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INTROOUCTION

Zhdam

Shil'L'a-C/ass Patro/

Fn'gme Veck Plall

AbOut the Author

The Core Expeditiol1.\·

Abolll GURPS

ZHODANI LANGUAGE

Yet.mb/-da.u Z}wd{wi

COl/rier Deck PlolI

ZhodaniSound

Frequency Table

1. THE ZHOOANI

ZHODANJ ROBOTS......

.__

PHYSIOLOGY

Using Robols

Zhodal1i Names

GeneratiOIl Tables 25

BUSINESS AND ECONOMy 26

SECURITY AND iNTELLIGENCE

INSTITUTIONS

The Zhodani Gild the Allcielll$

Zhodani Warbors

Diet

TLIA-3404 Chiakrz.i

ZHODANI PHILOSOPHy

CHI-3374 Maintenance Bal.

Zhodani and Other Religions

ZHOOANl GRA V VEJIlCLES

ZllOdani Sports

The Thought Police

CHl-2724 YOIIC:/IO}m

Utility Grav Sled

Zhodalli Art

. 7

The ImperiulII olld

the Fmnrier Wars

SOCIETy.......................

TIJA-3314 V/e7jaq

Scout Grav Sled

ZlIodalli Hlllllor.........

The SecOlld Froll1ier lVar

The MilitllrY Thought Police

Honesty....................

TLI-960 Ui?iyanarl

Zhodani Grav APC...

The Filla} \VaL..........

TIle Eye and the Hand

Respect......................

Zhodani Vehicular Weaponry

The Long Peace

Conformily

_.........

. .__ 9

No Peace Benl'eclI Us . . .

Racism and Intolerance

THE MILITARy

2. THE VAR13R

Ambition and Education _ _

The Zhodani Navy

PHYSIOLOGY

Primitive Zhdlllll

TIle Zhodani Army

Problems ill Varsr

Historiography

Primitive Chilpers ill Qikllol'm

The Third Fronrier lVar

CONSULAR GOVERNMENT

The Consuhlr Guard.....

... _.. _.. __ 35

Varsr DatillC Systems

Tile Viepchakliashtie Empire

Ri~'e oj Ihe HlIlI'h

Prehistory

1M Fifth Fmlllier IVOI

_. 36

Tile DiscovelY ofQiknolll"O

Ancielll Histol)'

Sample Military Unil:

Lift Infantry Battalion

Psychology...

I"dl/stl'ial Rel'ol/lfioll

THE LEGAL SySTEM

Charisma and Dominance

Racial Pride

E..\p/orarioll of Viepchakl

The FrlTure

Zhodani Commandos

Vargr Socicty

The Dark Age

Rights and ResponsibililY

Pack Dynamics

The Zhodalli Calelldar

THE ZHOOANT CONSULATE

Table ofEqlfivalem

Orgalliz.aliolls

Varcl' Curiosil)'

Loyalties

The First Olympiads

Provinces

:Jhe Holidays

... 39

InduSlrialization.

A ZJwdani Timelil/e.......

... 40

Egalilarianism

The Second Industrial

Rello/lltiol/

CREATING ZHODANI

CHARACTERS

Illtersiellar SQI.,-iely

Borders and Expansion.

..20

... 42

GOVERNMENT

Racial Tcmplatcs

Law and Justicc

Fmlllaliol1 of Ihe COllwlare

Expansion and Contact

Advanlages and

OiSlldvlllllages

Zhodalli Comact alld

the GvurrdOIl Hllaek

VargrandHumalls

Nal'al Ral/ks

Skills

_.. 43

17le GlIl/ndOIl Hvaek

__ ._

CHARACTER TEMPLATES

Vi/ani and Vwgr

Zhodani Official

THE YARGR EXTENTS

Zhodani Commando

VARGR WORLDS

Thought Police Officcr

Wo/ve.l· ill the Night

ZUODANI EQUlJ'I\ilENT

AND STARSHTPS

Tile Vargr Conquests

_._._

THE VARGR HOMEWQRLD

Zhodani Combat Armor.

The Third ImperiulI/

ZIIODANI STARSlIIPS

_._._._ 47

Vargr ill tIJe First GUIIl/orld

Coalilioll

Shil'm-Cluss Putrol Fligut!.:

Yet.fOb/-class

Zhod:llli Courier

GYURRDON SECTOR.

