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ADVENTURES AND CAMPAIGNS

WARNING SPOILERS:
Please do not read these if your gamemaster has not run them yet.
• Adventures
  • Ghost Tank - Just who, or what, is behind a mysterious tank operating on Aurore.
  • Ghosts in the Machine - Trouble in orbit.
  There are more adventures on the 2300AD magazine articles page.
• Campaigns
  • Advice for military campaigns set on Aurore
  • Buddy Adventure Suggestions - One way to introduce novice players
  • The Zurich Institute - A mysterious organization
  • Untramps - a different kind of merchant campaign

BACKGROUND, HISTORY AND SCIENCE

• A 2300AD Timeline - From 2010 to 2302
• Everything you ever wanted to know about Beanstalks, but were afraid to ask:
  • Beanstalk mechanics
  • Orbital Elevators
• Changing the Twilight War - an essay on rewriting it.
• Common abbreviations used on 2300AD lists
• CORPLIST: List of Corporations, Foundations and other organizations in 2300AD
• Currency Exchange Rates in 2300AD - 2008 value added.
• The Game - the rules GDW used to develop 2300AD's history - located on Steven Alexander's website
• Historical Parallels: 19th vs 23rd Centuries
• Kafer Rot
• Military Overviews:
  • British Army in 2300
  • US Army in 2300 AD
• Monarchs of the UK
• Old Ranks in 2300 - everything old is new again.
• Overview of Genetics/Genetic Engineering in the 2300AD Universe
• Population Breakdown in 2300 AD
• Rudell Units: What use are they in the rpg?

CHARACTERS AND CREATURES

• French Kisser - a pleasant animal encounter
• Info Warrior - Version 1.1 of a new military career
• K-9s - Military Canines
• New 2300 AD Careers from Old

DIRECTORS AND PLAYERS

• Accelerating RPG Combat
  • Quick Fragmentation - about their creation
    • D10 Quick Fragmentation Tables
    • D20 Quick Fragmentation Tables
  • Quick Shotgun - about their creation
    • D10 Quick Shotgun Tables
    • D20 Quick Shotgun Tables
  • Vehicle Suspension Tables - see Vehicle Design Aids section below
• Corrected and Extended Population Table - 200 years of growth, unrounded, plus Earthborn %s
• New Hit Location Chart for the RPG
• Player Handouts
  • The Big Dark: What Every Spacer Knows
  • Le Baroud: What Every Soldier Knows
  • Tradecraft: What Every Field Agent Knows
• Small Arms Design Aids
  • Firearm Design tables for the 2300AD rpg
  • Weapon Lethality Odds in the 2300AD rpg - for normal, blunt and stun type weapons
• Vehicle Design Aids
  • Vehicle Catastrophic Hit Odds in the 2300AD rpg - Odds of going "boom" as number of hits goes up
  • Vehicle Survival Odds in the 2300AD rpg - How tough is that vehicle?
  • Vehicle Suspension Tables for the 2300AD rpg - How tough is that suspension?

EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS

• Firearms Annex
  • Firearms Annex 1 - Handguns and Pistols
  • Firearms Annex 2 - Rifles, both military and civilian
  • Firearms Annex 3 - "Antiques"
  • Firearms Annex 4 - Mainly new military
• Gromov Gr-54 Tilt-Fan - a military tilt-rotor
• Hyde Dynamics DR-2000 - a mini-drone for space operations
• Layer Knives for 2300AD
• Pentapod Lab Products - Fine products from the lab of Dr. Pod, and his faithful assistant Bullet ( "meep!").
• TerraDyne International TW-101 - a combat walker
• USMC Combat Loadout Equipment Form
• Variant melee weapons

STARFLIGHT AND SPACE

• 61 Cygni Cluster
  • 61 Cygni Source File - a tug-accessable star cluster
  • Map of the 61 Cygni Cluster
  • The Kuroishi brown dwarf - consider carefully including it in your campaigns
• Beta Aquilae Cluster - maps and data on a new frontier.
• Civilian Spacer Pay in 2300AD
• Comet-based fueling stations
• Economics of cargo starships in 2300AD
  • Trade Profit Planning Worksheet ( 5K zipped) - spreadsheet in WB3 format by David Malesevich
• How the Bayern flies up to 15.4 LY - a FAQ about the adventure module.
• Orbital Colonies
• Man-made Stutterwarp Discharge Points - Why they are impossible.
• Map of Pentapod Space
• The Quick 'n' Dirty Guide to Starports in 2300 AD
• Shipyard list
• Star Cruiser Strategic Combat rules, v0.2
• Starship list for smaller starfaring nations
• Stutterwarp Navigation and Speeds - how fast a starship moves, and why
  • Eta Bootis System ( Aurore)
  • Sol System ( Earth)
• Stutterwarp2 - also compare the following maps:
  • Core and Arms using Standard Stutterwarp - 7.7 LY range
  • Core and Arms using Stutterwarp2 - 11.0 LY range
• Where is Alighieri? - solving the mystery of the planet's location.
• Why delaying Stutterwarp Discharge is rare
  • Javascript Stutterwarp Discharge Delay Range Calculator - requires Javascript active/on
• World Generation - generic star system generation rules.  PDF and HTML versions are now located on Peter Trevor's "StuffOnline" website.

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