Freelance Traveller

July/August 2017	Department	Article Title	Author
	From the Editor		Jeff Zeitlin
	Featured Article
	Active Measures	The Smarargdian Crisis	Benedikt Schwarz
	Critics’ Corner	Clement Sector Core Setting (2nd Edition)	Omer G. Joel
		The Space Patrol	Jeff Zeitlin
		Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag	Timothy Collinson
		These Stars Are Ours!	Timothy Collinson
		RHI Sandpiper Light Trader	Omer G. Joel
	Active Measures	The Derelict	Steve Hatherley
		Saving the Throne	Jeff Zeitlin
	The Prep Room	An Improvised Classic Traveller Convention Game	Christopher Kubasik
	The Shipyard	Collapsible Fuel Tanks and Jump Drives "On Rails"	Joshua Levy
		Repair Tugs	Joshua Levy
	Doing It My Way	Speaking in Tongues: Simulating Dialects in Your Game	Jeff Zeitlin
	Raconteurs’ Rest	The Adventures of Gerry Fynne [Chapter 3 and Chapter 4]	Sam Swindell
	Kurishdam	The Club Room: The Hospitallers	Sam Swindell
		Lecture Hall and Library: Jump Destinations: Michlin’s Guide to the Planets: Introduction	Shelby Michlin
		Lecture Hall and Library: Jump Destinations: Michlin’s Guide to the Planets: Ekhono	Shelby Michlin
	Columns	Confessions of a Newbie Referee: #29: Slow Time	Timothy Collinson
	In a Store Near You	The Promenade: The Jewel of the Jewel	Bill Hand

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From the Editor

It’s rare that I end up with two articles in an issue that both deserve to be featured, but that’s what happened this issue. I was hard-pressed to decide between this issue’s feature, The Smarargian Crisis adventure, or the runner up, the Repair Tugs. The latter is most definitely an interesting idea for a ship, and one that hasn’t, to the best of my knowledge, been attempted previously in any Traveller-related publication or forum. The adventure, on the other hand, was well-thought-out, extensive, and had the potential to affect a campaign in which it was included, beyond the immediate denouement of the adventure.

So, how to decide which one gets the “feature” billing? What it ultimately came down to was that the Repair Tugs, while they had good statistical information for both Classic Traveller and Cepheus Engine, didn’t supply it in any of the standard formats for either. The extra work in providing the standard formats, while not onerous, was enough to be a tie-breaker.

This actually pleases me quite a lot: It means that the overall quality of submissions is increasing, and to get submissions like these from new contributors suggests that perhaps I’m starting to reach new audiences—because this level of quality suggests a level of writing ability that doesn’t come without experience elsewhere.

Give me dilemmas like this more often, please! It’s the hard decisions, alongside the positive feedback, that keeps this fun!