_47

Varg,. ill rhe Second OIlIU'orid

Cul/liliol/

CONTENTS

Messengers _._ [23

Hal/lllillS T1l1tllller 123

TIle Sheof £\·peditio" 124

LANGUAGE 12~

Human-Sheol Communic:uion 12~

PSYCHOLOGY 125

R~ligion and Myslicism 125

SOCIETY 125

Secolld ConracI 125

Imperial EllwlIglemellu ...••........ 126

Messenger Slaws

and ACli\'ity

\Varring S/{I/e.{ 78

THE VARGR MILITARy 79

The KIQru:ell!; Corsairs 79

Vargr Armies 80

GI"(II/(I Ambitions SO

V:lrgr ':lvics 81

Vargr Corsairs 81

71'e Fiftl, Frolltier \Var 81

P051- U'ar Bfues 82

A Fell' Calltiolls.........•....•............. 83

VARGR RELIGION 83

Vargr E"ellfS .........•....•...•............. 84

BUSINESS, TRADE

& COl\·tl\·tERCE

127

Squid Mmher Socielies

127

CHARACTERS

107

Sheol S/(Irioll

127

Drakaran Racial Tcmplmc

108

TECHNOLOGY

128

Holt.tillS tllltl Cilit's

108

Var.lI'r \Vonl

Gellermiol1 Tah!es

128

Trade

Advantages and

Disadv:lnl<lges

12R

HlI~nls and 0PI1tImlllilie.\·

109

LANGUAGE AND NAMING

Military

129

Character T cmplntes

109

Varsl' 501llld 1;/W/IIl'"CY lIllll

f'mlllllll:imitll/ TaMI'

HOMEWORI.D

129

I U9

Social SWIm

129

World Data

CREATING VARGR

CIL\RACTERS

Clothing (//1(1 CO.WII/III.'

110

129

P~TchOI'(lre.t

EQUlPM.ENT

110

Inside the Squid MOIhers

130

Vur~r Rm:iul Template

Spacecraft

lID

IlIleI7'I'/HPr.t

130

Orakar.m Family Tr:tdcr

110

Ad\'antages and

Dis;ldvatllilgcs

BlO-TECH DEVICES

131

3D-ton Drakaron

Ship·s B0.11

CHARACTERS

132

Vargr StalUs Table

III

Messeng~r Racial Template

132

Varg,. ill tIl(.' Zluxfalli COIlSldllte

Kim:. 'lIkllll/-ciass

Patrol Tender

NOles UII Advantages and

Disadvantages

An,,)' (lml Corsair Rankc

III

132

CHARACTER TEMPLATES

Vr'U1hk-eI:ISS Palrol Ridcr.

III

Char.lctcr Templates

132

Vargr Corsair

Drakttrcm Family

Tradl.'l" Deck Phll/

Squid ~'IOlher

133

Emissary

11:2

Loner

6. PSIONICS 134

P.tiOllic PtJI\·erL........................• 13~

Psiol/ic Trail/ing alld

Psionic Skills

EQUTPl\·1ENT. VEUICLES

ANO STARSHIPS

4. THE CLOTHO

113

ORIGINS

113

Vehicles

PHYSIOLOGY

113

135

Vargr SI>ceder

113

Early His/ory

136

Psionic instilUtes

Vargr G-Carrier.

The Sibling P"ir

114

136

Localin~ UlIllIslitute

Vargr Slarships

Con/Clcf: Til(' ZllOelalli

114

136

Psionics Rilles Challges

Vargr Corsair

Communication

and LallgUllgC

Institute Services

137

Vargr Tradcr.

115

Using GURPS Psionics lI'ill1

Tr(ll'ldft!r

Vargr Frig:uc

PSyCHOLOGy

t 16

138

VUI",\.'I" COl".\"{lir Deck Phlll.

IIII('gl'(/(ioll

116

Working for Psi Institutes

139

SOCIETY

117

VlII"SI" 7h/(ll'I" Deck Plall

A Pllz.:fe

139

Alit'll Ellco/ll/fel"s

117

An Underground

Psi Insdiute

3. THE ORAKARANS 100

NlySIOI.OGy IOO

Dmkunlll Hi.wUly 100

PSYCHOLOGY _ 101

SOCiETy 102

Firsr Cutmlt"t ....................••...•.... 102

GOVERNi\LE '1' 103

St'cmul Cmlwel .................•....•... 103

UW and Justice

Pattenls

I 18

139

Government

118

Open Psionics Inslitlltes

140

118

Rucial Psiollif.:s

Religion and Mysticism

I~O

I'SIONIC TECHNOLOGIES

The Mililary 'Illd Vinh,;lll:c

118

1"'0

Lab Equipment

1 0

HOl/sill.1; tllI,1 Cilit·.I"..

118

Psi Drugs

1"'0

THEADDAXUR

RESERVATION

Anti-Psionic and Psi-Detection

Qt"ices 1 1

Keel}il.g Psis Pri:fj·om·r......••........ 1 1

rSYCllOTRONIC

TECH1\10LOGY

119

Addaxur.

119

1lJ..t.

CH.;.\RACTERS

119

10-1

lI'ahllG ,III! Dragol/

Clotho

119

1 2

TAAKAS YH·ORAK

105

Trade tlml COlI/lllt'ln·

120

Imperiallnslittlles

-GMs Only..•.....................•.... 1 2

Why':'

Dr:Jkarnn Worlds _

105

Other Adv:lmage..'I: and

Disadv,:lIuages

105

121

"'ar {lml Pellt:1!

1 2

Homcworld

105

Character Templates

1:21

121

INSTITUTIONS

106

Techl/ology 11//(1 Eqlfipmem

143

INDEX

Tile ;vlirilary

106

Til(' CII,.,."III 5ill/(l/iol/

106

S. THE SHECL

122

TECHNOLOGy

107

PHYSIOI.OGy.............

122

Trade

107

Squid j'vlothcrs..........

.. 112

LANGUAGE

107

Eurly Sigll,l"

CONTENTS

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