Dear Folks –

Catherine wrote:

> Wasn't there also later material saying that there was a secret,

> government-only comm network based on J6 ships...

Yes, the worst-kept secret in Traveller, the Imperiallines J-6 couriers.

They date back to The Travellers' Digest #04 (1986), “The Gold of Zurrian” scenario and its associated Library Data. So definitely CT in origin, predating MT by a year. I believe they also appear in later MT publications by GDW, so have become canon.

As for propagation of assassination news, there’s a map of that on p 14 of the MT Rebellion Sourcebook.

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