[TML] Weird jump phenomena (was jump weapons)

[domhanai at juno.com]

	"Richard Aiken" <raikenclw at gmail.com>, on Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 07:05 PM, sent:

>On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 8:46 PM,  <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:
>> Given that jump space isn't well understood, I thought of a couple >of
>> "natural" phenomena that could make for interesting "color".
>> I used quotes around "natural" becsause they might actually be
>> artifacts left behind by the Ancients.
>
><snip of cool ideas>
>
>> Either one of these effects could affect more than one system.
>> More fun is if they affect only *part* of a system.
>> More useful as "local color" or "mysteries of the galaxy" than 
>as
>> gaming material. Except for the "part of a system" version.
>> And probably lots of other things.
>
>Hey Leonard,
>
>A while back, I bought the WoD book "Midnight Roads."  It's full of
>advice about running a nomadic WoD campaign (rather than the usual
>sedentary, city-based one).  While I don't like the game system for
>beans, I find that WoD supplements like this one are really
>interesting. "Midnight Roads" did not dissappoint.

<snip of very interesting scenarios and TU versions>

The first scenario sounds suspiciously like "Brigadoon," except for the method of escape; for the original inhabitants, there was no escape. Outsiders could join the village, but ....

But you know the story.

The second one reminds me of the "Dark Matter" episode of the second-generation Outer Limits, where a chunk of "dark matter" created a bubble in the universe in which an alien vessel and a Terran vessel (carrying a brother of one of the protagonists)were trapped until both crews died, but the bubble continued to hold their spiritual selves (souls?). Only by destroying (!) the dark matter could they escape.

Though the OL story has more holes in it than an orange whip it did have slivers tasting of Traveller in it; merchies as opposed to navy, first contact screw-ups, etc.

It's odd where you find such yummy mind-goodness ....

Cougashika - Go home, go home, go home to Bonnie Jeanne ....

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