Traveller style news articles

[Paladin]

Anyone have any recommendations for resources that would work as "news articles" for periodic player handouts? I'd like to use them a variety of plothooks, helping to define the world and just provide some bigger picture info on the setting to add some "realism" to things. Anything to save me time and effort would be a plus.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

Go to Yahoo and read the blurbs from around the world.

File off the Serial Numbers. Add an Imperial Serial Number and go.

The current banking collapse on Rhylanor and the SubSector Duke's attempt to get an aid package approved to prevent a significant part of the subsector from going into recession, or even worse a Depression are making the news all a cross the Spinward Marches. Of course the events are weeks old, but we still don't know what the resolution was. All local stock markets are jittery waiting for word of what is happening on Rhylanor.

Kinda like that.

 

[Paladin]

Go to Yahoo and read the blurbs from around the world.

File off the Serial Numbers. Add an Imperial Serial Number and go.

The current banking collapse on Rhylanor and the SubSector Duke's attempt to get an aid package approved to prevent a significant part of the subsector from going into recession, or even worse a Depression are making the news all a cross the Spinward Marches. Of course the events are weeks old, but we still don't know what the resolution was. All local stock markets are jittery waiting for word of what is happening on Rhylanor.

Kinda like that.

I need to buy a psionic shield helm... That was my plan assuming the previous post failed.

 

[dmccoy1693]

*grumble**grumble**grumble*NDA*grumble**grumble**grumble*

 

[EDG]

You can always trawl through the SJG TNS site and find things to inspire you... (click on the Previous Transmissions link to see the archives)

http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/traveller/news.html

 

[Paladin]

You can always trawl through the SJG TNS site and find things to inspire you... (click on the Previous Transmissions link to see the archives)

http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/traveller/news.html

PERFECT

 

[SSWarlock]

Or, as suggested, just grab something from current/past headlines. For example..

"Imperial fighters on 015-1105 buzzed a hijacked Sword Worlds cargo ship carrying 33 Zhodani-designed tanks and other weapons that officials fear could end up in the hands of Ine Givar-linked militants on Efate if the pirates are allowed to escape."

The real headline is at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080929/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_piracy

 

[ZobMan]

EVE online has an excellent in-game news service.

http://www.eve-online.com/news/archive.asp

Filter for 'News from EVE'. There's probably an archive somewhere too.