sigtrygg]

The Zhodani should have encountered the Sindalians... but since it was an ATU it didn't matter.

There are many elements of the PoD campaign that do not pass the Third Imperium test.

 

[Geir]

Sorry, I wasn't sufficiently sarcastic in my post. I have a long-standing dislike of Trojan Reach backstory, which was developed in a fanzine back when lots of other things were not developed (which was fine) and not revised when it was picked up and made official (which was less so, imho).

That should have been a more eyeroll inducing, not a serious suggestion for how the Zhos got tech out of order.

Figured. But Pirates of Drinax locked it in, so we might as well roll with it. Of course, assuming that everyone had a consistent grand plan when carving out bits of timeline is overstating it. Would have been more consistent to keep them at TL12, but then there wouldn't be long lost (non-Ancients) goodies out there.

What I don't get is the point of the Kursae, though I'm sure someone has something scribbled down somewhere.

 

[Vormaerin]

Yeah, there absolutely wasn't any master plan in the early days when large chunks of Charted Space were farmed out to various 3rd parties to develop. Pretty sure the fanzine authors who developed the Trojan Reach originally had no idea there was a Great Rift between Sindal and the Rule of Man that was not crossable at J3.

 

[Geir]

Yeah, there absolutely wasn't any master plan in the early days when large chunks of Charted Space were farmed out to various 3rd parties to develop. Pretty sure the fanzine authors who developed the Trojan Reach originally had no idea there was a Great Rift between Sindal and the Rule of Man that was not crossable at J3.

Sword Worlds crossed the gap with Aslan aid at no more than J3. Multi-jumps? one would think, since it's a 5 parsec route... unless the Aslan has been at TL14 for 2000 years and carried Gram on a jump tender.

But in defense of Sindal, Darrians did an isolated pop up to TL16 during the Long Night, so it's not unprecedented.

 

[Geir]

Okay, and back to Errata:
p. 54 (near end of Blue Box) 'may cause both to explore', ought to be 'explode'.

 

[Anstett]

"exploring with POWER and EXCITEMENT"

 

[Geir]

And now we're up to J-4 for the Second Expedition (see earlier thread... excursion? secondary commentary? divergence? whatever).

 

[Vormaerin]

Yup. Also, not errata per se, but the level of mind control/memory alteration going on seems higher than you usually get in Zhodani perspective writings. I thought we were trending towards a "better psychotherapy and alignment of interest/work because of psionics" in recent books over "we reprogram you and erase your bad thoughts".

 

[Sigtrygg]

The Imperium was sending out jump 5 scouts in the 400s, and had jump 6 couriers by the 700s... long before the Imperium was TL 14 and later TL15.

Let's face it, TL 10 allows for jump 4, that is canon.

those that live by the early prototype tech paradigm...

 

[WHULorigan]

The Imperium was sending out jump 5 scouts in the 400s, and had jump 6 couriers by the 700s... long before the Imperium was TL 14 and later TL15.

Let's face it, TL 10 allows for jump 4, that is canon.

those that live by the early prototype tech paradigm...

So does CT:LBB2 '77

 

[CordwainerFish]

p.19: "from consul-to-consul" should be "from consul to consul".

Writers in general: if you find your fingers reaching for the - character, they almost certainly should not be.

 

[CordwainerFish]

Yup. Also, not errata per se, but the level of mind control/memory alteration going on seems higher than you usually get in Zhodani perspective writings. I thought we were trending towards a "better psychotherapy and alignment of interest/work because of psionics" in recent books over "we reprogram you and erase your bad thoughts".

In specific: no text from the Zhodani perspective should ever use the term 'thought police'.

 

[CordwainerFish]

p.21:
* "trained professionals must help remedy" is rather awkward; simply striking 'help' would be an improvement
* A 99.999% washout rate is awfully high - Zhdant and nearby systems would be awash with Nobles who can't explain to themselves where a week of their lives went (though they'd be sure it was spent in a good cause)