Freelance Traveller

May/Jun 2023	Department	Article Title	Author
	From the Editor		Jeff Zeitlin
	Featured Articles
	In A Store Near You	An Exploration of Space Probes	Frank Miskevich
	Critics’ Corner	Uragyad’n of the Seven Pillars	Paul Anuni
		Voices of the Bygone	Ewan Quibell
		Wondrous Menagerie	Jeff Zeitlin
		Off the Table: Tales of the New Era 1: Yesterday’s Hero	Shannon Appelcline
	Kurishdam	Lecture Hall and Library: Jump Destination: Persephone	Alvin Plummer
		Lecture Hall and Library: Combat Equipment Kit of the Ziru Sirka Infantry	Michael A. Cessna
	Up Close and Personal	Interview with Paul Elliott	Brett Kruger
	Raconteurs’ Rest	The Astoundingly True Tale of José Fabuloso [Chapter 3]	Jo Jaquinta
	The Prep Room	Charged Encounters (lea en español)	Antonio Guarás (Translated by Google Translate and Jeff Zeitlin)
	Columns	Confessions of a Newbie Referee #62: Actual Play	Timothy Collinson
	Active Measures	Getting Off the Ground: Banking the Break	Michael Viviano
		Getting Off the Ground: Forest for the Trees	Benjamin Pew
	Multimedia Gallery	Pirates of Drinax Graphic Stories #8: Palindrome	Joe Adams
	The Shipyard	TL9 Junco-class Trader (lea en español)	Jo Jaquinta
	Doing It My Way	Task Systems: Roll-and-Keep Task Resolution for Traveller	Guy Garnett

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From the Editor

As this issue was in layout, we learned the sad news that Keith Frye, half of the team that ‘drove’ TravellerCON/USA and the originator of the idea, lost his battle with cancer, and has joined the ranks of Absent Friends.

In the years that I attended TravellerCON/USA with him, Keith had never been less than a gentleman, never losing his temper, never even showing upset when things went wrong, but always looking for a way to keep the Con fun for all. I spent many hours talking with him on many subjects, and found a kindred spirit, interested in subjects from science to religion and philosophy to politics to … I don’t think I ever hit a subject on which he could not converse knowledgeably and enthusiastically. I will miss having him as a friend; I am glad I had a chance to know him as one.

Megan, his wife and the other half of the TCUSA team, has stated that TravellerCON/USA 2023 will happen. She says that Keith would have wanted it that way. The Kickstarter is anticipated to “go live” in May; please watch for further information on the Traveller subreddit, on the Mongoose forums, on the Citizens of the Imperium forums, and on the Traveller Mailing List.

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