Freelance Traveller

February 2013	Department	Article Title	Author
	From the Editor		Jeff Zeitlin
	Featured Article
	Doing It My Way	Life Support	Dwayne Walstrom
	Critics' Corner	The Third Imperium: Minor Alien Module 1: Luriani	Jeff Zeitlin
		Sector Sourcebook 1: Cascadia	“kafka”
		21 Plots	Jeff Zeitlin
	Up Close and Personal	Henri Gaudette	Sam Swindell
	Doing It My Way	Character Generation Rules: A Life Less Ordinary: Alternative Character Generation for Mongoose Traveller	Sam Lockwood
		Anagathics: Doping the Inevitable	Philip Athan via Colin Michael
	In A Store Near You	The Showroom: Helot Grav Police Wagon (TL10)	Ken Murphy
		The Showroom: MPV: Band Wagon	Timothy Collinson
		The Promenade: The Hidden Present	Jeff Zeitlin
	Less Dangerous Game	Grass Manta	Scott Diamond
	Raconteurs' Rest	Drop Out (Part 21)	Ken Murphy
	Kurishdam	Games People Play: Gyro-Ball	Jeff Zeitlin
	Active Measures	Laced	Bill Cameron
		Getting Off The Ground: Game On	Timothy Collinson

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Editor’s Note: In the PDF, the Life Support article is credited to Dwayne Walstron, rather than the correct spelling as shown above.  We apologise for the error, and thank Mr Walstrom for bringing it to our attention.

From the Editor

I’ve been asked why I keep putting out Freelance Traveller month after month, investing time and money for no visible return or benefit. Asking the question that way, though, denigrates the intangible returns and benefits: I get the pleasure of knowing that I’m making a contribution to the Traveller community that is appreciated. I get the pleasure of seeing downloads of the magazine every month as soon as I post the announcements—and occasionally before. I get the pleasure of knowing that at least one reader thought highly enough of my efforts that he wrote and told me he was sending in my name for a ‘best fanzine’ Hugo.

Yes, it’s all ‘egoboo’, but I don’t see anything wrong with that—it’s a way for me to know that I’ve made that contribution, and that it’s appreciated. And that it’s encouraged others to contribute.

Traveller has an active fan community. We have many contributors to forums, we have people who put out other fanzines and blogs, we have people who write, for Freelance Traveller, for other publications, or even for money (take a look at DTRPG!), and we have lively discussion in every venue that allows discussion. We have players who are introducing their children and grandchildren to Traveller.

Ultimately, it’s that fan community that makes it possible for Freelance Traveller to exist. I could not do this without the readers, nor without the contributors. I’m just a facilitator and curator. To the rest of you, the Traveller community, I thank you for your support.