Moderator's Guide contents

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Foreword: The Moderator's Role	3
Easter	3
The Moderator's Role	4
Designing Campaigns	4
Campaign Concept	4
Scenario Ideas	6
The Moderator's Objective	7
Chapter 1: The New Frontier	8
The Serpentis System	9
The Pacifica Archipelago	13
Haven Cluster	15
Haven	18
Location and Local Terrain	18
History	18
Physical Layout	19
The Districts of Haven	19
Box: Jason and Darwin	20
Demographics	22
Government	22
Economic Base	23
Infrastructure	24
Map Key	24
Access Denied	25
Second Try	26
Location and Local Terrain	26
History	26
Physical Layout	28
The Districts of Second Try	29
Demographics	30
Government	30
Economic Base	30
Infrastructure	30
Map Key	31
Access Denied	32
Lebensraum	32
Location and Local Terrain	32
History	33
Physical Layout	33
Demographics	33
Government	34
Economic Base	34
Infrastructure	34
Nomad	35
Location and Local Terrain	35
History	35
Physical Layout	36
Demographics	36
Government	37
Economic Base	37
Infrastructure	37
Depth Perception	37
Access Denied	37
Circumstance	38
Location and Local Terrain	38
History	38
Physical Layout	39
Government	39
Infrastructure	39
Access Denied	40
The Wall	40
Most Wanted	42
Milo Franklin	42
Vendor	43
New Hawaii	45
Simushir	47
Location and Local Terrain	47
History	47
Physical Layout	49
Demographics	49
Government	50
Economic Base	50
Infrastructure	50
Map Key	51
Access Denied	52
Atlantis	52
Location and Local Terrain	52
History	52
Physical Layout	54
Demographics	54
Government	54
Economic Base	54
Infrastructure	54
The Underground	54
Coronado Station	55
Location and Local Terrain	55
History	55
Physical Layout	55
Demographics	55
Government	56
Economic Base	56
Infrastructure	56
Members Only	56
Most Wanted	56
Brian Steeg	56
Rachel Lightfoot	57
Access Denied	58
Northwest Territories	61
Access Denied	63
The Sierra Nueva Cluster	63
Location and Local Terrain	63
History	63
Physical Layout	64
Demographics	64
Government	64
Economic Base	65
Infrastructure	65
Native Unrest	65
Access Denied	66
The Baffin Island Settlement	66
Location and Local Terrain	66
History	66
Box: Warpod	68
Physical Layout	70
Demographics	71
Government	71
Economic Base	71
Infrastructure	71
Map Key	71
Access Denied	73
Santa Elena	74
Location and Local Terrain	74
History	74
Physical Layout	74
Demographics	75
Government	75
Economic Base	75
Infrastructure	75
Access Denied	75
Crusoe Island Military Base	77
Location and Local Terrain	77
History	77
Physical Layout	78
Demographics	78
Government	78
Economic Base	78
Infrastructure	78
Access Denied	79
The Sierra Neuva War	79
Access Denied	82
Most Wanted	83
Prophet	83
Stuart Parsons	83
Prime Meridian	85
Al-Mamlakah	87
Location and Local Terrain	87
History	87
Physical Layout	87
Demographics	89
Government	89
Economic Base	90
Infrastructure	90
Map Key	91
Access Denied	92
Undersea Habitat-2	93
Location and Local Terrain	93
History	93
Physical Layout	93
Demographics	93
Government	93
Economic Base	93
Infrastructure	93
Map Key	95
Under Pressure	96
Access Denied	96
Alderberg	97
Location and Local Terrain	97
History	97
Physical Layout	97
Demographics	97
Government	98
Economic Base	98
Infrastructure	98
Access Denied	98
Kansas	99
Location and Local Terrain	99
History	99
Physical Layout	99
Demographics	100
Government	100
Economic Base	100
Infrastructure	100
Access Denied	101
The Islamic Faithful	101
The Meridian Frontier	102
Bryon's Spur	102
The Maglev Express	102
The Stockyards	103
Access Denied	103
Most Wanted	104
Habib Hussein Al-Muhammadi	104
Simon Malmoneeds	105
Westscape	107
Dyfedd	108
Location and Local Terrain	108
History	108
Physical Layout	110
The Districts of Dyfedd	111
Demographics	112
Government	113
Economic Base	113
Infrastructure	113
Hugo D-4	113
Map Key	114
Access Denied	115
The Legacy of Recontact	116
Perdition	116
The Landgrab	117
The Hanover Presence	118
Uncertain Future	119
Brush War	119
Access Denied	120
Böse Strand	120
Access Denied	121
Most Wanted	122
Johnny Cecily	122
Bernardo Oloveira	122
Philip Jamhuri	123
Zion Islands	124
Access Denied	126
Kingston	127
Location and Local Terrain	127
History	127
Physical Layout	129
The Parishes of Kingston	129
Demographics	130
Government	130
Economic Base	131
Infrastructure	131
Map Key	131
