Disclaimer: I did a read through and offered comments on a draft version of the
manuscript, but have not gotten a completed copy.

    I have no direct insight to the thinking of Matt and the Mongoose team but I
suspect the following factors in this.

    The Trojan Reaches are Mongoose's "home sector". They have a major campaign set
in the sector which covers only a few subsectors. So building out the rest of
the sector with something interesting and dramatic is high on their list.
Mongoose has frozen their Traveller Timeline to 1105. There was a mention or two
of advancing through the FFW, and that may be a forthcoming book as well.

    Christopher Griffen has written several other book for Mongoose, meaning Matt
is much more likely to accept and publish a manuscript. It's also the case the
Chris completed the manuscript.

    The book (or the draft I read) does contain explanations of why the GE lasted
for a thousand years. And notes that in the Rebellion timeline the GE gets
smashed into tiny bits.



On 1/15/2021 12:18 PM, Phil Pugliese - philpugliese at yahoo.com (via tml list)
wrote:
> Just got this from DriveThru;
>
> The 'Glorious Empire' was totally obliterated (according to the 'Rebellion'
> timeline), when hordes Aslan ihatei poured into Trojan Reach on their way
> towards the S'Marches.
> There was a final entry somewhere stating that Hierate ships orbiting the
> Empire's homeworld proceeded to nuke the planet "thereby avenging a thousand
> year-old dishonor"<sic>.
> (Funny how all those ihatei just 'sat on their hands' for so long?)
>
> Over the years I've mentioned this polity a number of times but no one else had
> seemed to have heard of it at all!
>
> I wonder why Mongoose choose them?
> AFAIK, the GE had just about zero impact upon the 3I but ISTR a few maps that
> showed them as a client or allied with the Zhos but well away from the 3I..
>
> It is interesting in that Mongoose is sorta' 'going back in time' to resurrect a
> 'dead' polity that disappeared fairly quickly & fairly early in the 'Rebellion' TL.
>
> p.s. I also have no recollection of the 'slavery' issue.
>
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>
> The Glorious Empire is an Aslan splinter state in the Trojan Reach that engages
> in the forbidden practice of slavery. The Empire has spurned the Aslan custom of
> ritual warfare, insisting upon violent open war in all conflicts. Their borders
> have held strong for centuries… until now. Beset by enemies on all sides, the
> Empire is now collapsing rapidly and has lost one world after another. However,
> like a wounded and cornered predator, the Empire does not plan to go down
> without a fight. On worlds liberated by the Hierate, freed human slaves – the
> /hisol’i/ – struggle to integrate into Aslan society. On the Empire’s remaining
> worlds, there are billions more waiting to be freed.
>
> This book contains everything needed to run a campaign in this dangerous and
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> encounters. Detailed descriptions of Empire mercenary units, slaving ships,
> enslaved freedom fighters, black marketeers, key Hierate clans, the vaunted
> Camoranian Starfighters, and more are provided to add depth and colour to any
> campaign.
>
> The Glorious Empire is a living region that will change dramatically over the
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> book includes tools and campaign directions for referees and Travellers to take
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>
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>
>  * Patrons and important personalities for your Travellers to meet and interact
>    with.
>  * Spacecraft of the Glorious Empire and its enemies, along with unique
>    technologies for the region.
>  * The opportunity for your Travellers to shape the history of the Trojan Reach
>    and support or bring down a failing empire.
>  * Rules for using Naval Campaigns from /Element Class Cruisers/ with Aslan ships.
>  * A new entry for the /Central Supply Catalogue/ that introduces the weapons,
>    armour, and equipment of the Glorious Empire
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