Archeology is a great plot hook for me. In fact, when World of Warcraft came out with archeological content, I started playing for a bit. So that tells you how much I would love to get a degree in it.

But anyways, Traveller, and the OTU Show how much archeological opportunity was missed by Marc and the other writers- just look at how much of the history is recorded, with only the Ancients remaining mysterious.

I mean, we don’t see trade in First Imperium artifacts very much, or digs focused on uncovering day to day survival during the Long Night. I mean, look at the records gap between the fall of the Roman Empire and the early 11th century (even church records are a bit spotty), then multiply that by thousands of world multiplied by thousands of little details that never got recorded.

But this is why IMTU there were tons of semi-mysterious past empires and archeology is actually one of the main sources of scientific knowledge.