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1 ~ The Future is Just Nine exciting products that TRAVELLER SI4RSHIPS The soft cover rules for Traveller, science-fiction adventure in the far future! All the rules for characters, worlds, star travel, psionics, and more! $25.00 Dozens of ---k plans: scout, free trader, liner, corsair, merchants, and other vessels. Complete rules to build ships for your campaign $20.00 ALIENS ARCHIVE MILIEU 0 '1 adventurers. Equip your characters with gear for deep space and other exotic environments. IGI-1200 $22.95 FIRST SURVEY i Ten new minor alien races for the Traveller campaign. Cultural and biological backgrounds, psychological profiles, and rules for use as characters. IGI-1300 $22.95 EMPEROR'S ARSENAL The first Traveller campaign setting, right at the end of the Long Night and the dawn of the new Imperium. Background and options for play $22.95 REFEREE'S SCREEN ps and data for the sectors of the new Imperium. World data is presented for the referee and incomplete for would-be Traveller explorers! IGI-1410 $22.95 I POCKET EMPIRES The complete guide to w. ons for the Traveller universe. Weapons are pn sented by tech level, from spear to fusion gun, with terrific illustrations! IGI-I500 $22.95 Charts and diagrams for Traveller play, referee's on one side, players' on the other. Includes the Memory Alpha adventure written by Marc Miller $12.95 TRAVELLER products are available at fine game stores everywhere, or visit out about special deals, Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, new game Imperium Games, Inc., 9461 Charleville Blvd., #307, Beverly Traveller is a registered trademark of FarFuture Enterprises by

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3 I- Fleets of starships vie for dominance among the pocket empires and the growing Sylean Empire. Imperial Squadrons sets the stage for Traveller play on the flagships of enormous space fleets, drawing resources and conquering worlds. Complete guidelines for role-playing while still in ttie service, adventuring in the midst of battles that decide the fate of mi I lions! A. IMPERIUM GAMES, INC Charleville Blvd. #307 Beverly Hills, CA I SEN $22.95 IGI-1750 I Marc Miller's TRAVELLER 4JH EDITI Traveller is a registered trademark of FarFuture Enterprises. Copvriaht Imperium Games, Inc All rights reserved. Printed in Canada.

4 I ' M I L L E 8 Science-Fiction Adventure in the Far Future See the types of squadrons available for battle on page 7. Learn all about building an empire in wartime, starting on page 17. Ready... Aim... Fire! Let the salvos fly on page 35. Before you pull ranks, check out the chain of command on page 51. Become peacekeepers, prisoners of war, and even pirates! Page 69. There's no justice like fleet justice. Page 80. Embark on a secret mission to locate a missing ship on page 101. The Future is Just Around the Corner

5 CREDITS Design Timothy Brown Stuart L. Dollar Joseph E. Walsh Additional Design Doug Berry Editing Tony Lee Preliminary Editing Suzette Dollar Playtesters Doug Berry J.D. Burdick James Burdick, Jr. Joe Heck Kevin Walsh Production Manager Timothy Brown Production Dave Conant Cover Art Chris Foss Interior Art Steve Bryant Stephen Danieli Chris Foss Imperial Squadrons is based on Fifth Frontier War, designed by Marc W. Miller and originally published by Game Designers Workshop. TravelleP, Science-Fiction Adventure in the Far Future by Marc Miller Copyright by Imperium Games, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in Canada. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Edition Traveller is Far Future Enterprises registered trademark for its science-fiction game system. The game and universe presented in this book envisions a referee or game master as the ultimate supervisor of game play. The publisher is prepared to answer questions about Traveller provided a stamped, self-addressed envelope accompanies the request. Imperium Games, Inc. 2

6 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION... 4 The Central Concept... 4 Required Materials... 4 Options : BASIC CAMPAIGNS... 7 Squadron Design... 7 Ships of the Squadrons... 7 Building Squadrons... 9 Traveller Starship Card Sample Campaigns : ADVANCED CAMPAIGNS... I 7 Worlds and Economics Sample Campaign: The Rebellion of Olny : WARFARE Sequence of Play Generating Forces Creating Squadrons Movement Combat Production and Replacements Special Rules Surprise Creating the Scenario : IMPERIAL SQUADRONS CAMPAIGN The Fleet Active Duty Campaigns Creating an Active Duty Adventure Traveller Character Generation Interrupted Services Available to On-Duty Characters : FLEET COMMAND STRUCTURE Sector Command Stars hip Command Departments Chain of Command : STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE Transition Peacetime Wartime Operations Fleet Action Surface Action Deep Penetration Patrol Strategic Redeployment Reserve Status Lull Peacetime Alert Status : SPECIAL DUTY Peacekeeper Prisoner of War Piratical Fleets : EXTRALEGAL OPERATIONS War Materials and Contraband Forage Black Market Fleet Justice : PERSON A LIT1 ES Fleet Admiral Anna Bledsoe Ensign Tieri B milaan Lieutenant Commander Sylvia D lrac Space Hand Diina Entruusiin Dame Brianna Fereno, Knight of the Imperium. 84 Lieutenant Commander William Johann Petty Officer 2nd Class Enri LaCross Captain Staici Muulo Master Chief Petty Officer Victoria Niilokuuatiil.87 Ensign Deliah O Riir Fleet Admiral Tatha Rolente Lieutenant Commander Richard Sagnata Space Hand Apprentice Bladjiia Tuuiilo Naval Scenarios IO: MOUSETRAP Characters & Assumptions Date & Time Background Information Morning Glo n/ Sapphire Rose LishunLine Led Down the Garden Path Competition Complications Executive Assault NPC Guards Aftermath The Real Sto n/