Access Denied	132
New Fremantle	134
Location and Local Terrain	134
History	134
Physical Layout	134
Demographics	135
Government	135
Economic Base	135
Infrastructure	136
Access Denied	136
Fort Pacifica	137
Location and Local Terrain	137
History	137
Physical Layout	137
Demographics	137
Government	138
Economic Base	138
Infrastructure	138
Access Denied	138
Nothing Ventured	139
The Hazards Casino	139
Dragon Boy Parlour	140
Kingston Saloons	140
Bright Savanna	141
Most Wanted	141
Roberto “Sugar” McKay	141
Geronimo Pacheco	142
A View from Orbit	143
Prosperity Station	143
Location and Local Terrain	143
History	143
Physical Layout	143
Demographics	143
Box: Shannon Marie	144
Government	144
Economic Base	144
Infrastructure	144
Space Dock	145
Worldscape	145
Access Denied	145
Poseidon's Moons	146
Proteus	146
Nereus	146
The Serpentis Belt	146
Access Denied	147
Chapter 2: Beyond the Frontier	148
Oceanography for Gamers	149
Water Pressure	149
Breathing Underwater	149
Light Underwater	150
Sound Underwater	151
Temperature	151
Salinity	151
Tides	151
Currents	151
Waves	152
Poseidon Ecosystems	152
Canyonlands	152
Poseidon Mangrove	153
Sargassum Islands	154
Thermal Oases	155
Tidal Mud Reefs	155
Box: Fever	156
The Forecast	157
General Climate	157
Cyclonic Storms	158
GEO Metwatch Force Ratings	159
Cyclonics in the Game	159
Box: Storm Season	160
Poseidon Field Guide	163
Am-Bush	163
Blimp	164
Carniflora	165
Chain Beetle	166
Digger Crab	167
Eel Dragon	167
Fast Fungus	168
Fish	169
Fisherman	170
Ghoster	170
Greater White	171
Hangin' Joe	172
Harvester Worm	173
Hatchlings	173
Hexa Boar	174
Howell's Leech	175
Land Lizard	175
Loggerhead	176
Marsh Devil	177
Needle Bush	177
Needle Shell	178
Night Crawler	179
Nooniebird	179
Access Denied	180
Polypod	180
Poseidon Kelp	181
Poseidon Mangrove	182
Poseidon Scorpion	182
Poseidon Trilobyte	183
Reefworm	184
Rubber Shrimp	184
Rumble Bee	185
Schooler	185
Seaweaver	186
Spurts	187
Squealers, Stick Monkeys	188
Stone Snake	188
Sunburst	189
Trident Fish	190
Walkabout	191
Water Dart	192
Water Hemp	192
Water Rat	193
Chapter 3: Alien Legacy	194
The Aborigines	196
Creator Legacy	196
Aboriginal Culture	196
Technology	196
The Long John	197
Anatomy and Physiology	197
Morphology and Locomotion	197
Nervous System	198
Senses	198
Metabolism	198
Electrochemical Abilities	198
Reproduction	199
Aborigine Castes	199
Breeders	199
Technicians	199
Specialists	200
Herders	200
Protectors	200
Aborigines and the Human Invasion	201
Creator Caches	201
Power Sources	203
Creator Facilities	203
Machine Farm	203
Storage Cache	203
Template Library	204
Hibernation Dormitory	204
Research Sites	204
Creator Technology	204
Nanites	204
Biomechanical Drone	205
Memory Ring	205
Repair Bath	205
Raw Materials Depot	206
Smart Tool	206
Terraforming Reactor	206
Xenosilicate Template	206
Aborigines of the Pacifica Archipelago	206
Haven Cluster	207
Box: Missing	208
New Hawaii	209
Northwest Territories	212
Prime Meridian	213
Westscape	215
Zion Islands	217
Box: Bottoms Up	218
Creatures of Myth and Legend	220
Illuminated Origins	220
It Feeds on your Fear	220
Widow's Harbingers	221
Aborigine Graveyard	222
Chapter 4: A World of Hurt	223
The GEO	224
Executive Council	224
Commissioner General	224
Deputy Commissioner General	226
High Commissions	226
Human Resources	226
Natural Resources	226
Science and Technology	227
Communications	227
Internal Security	230
State and Internal Affairs	230
Armed Forces	230
Justice	231
Trade and Industry	231
General Assembly	232
World Court	233
The Incorporated City-States	233
Anasi Systems	233
Atlas Materials	233
Biogene	234
Dundalk Shipbuilding	235
Gendiver	235
Hanover Industries	236
Hydrospan	237
Lavender Organics	238
MacLeod Enforcement	238
Nippon Industrial State	239
Free Zones	240
Earth in 2199	241
The Solar System	241
Luna	241
History	241
Physical Layout, Lunar Cities	242
Demographics	242
Government	242
Economic Base	243
Luna and Earth	244
The Skyhook	244
Access Denied	246
Mars Colony	246
History	246
Physical Layout	246
Demographics	247
Government	247
Economic Base	247
Mars and Earth	247
Access Denied	248
The Asteroid Belt and Beyond	249
History	249
Physical Layout	250
Demographics	250
Government	250
Economic Base	250
Recent Developments	250
The New Belters	251
Hole City	251